HONOLULU, Hawaii, May 14 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following news release: An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division has led a Maui, Hawaii, retail store specializing in grocery, household, health and beauty products to pay $800 in back wages to an employee denied paid leave to care for their child whose school closed due to the coronavirus. WHD investigators found Mana Foods Inc. violated the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act (EPSLA) provisions of   more

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii, May 15 -- The U.S. Pacific Air Forces issued the following news: Lt. Gen. Kenneth S. Wilsbach has been nominated by the president for a fourth star to become the next commander of Pacific Air Forces, headquartered here. No stranger to the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility, Wilsbach currently serves as Commander, 7th Air Force and Deputy Commander, U.S. Forces Korea, prior to which he was Commander, Alaskan Region, North American Aerospace Defense Comma  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service issued the following news release: As part of its efforts to enforce the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) and ensure fair trading practices within the U.S. produce industry, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative complaint against So Ono Food Products LLC. The company, operating from Hawaii, allegedly failed to make payment promptly to seven produce sellers in t  more