By DOL Newswire | May 13, 2022
News Release: MOUNT VERNON, IL - In two separate incidents on consecutive days in November 2021, three workers at a southern Illinois tire plant suffered severe injuries in incidents associated with a mixer containing a combustible dust and a flammable gas, guarding moving equipment and the failure to implement and enforce procedures to control the unintentional energization of equipment during servicing.
By DOL Newswire | May 13, 2022
News Release: Today, the House passed H.R. 5129, the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Modernization Act of 2022. This flawed legislation attacks religious freedom, limits resources for those most in need, and uses taxpayer dollars irresponsibly.
By DOL Newswire | May 13, 2022
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Bob Casey (D-PA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) introduced the No Tax Breaks for Union Busting Act to end the taxpayer subsidization...
By DOL Newswire | May 13, 2022
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Republican Leader Richard Burr (R-NC), Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Republican Leader Rick Allen (R-GA), and Employment and Workplace Safety Subcommittee...
By DOL Newswire | May 13, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - As temperatures rise in New England, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration reminds employers and workers not to ignore the dangers of working in hot weather - indoors and out - and remember that “Water. Rest. Shade." can be the difference between ending the workday safely or suffering serious injuries or worse.
By DOL Newswire | May 13, 2022
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, participated in the opening conference committee meeting on the Senate-passed United States Innovation and Competition Act (USICA) and the House-passed America Creating...
By DOL Newswire | May 13, 2022
News Release: BOSTON - As temperatures rise in New England, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration reminds employers and workers not to ignore the dangers of working in hot weather - indoors and out - and remember that “Water. Rest. Shade." can be the difference between ending the workday safely or suffering serious injuries or worse.
By DOL Newswire | May 13, 2022
There was activity on four bills related to the Education and Labor Committee on May 12.
By DOL Newswire | May 13, 2022
News Release: JERSEY CITY, NJ - A federal investigation of a Jersey City electrical subcontractor on a federally funded residential townhome and apartments project in Paterson found the employer paid 11 electricians wages and fringe benefits at the lower rate paid to laborers, a violation of the law.
By DOL Newswire | May 13, 2022
There was activity on six bills related to the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on May 12.
By DOL Newswire | May 13, 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - On May 11, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Deputy Undersecretary for International Affairs Thea Lee met with Vietnam’s Minister for Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs Đào Ngọc Dung to discuss labor issues of mutual interest.
By DOL Newswire | May 13, 2022
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee released the following statement as the U.S. marks the loss of a million people to COVID-19.
By DOL Newswire | May 13, 2022
The US Labor Department published a nine page notice on May 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | May 13, 2022
News Release: Senator Murray: “This is hard work, and we owe it to our first responders to make sure they have all the support they need."
By DOL Newswire | May 13, 2022
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) hosted a roundtable discussion on the importance of telehealth. Members heard from the Alliance for Connected Care and the American Benefits Counsel.
By DOL Newswire | May 13, 2022
News Release: Dear President Mountford: We write to express our concern about the infant formula supply shortage which is making it harder for parents and caregivers nationwide to get their children the nourishment they need. Formula is a critical source of nutrition for newborns and infants, and this supply shortage...
By DOL Newswire | May 13, 2022
News Release: During a meeting for H.R. 4521, the America COMPETES Act, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) urged conferees to address disastrous provisions that will harm job creators and put students in danger.
By DOL Newswire | May 13, 2022
News Release: Employer name: Pictometry International Corp., doing business as EagleView Technologies Inc., 25 Methodist Hill Drive, Rochester, N.Y. 14623
By DOL Newswire | May 12, 2022
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | May 12, 2022
News Release: SIOUX FALLS, SD - Twice in seven days, federal workplace safety inspectors found a Sioux Falls contractor put workers at risk of being buried under thousands of pounds of soil while they worked in unprotected trenches at two locations in Tea and Salem.
