By DOL Newswire | Mar 9, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today published “Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19" to help companies respond in the event of coronavirus in the workplace. The guidance was developed in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS).
By DOL Newswire | Mar 9, 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 introduced the Information Needed for Financial Options Risk Mitigation (INFORM) Act, which would require pension plan sponsors to provide plan participants...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 6, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - 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, emergency paid...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: BRAINTREE, MA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Dollar Tree Stores Inc. for exit, storage and fire hazards at a store in Boston, Massachusetts. The national discount retailer faces $523,745 in penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: Dear Vice President Pence: As I hear from Washington state residents and people across the country, I want to be able to provide them answers about the availability of diagnostic tests for the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). I am extremely frustrated by how the Trump Administration has handled the...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 5, 2020
News Release: Today, Republican Workforce Leaders on the Education and Labor Committee, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), issued the following statement in support of the Department of Labor’s (DOL) final rule requiring additional financial reporting for labor union-controlled trusts such as workforce development programs funded by union worker dues...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 5, 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 in response to a new report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS OIG) which...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - This week, U.S. Senator Patty Murray has been working to hold the Trump Administration accountable for its chaotic and delayed response to the novel coronavirus and pushing to get state and local health departments the resources they need as quickly as possible.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 4, 2020
News Release: Today, Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Republican Leader of the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment, delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing to discuss strengthening apprenticeships.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 4, 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 Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, led 37 Democratic Senators in demanding that Secretary of Health and Human...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 4, 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 Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) released the following statements on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) final rule to ban the use of electrical...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 3, 2020
News Release: BETHLEHEM, PA- The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Dollar Tree Stores Inc. for exit and storage hazards at a store located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The national discount retailer faces $296,861 in penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 3, 2020
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, at the Senate health committee hearing on the emerging threat of the novel coronavirus, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the committee, pressed public health officials on the critical need for a comprehensive, fact-driven response. At the hearing, Senator...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 2, 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 eight Democratic senators requested Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia provide details about the Department’s coronavirus preparedness and response efforts and how the Department plans to protect the safety, health, and economic security of workers and their families in light of the increasing threat from the coronavirus.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 2, 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 nine Democratic senators requested Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos provide details about the Department’s coronavirus preparedness and response efforts and how the Department plans to protect students, teachers, and other school staff in the event of an outbreak.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 2, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement today following breaking news that the Supreme Court would hear Republicans’ partisan health care lawsuit seeking to strike down the Affordable Care act.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 28, 2020
News Release: FREMONT, NE - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Interstate Commodities - based in Troy, New York - for grain handling violations after an employee was fatally engulfed in a grain bin at the company's Fremont, Nebraska, facility in September 2019. The company faces $228,592 in penalties, and has been placed in OSHA's Severe Violator Enforcement Program.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 28, 2020
News Release: O'FALLON, MO - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited R&R Contracting Services Inc. after an employee suffered fatal injuries when he was crushed by a powered industrial truck at the company's O'Fallon, Missouri, facility in September 2019. OSHA cited the portable restroom service provider for nine serious violations, and proposed penalties of $52,626.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 28, 2020
News Release: Dear Secretary Azar: Last week, press reports revealed inter- and intradepartmental disagreement regarding the process for repatriating American passengers infected by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) on the Diamond Princess cruise ship. We are concerned the expertise of public health officials...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 28, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is reminding employers to submit their 2019 OSHA Form 300A (Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses) by March 2, 2020.
