By DOL Newswire | Jan 10, 2020
News Release: BOISE, ID - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has signed a two-year alliance with the Boise School District in Idaho to teach good workplace safety and health practices to young and vulnerable employees who are entering the workforce.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 10, 2020
News Release: PRAIRIE DU SAC, WI - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Milwaukee Valve Company Inc. - based in Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin - for exposing employees to lead and copper dust at rates higher than the permissible exposure levels. OSHA has proposed $171,628 in penalties to the industrial valve manufacturing company.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: D'IBERVILLE, MS - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Advanced Construction & Development LLC - based in Biloxi, Mississippi - for exposing employees to excavation hazards at a D'Iberville, Mississippi, worksite. The contractor faces $79,559 in penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: CULLMAN, AL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Apex Roofing and Restoration LLC, and WW Restoration LLC for exposing employees to fall hazards after a 15-year-old worker suffered fatal injuries after a fall at a Cullman, Alabama, worksite. The companies face $159,118 in penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 9, 2020
News Release: Today, Republican Workforce Leaders on the Education and Labor Committee, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), submitted a comment letter to National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Chairman John Ring in support of the Board’s proposed rule that would expand employee free choice on union elections.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 7, 2020
News Release: Dear Secretary Scalia: I write to strongly urge the Department of Labor (the Department) to reconsider the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs’ (OFCCP) recent decision not to use data collected from employers about wage gaps. OFCCP is tasked with ensuring federal contractors and subcontractors...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 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, released the following statement in response to a new e-cigarette policy announced by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which allows menthol-flavored...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 27, 2019
News Release: BUFORD, GA- The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Mavis Southeast LLC - operating as Mavis Discount Tire - for exposing employees to fall, struck-by and other hazards at the company’s distribution facility in Buford, Georgia. The company faces $191,895 in penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 26, 2019
News Release: FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited CJM Roofing Inc. - based in West Palm, Florida - for exposing employees to fall and other hazards at three residential worksites in Royal Palm Beach and Port St. Lucie, Florida. The contractor faces penalties totaling $291,724.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 23, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor has selected Michael Rivera as the new Regional Administrator for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) Philadelphia region.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 20, 2019
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 in response to a new rule announced by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) which would make it harder for health insurance to cover abortion care.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
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 every member of the Senate Democratic caucus to demand that the Department...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
News Release: LAVONIA, GA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Wright Metal Products Crates LLC - based in South Bend, Indiana, and operating as WMP Crates - for exposing employees to amputation, chemical and other safety hazards at a worksite in Lavonia, Georgia. The company faces $195,034 in penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 19, 2019
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 in response to the passage of the SECURE Act-bipartisan legislation which includes several steps to bolster retirement security for workers, retirees, and families-as part of the end of the year funding deal.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: NEW YORK, NY - A whistleblower investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has found that Bouchard Transportation Company Inc., B. No. 272 Corp - a petroleum barge company based in Melville, New York - and its officers violated the whistleblower protection provisions of the Seaman’s Protection Act (SPA) when it retaliated against a seaman who cooperated with U.S. Coast Guard (USCG).
By DOL Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Action Roofing Services Inc. - based in Pompano Beach, Florida - for exposing employees to safety hazards at Palm Beach Gardens and Port Saint Lucie, Florida, worksites. The roofing contractor faces $146,280 in penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C.-Today, Senator Murray, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement in response to the Fifth Circuit decision in Texas v. U.S., which ruled the individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) unconstitutional, ...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
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 on the future of work and ensuring workers are competitive in a rapidly changing economy...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), and Ways and Means Committee Republican Leader Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement after the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today that the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) individual mandate is unconstitutional...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 18, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, U.S. Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, criticized the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on its decision to rescind the Commission’s longstanding policy opposing mandatory arbitration clauses because...
