By DOL Newswire | Aug 31, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - In November 2017, two railroad workers at a railyard in Waycross, Georgia, encountered and reported a blue flag that signaled their train could not move safely. For their actions, CSX Transportation Inc. pulled them from the job and later fired them, both actions found to be illegal in a U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigation.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: DALLAS - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration urges response crews and residents in areas affected by Hurricane Ida to recognize the hazards created by flooding, power loss, structural damage, fallen trees and storm debris.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
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 in response to the Biden Administration announcing the creation of the Office of Climate Change and Health Equity (OCCHE) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
By DOL Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: ATLANTA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration urges response crews and residents to recognize the hazards created by flooding, power loss, structural damage, fallen trees and storm debris in areas affected by Hurricane Ida.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: LAS VEGAS - In their ongoing efforts to protect the safety and health of construction workers, the U.S. Department of Labor and the Consulate General of Mexico in Las Vegas today signed an alliance to provide hazard prevention training to Mexican nationals working in Nevada, and help them understand U.S. laws governing workers’ rights and employers’ responsibilities.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 30, 2021
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) gave the following statement after the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights announced it would investigate five states that respect parents’ choices on in-school masking...
By DOL Newswire | Aug 27, 2021
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Republican Leader of the Workforce Protections Subcommittee Fred Keller (R-PA) sent a comment letter to Department of Labor Secretary Marty Walsh raising concerns about a proposed rule hiking the minimum wage for federal contractors to $15 an hour.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 26, 2021
News Release: DENVER - A federal administrative law judge has upheld citations and penalties against a Denver roofing contractor for ignoring federal requirements to protect workers and subcontractors repeatedly from the risk of workplace falls - the leading cause of injury and death in the construction industry.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: TINTON FALLS, NJ - A federal workplace safety and health investigation found numerous violations at a Tinton Falls transitional housing facility where 11 employees and 28 residents tested positive for the coronavirus by late March.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 25, 2021
News Release: MARIETTA, GA - A federal safety and health investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration concluded that a Marietta manufacturer allowed a forklift operator to work on elevated storage racks without fall protection, resulting in the employee’s death.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) gave the following statement after Democrats voted to advance their partisan bill, which paves the way for another massive spending package...
By DOL Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) gave the following statement in response to the Education Department’s announcement that it will default to full forgiveness for defrauded student loan borrowers, abandoning the Trump administration's partial-relief formula...
By DOL Newswire | Aug 24, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, MO - While the hazards most often associated with workplace deaths in the U.S. construction industry - falling, being struck-by or crushed by equipment or other objects, or suffering electrocution are well-known - a recent study finds that another potential killer is taking lives at an alarming rate.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 22, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration urges response crews and residents to recognize the hazards created by flooding, power loss, structural damage, fallen trees and storm debris in areas affected by Tropical Storm Henri.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 19, 2021
News Release: LUBBOCK, TX ‒ The City of Lubbock recently presented the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Damage Prevention Council of Texas' northwest chapter with a proclamation in recognition of National Safe Digging Day on Aug. 11.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona demanding confirmation that states are not required to allow mask mandates in schools as a condition of receiving American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ARP ESSER) funds.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 18, 2021
News Release: BOSTON - On Feb. 24, 2021, at a sewer repair worksite on High Street in downtown Boston, Jordy Alexander Castaneda Romero, 27, and Juan Carlos Figueroa Gutierrez, 33, died after a dump truck struck and pushed them into a nine-foot deep trench. For their employer, Atlantic Coast Utilities LLC/Advanced...
By DOL Newswire | Aug 16, 2021
News Release: PUEBLO, CO - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has again cited a Pueblo home manufacturing company for exposing employees to defective scaffolding and ladders, and failing to train workers on scaffolding safety.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 14, 2021
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) applauded the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) decision to resume posting its votes on the EEOC website. The move comes after Foxx wrote EEOC Chair Charlotte Burrows urging her to reinstate the EEOC’s practice of making members’ voting records public.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 13, 2021
News Release: NEW HAVEN, CT - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Dimeo Construction Co., the Connecticut Department of Labor's Division of Occupational Safety and Health and the New Haven Building Trades signed a partnership agreement to promote worker safety and health on the 101 College St. and 100 College St. Pedestrian Bridge construction projects in New Haven.
