NEW YORK, Aug. 2 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New York-New Jersey Regional Information Office issued a report on August 1, 2023, entitled "New Hampshire Job Openings and Labor Turnover - May 2023": * * * New Hampshire had 41,000 job openings in May 2023, compared to 47,000 openings in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner William J. Sibley noted that the job openings rate in New Hampshire was 5  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 23-262) on July 31, 2023: * * * Re: Network Change Certification Received Verizon New Jersey LLC (Verizon), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that public notice of network change(s) has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet site, as required by section 51.329(a)(2) of the rules of the Federal Communication  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on July 31, 2023: A New Jersey tax preparer was arrested today on charges related to fraudulently seeking over $124,000,000 from the IRS by filing over 1,000 tax returns falsely claiming COVID-19-related employment tax credits. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic impact, Congress authorized an employee retention tax credit that a small business could use to reduce the employment tax it owed  more

LOGAN TOWNSHIP, New Jersey, Aug. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: A federal workplace safety investigation has again found workers at an Amazon fulfillment center exposed to ergonomic hazards, this time at a Logan Township facility. In response to a complaint, inspectors with the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration opened an investigation in January 2023 and found the company   more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Aug. 4 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2023: The owner of a New Jersey-based scrap metal company admitted illegally obtaining more than $2 million through a multi-year scheme that victimized more than 10 businesses, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Creed White, 64, of Freeland, Maryland, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Christine P. O'Hearn on Aug. 2, 2023, to a  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Aug. 1 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release on July 31, 2023: A New Jersey tax preparer was arrested today for fraudulently seeking more than $124 million from the IRS by filing over 1,000 false tax forms claiming COVID-19-related employment tax credits, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger and Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg announced today. Leon Haynes, 49, of Teaneck, New Jers  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Aug. 4 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2023: A Union County, New Jersey, man was sentenced to 61 months in prison for illegally possessing fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and oxycodone for distribution and possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. William Murphy, 45, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, previously pleaded guilty before U.S  more

LOGAN TOWNSHIP, New Jersey, Aug. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration Region 2 issued the following news release: A federal workplace safety investigation has again found workers at an Amazon fulfillment center exposed to ergonomic hazards, this time at a Logan Township facility. In response to a complaint, inspectors with the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration opened an investigation in January 2023 and found   more