By DOL Newswire | May 28, 2020
News Release: Dear Commissioner Hahn: We write to urge you to disclose to Congress and make available to the public a list of marketed e-cigarettes and other deemed tobacco products for which the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) receives premarket applications by September 9, 2020. Such a list would inform consumers...
By DOL Newswire | May 28, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - As the nation faces the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is dedicated to keeping the American workforce safe and healthy. Today, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health Loren Sweatt testified before the House Education and Labor Committee's Workforce Protections Subcommittee about the agency's role during the crisis.
By DOL Newswire | May 28, 2020
News Release: Today, Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-AL), Republican Leader of the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing to examine the federal government's actions to protect workers from COVID-19...
By DOL Newswire | May 28, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued an alert listing steps employers can follow to implement social distancing in the workplace and to help protect workers from exposure to the coronavirus.
By DOL Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, introduced new legislation, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and...
By DOL Newswire | May 27, 2020
News Release: JACKSONVILLE, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Jax Utilities Management Inc. for exposing employees to cave-in hazards at a Jacksonville, Florida, worksite. The construction contractor faces $56,405 in penalties.
By DOL Newswire | May 26, 2020
News Release: HOUSTON, TX - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited TPC Group LLC for exposing employees to workplace safety and health hazards after a fire and explosion at the Port Neches, Texas, plant in November 2019. The company faces $514,692 in fines.
By DOL Newswire | May 26, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has launched a webpage with coronavirus-related guidance for construction employers and workers. The guidance includes recommended actions to reduce the risk of exposure to the coronavirus.
By DOL Newswire | May 26, 2020
News Release: An employee suffered a fatal fall from a communications tower while attempting to connect two sections during the construction. OSHA cited the Calico Rock, Arkansas-based company for failing to ensure employees used fall protection, and designate, identify and train employees to provide rescue in the event of an emergency.
By DOL Newswire | May 25, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education Labor & Pensions, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), and Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee released the following statement today after the Trump administration submitted a new report to Congress outlining their national testing strategy...
By DOL Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: NORTH MIAMI, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited two contractors for failing to protect employees from fall hazards at a construction worksite in North Miami, Florida. Prestige Estates Property Management LLC of North Miami and Jesus Balbuena of Miami, Florida, face $44,146 in penalties.
By DOL Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: Dear Secretary Azar: We write in response to the Report to Congress on Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act Disaggregated Data on U.S. Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Testing (the Report) that was submitted to congressional committees of jurisdiction on May 15, 2020. The Report...
By DOL Newswire | May 22, 2020
News Release: Following the introduction of bipartisan legislation to create a “safe harbor" for independent contract workers in the sharing economy as we combat COVID-19, Republican Leader of the Committee on Education and Labor, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), issued this statement...
By DOL Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: JACKSONVILLE, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Flat Glass Distributors Inc. for exposing employees to unguarded machinery and electrical hazards at the Jacksonville, Florida, fabrication and distribution facility. The custom glass shaping and cutting distributor faces $121,446 in penalties.
By DOL Newswire | May 21, 2020
News Release: Dear Vice President Pence: The federal government must take an immediate and aggressive approach to responding to all aspects of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This includes offering full federal support for anyone who is coping with the mental health ramifications of the response to COVID-19, ...
By DOL Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: MITCHELL, SD - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Custom Genetic Solutions LLC - a bull stud facility in Mitchell, South Dakota - for exposing workers to hazardous chemicals and toxic substances after an employee fatality. The company faces penalties of $122,602 for two willful and three serious violations.
By DOL Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Loren Sweatt of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was scheduled and prepared to testify at the House of Representatives Education and Labor Committee hearing this morning. But only yesterday, the committee postponed the hearing.
By DOL Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: Dear Secretary DeVos: We urge you to reverse your unauthorized decision to provide institutions of higher education, regardless of need, at least $500,000 of taxpayer funds from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), Public Law No. 116-136. The limited federal resources...
By DOL Newswire | May 20, 2020
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Committee on Education and Labor, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), issued the following statement after President Trump signed an Executive Order directing federal agencies to rescind or temporarily waive regulations to provide relief to businesses and job creators as the nation’s economy recovers from COVID-19...
By DOL Newswire | May 19, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today announced the availability of $11.5 million in Susan Harwood Training Grants for nonprofit organizations, including community and faith-based organizations, employer associations, labor unions, joint labor/management associations, Indian tribes, and colleges and universities.
