By DOL Newswire | May 19, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has adopted revised policies for enforcing OSHA’s requirements with respect to coronavirus as economies reopen in states throughout the country.
By DOL Newswire | May 19, 2020
News Release: Republican Leader of the Committee on Education and Labor, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), and Republican Leader of the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-AL), issued the following statement after Committee Democrats cancelled at the last minute a subcommittee oversight hearing scheduled two weeks ago...
By DOL Newswire | May 19, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, released the following statements criticizing the “report" ...
By DOL Newswire | May 18, 2020
News Release: Dear Secretary Scalia: We write to learn more about how the Department of Labor (Department or DOL) is targeting resources and support to communities of color experiencing magnified economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. This crisis has exacerbated many of the longstanding structural barriers...
By DOL Newswire | May 17, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor took a range of actions to aid American workers and employers as our nation combats the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
By DOL Newswire | May 15, 2020
News Release: Today, the House will vote on H. Res. 965, a radical proxy voting scheme that would diminish the rights on the minority party and upend 200 years of Congressional precedent through partisan fiat.
By DOL Newswire | May 15, 2020
News Release: Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee, spoke on the House floor in opposition to Speaker Pelosi’s $3 trillion socialist wish list...
By DOL Newswire | May 15, 2020
News Release: Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), issued the following statement today after House Democrats passed H.R. 6800, a $3 trillion socialist wish list crafted behind closed doors...
By DOL Newswire | May 15, 2020
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), issued the following statement after House Democrats passed H. Res. 965, a proxy voting scheme that will jeopardize the deliberative process of the House of Representatives...
By DOL Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued an alert listing safety tips employers can follow to help protect retail pharmacy workers from exposure to the coronavirus.
By DOL Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Committee on Education and Labor, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), joined 21 top Republicans in a letter to Democratic leadership slamming their proposed rule changes that launch an assault on the rights of the minority party and topples 200 years of precedent in the House of Representatives.
By DOL Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued an alert listing safety tips employers can follow to help protect nursing home and long-term care facility workers from exposure to the coronavirus.
By DOL Newswire | May 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued an alert listing safety tips to help reduce the risk of exposure to the coronavirus in the car service industry.
By DOL Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: LULING, TX - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Alexander Tank Company - a manufacturer of steel storage tanks based in Luling, Texas - for exposing employees to amputation, confined spaces and other safety hazards. The company faces $234,528 in penalties.
By DOL Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, at a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing, HELP Committee Ranking Member U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), spoke about what is needed before the U.S. can safely reopen amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and asked health experts and officials about...
By DOL Newswire | May 12, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, at a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing, HELP Committee Ranking Member U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), pressed the nation’s health officials for answers about how far the U.S. is from being able to safely reopen, and what the Trump Administration...
By DOL Newswire | May 11, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued an alert listing safety tips employers can follow to help protect dental industry workers from exposure to the coronavirus.
By DOL Newswire | May 10, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor took a range of actions to aid American workers and employers as our nation combats the coronavirus pandemic.
By DOL Newswire | May 8, 2020
News Release: Dear Assistant Secretary Kadlec: We are concerned by recent reports you failed to disclose your work with multiple biodefense entities to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee during the nomination process to become Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) ...
By DOL Newswire | May 7, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered opening remarks at a HELP Committee hearing on the COVID-19 crisis and the need to improve testing. In her remarks, Senator Murray sharply criticized the Trump Administration for its handling of the crisis over the last few months.
