Employer: Pace Enterprise LLC, operating as Pace Realty Group 4005 SW 50th Ave. Amarillo, TX 79109 Investigation findings: A U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigation found the owner of Pace Enterprise LLC – operating as Pace Realty Group – misclassified 37 maintenance workers and parts runners as independent contractors and, by doing so, failed to pay them overtime for hours over 40 in a workweek, a violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Additionally, the employer failed to keep legally required records.Back Wages recovered: $75,061 in overtime wages and…
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The Medical Research Council (MRC), in collaboration with the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), has provided £28.5 million in funding to establish the Human Functional Genomics Initiative programme. It aims to advance our understanding of how genomic variation influences human physiology and how it changes over time and in disease. Who is leading the new initiative? Professor Jonathan Mill from the University of Exeter Medical School will lead the initiative as its newly appointed Director. He will also contribute to shaping and supporting data coordination and integration in functional genomics both as part of the initiative and alongside…
But Johnson, the U.S. ambassador to the U.K. under Trump, told the Spectator magazine that Americans won’t forget Lammy’s earlier remarks. “I think people will remember all those comments,” Johnson told the magazine. “It’s a question of how do you recover from them. That was not a wise comment,” he added, referencing the ‘neo-Nazi’ quote. “But those things happen in politics … there’s always a way to recover if you want.” Lammy has declined to apologize for the comments, telling the BBC in July that “you’re going to struggle to find any politician who has not had things to say…
To experience a volcanic eruption is to witness nature’s raw power. If you would like to see one for yourself, Iceland is a great location for it. Since 2021, seven eruptions have taken place along the Reykjanes Peninsula, close to Reykjavík. These recent Icelandic eruptions have garnered attention from Earth scientists like me. The eruptions help us understand how volcanoes work in incredible detail. My team has been taking samples from the erupting lava from the Reykjanes Peninsula and finding some interesting results. One of our findings suggests that magma from the first eruption pooled just under the island’s surface,…
Government acts to fix front door to NHS and deliver more appointments Slashing burdensome red tape to boost capacity in surgeries and hire over 1000 more newly-qualified doctors Government listening to sector to help end scandal of patients struggling to see a doctor More than 1,000 newly qualified GPs will be recruited thanks to government action to remove red tape currently preventing surgeries from hiring doctors. Bringing back the family doctor is central to the Government’s plan to rebuild the health service, and the changes being made to cut through the current rules will help more patients get access to…
More than 50 people in three villages in East Sepik province – Tamara, Tambari and Agrumara – were reportedly killed following an alleged land dispute on 17 July. Nearly 200 people have found refuge in the town of Angoram and displaced families are living in six temporary care centres, the UN country team (UNCT) said this week. Their immediate needs continue to be food, hygiene kits for women and children, and non-food items such as bedding, clothing, water and shelter. They also require child protection, education, and gender-based violence and mental health services, as well as psychosocial support. ‘Violence is…
If the price of a cup of coffee goes up, coffee drinkers are worse off if their income doesn’t increase by at least the same amount – they have less money to spend on other things. But if the prices of many different goods and services all go up at the same time, it can have a significant impact on people’s ability to buy the things they want or need, such as food and paying the rent. This is inflation – a general increase in prices that reduces the purchasing power of money. High inflation is not good for most…
Lomé, Togo – On July 12, 2024, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Togo, in close collaboration with the Ministry of Security and Civil Protection, German Embassy, and United States Embassy in Togo, handed over materials and equipment for the Pogno and Tamong border posts. This collaboration is part of the implementation of the projects “Strengthening border security and border community resilience in the Gulf of Guinea” and “Strengthening the Northern Borders of Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Togo” with the main objective of enhancing the operational, technical, and security capacities of agents at the various land borders, increasing citizen…
Lesotho is a small, land-locked, mountainous country located in the middle of South Africa. Its Eastern Lesotho Highlands are often referred to as the region’s “water tower” because they receive some of the highest rainfall amounts in southern Africa, providing water to South Africa and electricity to Lesotho through the Lesotho Highlands Water Project. Despite this abundance of rainfall, and although the country has many wetland habitats, there are surprisingly few natural lakes. Researchers aren’t sure why – and our newly published study provides evidence that this may not always have been the case. The research took place in a…
Climate change and extreme weather events pose a real risk to the world’s heritage sites — a stark reality laid bare by the recent wildfire in Jasper, Alta.. Canada has 22 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) world heritage sites, most of which are at high risk of disruption due to climate change and their particularly vulnerable location. The catastrophic wildfire to recently hit Jasper burned significant parts of Jasper National Park, which — along with Banff, Kootenay and Yoho — forms a part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks. While all wildfires that cause damage or loss…