By DOL Newswire | Feb 27, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited CLF Construction Inc. and Toll Brothers Inc. for exposing employees to fall hazards after a CLF employee suffered fatal injuries in a fall at a worksite in Media, Pennsylvania. OSHA proposed $170,560 in penalties for Philadelphia-based subcontractor CLF Construction, and $74,217 for Horsham, Pennsylvania-based general contractor Toll Brothers.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 27, 2020
News Release: Dear President Trump: I write with great concern about your selection of Vice President Mike Pence to lead the federal government’s response to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). You were personally critical of President Obama’s choice to lead the government’s Ebola response given the individual’s...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 27, 2020
News Release: Dear Chair Dhillon: We write with concern regarding the dramatic decline in staffing at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) since President Trump took office and to request information about how the agency plans to ensure it has the personnel necessary to do its critical work. We especially...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: Today, Rep. Ron Wright (R-TX), Republican Member of the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing to examine the Department of Labor's oversight of the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: BRANSON, MO ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Royal Oak Enterprises for exposing employees to multiple safety and health hazards at company facilities in Branson and Summersville, Missouri. The charcoal manufacturer faces $339,702 in penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor will hold a teleconference meeting of the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health (ACCSH) Workgroups on Thursday, March 5, 2020.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: Today, the Committee on Education and Labor announced plans for a hearing on Wednesday, March 4, to discuss a bipartisan proposal to reauthorize the National Apprenticeship Act. The hearing will be held by the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment at 10:15 a.m.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has launched an initiative to have agency inspections focus on reducing workplace hazards that can lead to amputation injuries for workers in Delaware’s manufacturing industry.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: BOSTON, MA - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has determined that Universal Trucking Solutions LLC - a defunct Hartford, Connecticut, commercial motor carrier - and its co-owner, Juan Ramirez, violated the whistleblower protections of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act (STAA).
By DOL Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has launched an initiative to have agency inspections focus on reducing workplace hazards that can lead to amputation injuries for workers in West Virginia’s manufacturing industry.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 26, 2020
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has launched an initiative to have agency inspections focus on reducing workplace hazards that can lead to amputation injuries for workers in Pennsylvania’s manufacturing industry.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 25, 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 statement on the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) joint employer rule, which will make it harder for workers to organize a union...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), issued the following statement in support of the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) final rule to update the standard for determining joint-employer status...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: DALLAS, TX - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Damage Prevention Council of Texas (DPC) signed an alliance designed to educate employers and employees in all 254 counties in Texas about the hazards associated with trenching and excavation.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 25, 2020
News Release: MORGANTOWN, WV - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and PJ Dick Inc. have partnered to promote worker safety during the construction of Reynolds Hall - the future home to the new John Chambers College of Business and Economics at West Virginia University - in Morgantown, West Virginia.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: PHENIX CITY, AL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Jaime Martinez Hernandez - a residential framing contractor based in Phenix City, Alabama - for exposing employees to fall and struck-by hazards at two Alabama worksites. The contractor faces $240,880 in penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 21, 2020
News Release: WILMINGTON, DE - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Dana Rail Care for workplace safety and health hazards at the facility in Wilmington, Delaware. The company faces $371,276 in penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 20, 2020
News Release: CUMMING, GA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Garick LLC - operating as Smith Garden Products - for exposing employees to safety hazards at the Cumming, Georgia, facility. The manufacturer of specialty mulch products faces $148,867 in penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 20, 2020
News Release: Dear Secretary Azar: We write to request clarification of your recent statements on a radio program indicating the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may: (1) exclude certain vaping products from a federal court-ordered deadline of May 12, 2020 requiring manufacturers to submit premarket applications...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 19, 2020
News Release: Dear Secretary DeVos: We write to strongly oppose the U.S Department of Education’s (the Department) proposed regulation, “Uniform Administrative Requirements, Costs Principles, Audit Requirements for Federal Awards, Direct Grant Programs, State-Administered Formula Grant Programs, Developing Hispanic-Serving...
