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Keller: "President Biden has resorted to weaponizing the federal bureaucracy"

News Release: Today, Workforce Protections Subcommittee Leader Fred Keller (R-PA) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a joint subcommittee hearing on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) likely unlawful federal vaccine mandate...


House Bulldozes Religious Freedom to Pass H.R. 2119

News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following statement after the House passed H.R. 2119, the Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act (FVPSA), without any provisions safeguarding religious freedom...


News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) joined House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Judiciary Committee Republican Leader Jim Jordan (R-OH) in sending a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding that he suspend his unnecessary parent task force, as outlined by the October 4th memo threatening concerned parents at school board meetings.


News Release: Today, Civil Rights and Human Services Subcommittee Republican Leader Russ Fulcher (R-ID) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a joint subcommittee hearing on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) likely unlawful federal vaccine mandate...


US Department of Labor initiates rulemaking to protect workers, outdoors and indoors, from heat hazards amid rising temperatures

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Record-breaking heat in the U.S. in 2021 endangered millions of workers exposed to heat illness and injury in both indoor and outdoor work environments. Workers in outdoor and indoor work settings without adequate climate-controlled environments are at risk of hazardous heat exposure, and workers of color are exposed disproportionately to hazardous levels of heat in essential jobs across these work settings.


Senate Confirms Doug Parker to Serve as Assistant Secretary of Occupational Safety and Health

News Release: (WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Today, the Senate voted to confirm Doug Parker to serve as Assistant Secretary of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) by a vote of 50-41. In remarks on the Senate floor, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) ...


Foxx on Parker’s Confirmation as Head of OSHA

News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement after the Senate voted to confirm Doug Parker to run the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)...


There were 13 notices published by the Labor Department in week ending Oct. 23, according to the Federal Register.


US Department of Labor finds Mississippi concrete products manufacturer, distributor ignored safety measures in Drummonds

News Release: DRUMMONDS, TN - The death of a 67-year-old worker at a Drummonds worksite in April 2021 might have been prevented had their employer not ignored federal workplace requirements, a U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigation has found.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Oct. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Oct. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke on the House Floor in opposition to H.R. 3110, the PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act. Now, more than ever, we need to advocate for flexible workplace policies that improve conditions for, and empower, working mothers.


The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Oct. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


ICYMI: Senator Murray, ACOG’s Dr. Jennifer Villavicencio Push to Protect Abortion Rights on Twitter Live

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - This week, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), and Dr. Jennifer Villavicencio, an OB-GYN and Lead for Equity Transformation for the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), hosted a Twitter...


US Department of Labor finds Midwest trailer sales company failed to ensure workers followed measures to prevent COVID-19 spread

News Release: CALEDONIA, WI - Responding to a complaint alleging coronavirus hazards, federal workplace safety and health inspectors found a Caledonia company failed to protect workers from the virus’ dangers.


Investigation of deadly trench collapse finds Colorado company exposed workers to excavation hazards in Johnstown

News Release: DENVER - A federal workplace safety investigation that followed a deadly trench collapse in Johnstown on April 16 has concluded a Strasburg excavation contractor failed to take required safety precautions that might have prevented the death of a 50-year-old worker.


US Department of Labor seeking nominations for newly reestablished Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor is seeking nominations for membership for the newly reestablished Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health, which advises the Secretary of Labor on all matters relating to the occupational safety and health of federal employees.


The US Labor Department published a four page notice on Oct. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Oct. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) gave the following statement on Catherine Lhamon’s confirmation as assistant secretary for the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights...