By DOL Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: WILKES-BARRE, PA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has signed a two-year alliance with the Northeast Pennsylvania Manufacturer and Employers Association (NEPA MAEA) to promote workplace safety and health to general industry employees and students entering the workforce in Northeast Pennsylvania.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 9, 2019
News Release: ANDALUSIA, 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 the company’s Andalusia, Alabama, location. The company faces $312,576 in penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 6, 2019
News Release: HARTFORD, CT- 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 in Bloomfield, Connecticut. The national discount retailer faces $208,384 in penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 6, 2019
News Release: Today, Republican Leaders on the Education and Labor Committee, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Rep. James Comer (R-KY), and Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), submitted a comment letter to Secretary Scalia supporting the Department of Labor’s (DOL) proposed rule that will increase access to health care services for ...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: ROYAL PALM BEACH, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Garabar Inc. - based in Lake Worth, Florida - for exposing employees to safety hazards at a worksite in Royal Palm Beach, Florida. The roofing contractor faces $64,974 in penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 5, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C.-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 Burr (R-NC) to permanently fund History Black Colleges and...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: AVON, OH - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has again cited Chanell Roofing and Home Improvement LLC - based in Cleveland, Ohio - for exposing employees to fall hazards. The company faces penalties totaling $200,451 for violations of OSHA’s fall protection standards at two separate jobsites in Avon, Ohio.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a final rule that promotes work for able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs). Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), issued the following statement today in support of this rule, which promotes self-sufficiency and encourages Americans to seek and secure gainful employment...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: PITTSTON, PA ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Dana Railcare - based in Wilmington, Delaware - for confined space hazards after an employee fatality in Pittston, Pennsylvania. The railcar service provider faces $551,226 in proposed penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 4, 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 on the Trump administration's immigration policies and children's development...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 4, 2019
News Release: Today, Republican Members on the Education and Labor Committee sent a letter to Chairman Scott condemning Committee Democrats’ prioritization of the partisan impeachment of President Trump over important Committee legislative solutions. Specifically, the letter slams Committee Democrats for ignoring ...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 3, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C - Senator Patty Murray, ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, and Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03), chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor, released a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released today reveals the dramatic...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 3, 2019
News Release: Washington D.C.-Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, voted against advancing the nomination of Dr. Stephen Hahn to serve as Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner. In her remarks at the HELP Committee’s markup, ...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 3, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Education Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), and Senators Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Doug Jones (D-Ala.), Richard Burr (R-N.C.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.) today released a bipartisan amendment to the House-passed FUTURE Act to make permanent...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 3, 2019
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Martin Davila - operating as Davila Construction - for exposing employees to fall hazards at three separate Missouri job sites in May, June, and August 2019. The residential roofing company faces $205,098 in proposed penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 3, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) fiscal year (FY) 2019 final statistics show a significant increase in the number of inspections and a record amount of compliance assistance to further the mission of ensuring that employers provide workplaces free of hazards.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, 36 members of the U.S. Senate led by Senators Chuck Schumer, Patty Murray, Dianne Feinstein and Richard Blumenthal, along with 161 members of the U.S. House of Representatives led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Representatives Frank Pallone, Jr., Jerrold Nadler, Diana DeGette, ...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 2, 2019
News Release: OPELIKA, AL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Ballard Construction Co. Inc. - a sewer and water utilities contractor based in Kellyton, Alabama - for exposing employees to excavation hazards after a worker was injured and hospitalized following a trench collapse. The contractor faces $34,476 in penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 27, 2019
News Release: AUGUSTA, ME - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Shawn D. Purvis - owner of Purvis Home Improvement Co. Inc. based in Saco, Maine - for willful, repeat and serious workplace safety violations at a jobsite in Springvale, Maine. The roofing contractor faces a total of $278,456 in new penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 27, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Wage and Hour Division (WHD) remind employers to protect worker safety and pay during the upcoming holiday season.
