U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Department of Labor orders Soo Line to pay railroad employee $200,000 in whistleblower case

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – A federal whistleblower investigation has found a railroad company illegally retaliated against and terminated a claims representative who reported an injury, discussed safety concerns with their supervisor and filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Labor. The department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigated a complaint filed by an Enderlin-based employee of Soo Line Railroad…

Dollar General Hit With $3.4 Million in Fines At Stores in North Dakota, Maine, Ohio and Wisconsin

WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — Dollar General is hit with $3.4 million in new fines after U.S. Department of Labor inspections at nine locations in North Dakota, Maine, Ohio and Wisconsin. Six stores in North Dakota account for $2.5 million in fines alone for 32 violations. The inspections in late 2022 in Casselton, Garrison, Hillsboro, Killdeer, Minot and Tioga found aisles,…