By DOL Newswire | Apr 28, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), in a letter to Tyson CEO Noel White, expressed her concern about Tyson’s decision to delay the closure of the Tyson Fresh Meat plant in Wallula, WA, despite...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 28, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor today commemorated Workers’ Memorial Day with a joint statement from U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), Loren Sweatt.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 27, 2020
News Release: On Friday, Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Chairman Robert C. “Bobby" Scott (D-VA) will host a virtual forum with the members of the Committee on Education and Labor to discuss the impact of COVID-19 and share solutions to address the crisis.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 27, 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, issued the following statement on a document released by the Trump Administration that reiterates its current efforts on testing capacity.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 26, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have released joint coronavirus-related interim guidance for meatpacking and meat processing workers and employers - including those involved in beef, pork and poultry operations. The guidance includes recommended actions employers can take to reduce the risk of exposure to the coronavirus.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 26, 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 | Apr 24, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued interim enforcement guidance on reusing disposable N95 filtering face piece respirators (N95 FFRs) that have been decontaminated. The action marks the Department’s latest step to ensure the availability of respirators, and follows President Donald J. Trump’s Memorandum on Making General Use Respirators Available.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 24, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), urged Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Chairwoman Janet Dhillon to reverse her notice to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that the EEOC...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 24, 2020
News Release: Dear Secretary Azar: We write with great concern regarding reports the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) is considering implementing aggressive immigration policies that are not in the best interests of the children in its care. Further, we strongly oppose the Trump Administration using the cover...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 23, 2020
News Release: PERRY, GA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Creative Multicare Inc. - a carpet restoration, plumbing and resurfacing contractor based in Stockbridge, Georgia - for exposing employees to safety and health hazards after a fatal incident at a worksite in Perry, Georgia. The company faces $183,127 in penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 22, 2020
News Release: OSHA cited the Oviedo, Florida-based contractor for exposing employees to cave-in and engulfment hazards by allowing them to work in unprotected excavations that also lacked safe means for employees to enter and exit the excavation. Other violations include using a trench shield with missing components, ...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 22, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), released the following statement in response to reporting from the New York Times that Dr. Rick Bright was removed as Director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) because he insisted COVID-19 treatments being pushed by the Trump Administration be scientifically tested.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 22, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Congressman Bobby Scott...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 21, 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 construction workers from exposure to the coronavirus.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 21, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will hold a teleconference meeting May 12, 2020, in Washington, D.C., to solicit public comments and suggestions on key issues facing OSHA’s whistleblower protection program.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 21, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), released the following statement regarding the $25 billion dollar investment in expanding COVID-19 testing, surveillance, and contact tracing included in the...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: President Donald J. Trump. The White House. 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW. Washington, DC 20500. Dear President Trump, I write to express my serious concerns about your recent decision to unilaterally halt the United States’ funding for the World Health Organization (WHO). Cutting off funding at this...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Senator Patty Murray released the following statement in response to news that the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (HHS OIG) would audit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s efforts to produce and distribute COVID-19 lab test kits. The announcement from the HHS OIG comes after Senator Murray pressed for such an investigation from it last month.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 17, 2020
News Release: Dear Commissioner Hahn: I write to seek assurances that the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) response to the COVID-19 outbreak is driven by unbiased scientific decision-making alone. A number of reports have raised serious concerns about whether political pressure has influenced FDA actions in recent...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 16, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued interim guidance to advise compliance safety and health officers to evaluate an employer’s good faith efforts to comply with safety and health standards during the coronavirus pandemic.
