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 an alert listing safety tips employers can follow to help protect manufacturing workers from exposure to coronavirus.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 16, 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), issued the following statement on the Trump Administration’s announced intent to nominate Andrew de Mello to serve as Inspector General of the Department of Education.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 16, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Senator Patty Murray released a new policy white paper, “A Roadmap to Reopening by Ensuring a Speedy and Ubiquitous Lab Testing System (RESULTS)," that outlines Democrats’ proposals to address the Trump Administration’s failure to rapidly expand testing capacity for COVID-19.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 15, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate Democratic Leader; Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), Senate Democratic Whip; Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee and Assistant Democratic Leader; and Senator Debbie...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 15, 2020
News Release: In response to the shortage of medical supplies, Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) and its AmeriCorps NCCC program announced last week that they will be donating more than 14,000 N95 masks throughout the state of Louisiana to help slow the spread of the coronavirus.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 14, 2020
News Release: The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report this week recommending improved oversight of the Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG) program, which funds state efforts to help low-income families access crucial child care services. Following the release of the report, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), issued the statement below...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 13, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today announced an interim enforcement response plan for the coronavirus pandemic. The response plan provides instructions and guidance to OSHA Area Offices and compliance safety and health officers (CSHOs) for handling coronavirus-related complaints, referrals, and severe illness reports.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 13, 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 package delivery workers from exposure to coronavirus.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued interim guidance for enforcing OSHA’s recordkeeping requirements (29 CFR Part 1904) as it relates to recording cases of COVID-19.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 10, 2020
News Release: ATLANTA, GA - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Martin-Pinero CPM LLC - a construction contractor based in Atlanta, Georgia - for exposing employees to fall hazards after a fatal incident at a highway construction project in Atlanta. The company faces $170,020 in penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 9, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Yesterday, a bicameral group of Democratic Members of Congress submitted an amicus curiae brief to the Supreme Court in support of Pennsylvania’s lawsuit challenging a Trump Administration rule that would undermine access to birth control for women across the country. Since the Affordable...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 8, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is reminding employers that it is illegal to retaliate against workers because they report unsafe and unhealthful working conditions during the coronavirus pandemic. Acts of retaliation can include terminations, demotions, denials of overtime or promotion, or reductions in pay or hours.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 8, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), released the following statement on President Trump’s recent attacks on the Inspectors General of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Defense (DoD).
By DOL Newswire | Apr 8, 2020
News Release: Dear Secretary Scalia: We write urging the Occupation Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to issue an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) requiring employers to develop and implement a comprehensive plan to protect all essential workers who continue to go to work during the COVID-19 pandemic. We...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 8, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has expanded temporary guidance provided in a March 14, 2020, memorandum regarding supply shortages of N95s or other filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs) due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This expanded...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 8, 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 workers from exposure to coronavirus.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 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, released a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on maternal mortality describing how maternal deaths are tracked, trends and disparities...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 7, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA), Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Ranking Member Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Senate Committee on Aging Ranking Member Bob...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 6, 2020
News Release: PEORIA, IL - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Grain and Feed Association of Illinois (GFAI), and Illinois On-Site Consultation Program have signed a two-year alliance to address safety and health hazards employees face at Illinois grain-handling sites.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 6, 2020
News Release: ST. JOSEPH, MO ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Skinner Tank Company - based in Yale, Oklahoma - for lack of fall protection after an employee constructing a storage tank suffered fatal injuries in a 50-foot fall at a Missouri agricultural...
