By DOL Newswire | Mar 17, 2020
News Release: The coronavirus has led 72,000 schools to shut down operations, affecting nearly 40 million students. So, the Trump administration is taking action to ensure that school meals are reaching those in need.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 17, 2020
News Release: ARCOLA, IL - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Monahan Filaments LLC - based in Arcola, Illinois - for violations of OSHA's machine safety standards after an employee suffered severe injuries. The manufacturer of synthetic filaments for brushes and brooms faces $258, 271 in penalties. OSHA placed the company in the agency's Severe Violator Enforcement Program.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 17, 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, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Senator Kirsten...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 16, 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 the following statements on the announcement of the intent to nominate Jocelyn Samuels to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Lauren...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 14, 2020
News Release: Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), issued the following statement after the House passed H.R. 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 14, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Following President Donald J. Trump’s memorandum on the availability of respirators during the COVID-19 outbreak, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued new temporary guidance regarding the enforcement of OSHA’s Respiratory Protection standard. This guidance is aimed at ensuring healthcare workers have full access to needed N95 respiratory protection in light of anticipated shortages.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: Dear Vice President Pence: As the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) reaches pandemic levels, people in Washington state and across the country still face significant uncertainty about when and how to get tested if they are sick. It is unconscionable that months after this outbreak began, we are unable...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 13, 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, along with Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), introduced the Supporting Students in Response to Coronavirus Act to support students, teachers, and other school staff as the spread of coronavirus continues to cause school closures across the country.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 13, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) -Yesterday, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined Senators Tina Smith (D-MN), Gary Peters (D-MI), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Democratic Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in leading a number of their Democratic Senate colleagues in introducing the Free COVID-19 Testing Act, which would expand free tests to confirm coronavirus (COVID-19) infections.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 12, 2020
News Release: In an effort to increase accountability and transparency, last week, the Department of Labor (DOL) finalized a rule requiring additional financial reporting for labor union-controlled trusts funded by union worker dues. DOL’s final rule will allow workers and the public to see with greater detail how ...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), released the following statement on the Department of Labor’s (DOL) newly released apprenticeship rule that will undermine the highly effective, bipartisan registered apprenticeship programs by creating a duplicative, unnecessary, and lower-quality “industry-recognized apprenticeship programs" (IRAPs), that do not provide crucial benefits and protections.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
News Release: Today, the leaders of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services, Reps. James Comer (R-KY) and Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), unveiled a bipartisan bill to protect students’ access to school meal benefits during school closures related to COVID-19. As of March 10, 621 schools have been closed or are scheduled to close, affecting more than 430,000 students and jeopardizing access to a critical source of nutrition for students across the country.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
News Release: Dear Secretary DeVos: We write on the topic of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) and the impact it is having on schools across the country. Increasing numbers of K-12 schools and institutions of higher education (IHEs) are considering school closures in order to mitigate the spread of the virus.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
News Release: The House of Representatives today passed by unanimous consent the Supporting Older Americans Act of 2020 (H.R. 4334), bipartisan legislation that helps provide social and nutrition services to older Americans. The legislation now heads to the President’s desk to be signed into law.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 11, 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 on the Healthy Families Act (H.R. 1784)...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 11, 2020
News Release: Dear Secretary Scalia: We write to request additional information on the Department of Labor’s (DOL) role in the federal government’s response to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). The seeming absence or exclusion of DOL from any aspect of the Administration’s efforts to address this crisis is alarming.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 11, 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, and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), a member of the HELP Committee, sent a letter to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: Dear Secretary Scalia: In light of the evolving 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and its rapid spread both worldwide and in the United States, we write urging you to direct the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to issue a comprehensive Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) ...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Last week, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee responsible for funding the Department of Labor, introduced new, ...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 10, 2020
News Release: The Department of Labor (DOL) issued a final rule today that will establish Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs (IRAPs), which are apprenticeships led by job creators, colleges, and other entities instead of the federal government. Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), issued the following statement in support of DOL’s rule, which will expand apprenticeship opportunities...
