By DOL Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently issued an updated National Emphasis Program (NEP) to focus agency inspections on amputation hazards in manufacturing industries. This directive updates the 2015 NEP on amputations.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries Report, released today, shows the rate of fatal work injuries remained unchanged in 2018.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C.-Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, criticized Republicans for their continued refusal to fill Democratic seats on National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), as the worker protection agency loses its sole...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C.-Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement calling for continued work next year to end surprise medical billing. Murray also highlighted the need to address the effects of Republican efforts to undermine families’ coverage.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 17, 2019
News Release: RAINBOW CITY, AL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited national discount retailer Dollar Tree Stores Inc. for exposing employees to safety hazards at its Rainbow Drive store in Rainbow City, Alabama. The company faces $104,192 in penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Last Saturday, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, Congressman Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ), chairman of the House Energy and...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 16, 2019
News Release: The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) found the Democrats’ so-called College Affordability Act will cost more than $330 billion in mandatory funds and nearly $150 billion in discretionary funds in just the first 10 years of the bill’s enactment.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 13, 2019
News Release: Today, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a final rule on union elections that will give workers adequate time to make an informed decision on whether or not to join a union. 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 rule...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 13, 2019
News Release: BOSTON, MA - The Suffolk County Superior Court in Boston, Massachusetts, recently sentenced Atlantic Drain Service Company Inc. owner Kevin Otto to two years imprisonment on each of two counts of manslaughter, to run concurrently, and three years of probation for witness intimidation. The court’s action...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C.- Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, praised Committee passage of the reauthorization of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, which includes the Adoption Opportunities Act and the Family Violence...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Ways and Means Committee Republican Leader Kevin Brady (R-TX), and Judiciary Committee Republican Leader Doug Collins (R-GA) slammed Speaker Pelosi for politicizing the drug pricing debate in Congress and not supporting bipartisan solutions to lower drug costs for Americans without limiting access to cures.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: SWEDESBORO, NJ - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has reached a settlement with Thomas Foods International after issuing citations for workplace safety and health violations at the company’s meat processing facility in Swedesboro, New Jersey. As part...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: This morning, the House will consider H.R. 19, a Republican amendment to Speaker Pelosi’s radical and partisan drug pricing scheme. Unlike H.R. 3, the Lower Costs, More Cures Act (H.R. 19) encourages innovation of new cures, promotes low-cost options for patients, and improves transparency and accountability.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 12, 2019
News Release: Today, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Republican Leader of the Committee on Education and Labor, delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a full committee hearing to address how the Department of Education is working to address borrowers’ defense claims that have been filed with the Department.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: This evening, the House is debating H.R. 3, Speaker Pelosi's radical drug pricing scheme that will eliminate choice and competition, jeopardize innovation, investment, and access to future cures, and impose unprecedented government interference in private, market negotiations.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 11, 2019
News Release: BRAINTREE, MA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited United Parcel Service Inc. for exposing employees to multiple hazards including exit access, fire and electrical at the shipping and delivery facility in Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts. The company faces $431,517 in penalties for four repeated and seven serious safety violations.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: GAINESVILLE, GA - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Kittrich Corp. - operating as Avenger Products LLC - for exposing employees to amputation, fire, and electrical hazards at the company's Gainesville, Georgia, facility. The pesticide and agricultural chemical manufacturer faces $90,801 in penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C.- Following passage in the U.S. House of Representatives, today, the Senate passed a bipartisan deal led by Senator Education Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA), Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN), and Senators Doug Jones (D-AL), Chris Coons (D-DE), Tim Scott (R-SC), and Richard...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 10, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pension, released the following statement on the Department of Education’s (Department) revised formula for providing loan relief to defrauded borrowers under the Borrower Defense Rule. The Department released its formula as 210,168 borrowers nationally and 6,424 borrowers in Washington state have yet to receive qualified relief.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Ways and Means Committee Republican Leader Kevin Brady (R-TX), and Judiciary Committee Republican Leader Doug Collins (R-GA) today released legislation - the Lower Costs, More Cures Act (H.R. 19) - to lower drug costs for Americans without limiting access to cures.
