By DOL Newswire | Oct 16, 2019
News Release: Today, Rep. James Comer (R-KY), Republican Leader of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services, delivered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at the subcommittee's hearing to examine a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) proposed rule to increase accountability in child nutrition programs...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 15, 2019
News Release: Dear Secretary DeVos: We are troubled by the U.S. Department of Education’s (“Department") response to a recent Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) report on student parents in higher education.[i] The Department’s rejection of all of GAO’s recommendations to provide additional support to student...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 15, 2019
News Release: Republican Leaders on the Education and Labor Committee, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), issued the following statement criticizing the Democrats' introduction of partisan higher education legislation that will hurt students and doubles down on failed policies...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: AUSTIN, TX - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Liquid Environmental Solutions of Texas LLC for workplace safety hazards following an employee fatality at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in April 2019. The company faces $301,188 in fines.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: Today, Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), issued the following statement on the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) partial score for H.R. 3, the Democrats’ socialized prescription drug pricing scheme...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: OSHA cited the Escatawpa, Mississippi-based company for failing to protect workers from cave-ins while inside a 7-foot-deep excavation, provide a safe means to enter and exit the trench, and inspect the trench using a competent person. OSHA also cited the company for failing to ensure employees wore reflective clothing while exposed to vehicular traffic.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 11, 2019
News Release: CHARLESTON, WV - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Roofing Solutions LLC - based in Charleston, West Virginia - for exposing employees to falls, and other safety and health hazards at worksites in Charleston and Nitro, West Virginia. The company faces $202,988 in penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 9, 2019
News Release: SYRACUSE, NY - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Dollar Tree Stores Inc. for unsafe storage of material, obstructed exit routes and blocked electrical panels at the discount retailer’s Elmira, New York, store. The Chesapeake, Virginia-based retailer faces $208,368 in proposed penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 9, 2019
News Release: Dear Mr. Rutledge: I am writing to follow-up on the letter House Education and Labor Committee Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA) and I sent to you on September 22 concerning the reorganization of the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA). That letter posed specific questions concerning the need...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: MOUNT VERNON, OH ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Prestress Services Industries of Ohio LLC for 20 safety and health violations at the concrete production plant in Mount Vernon, Ohio. The company faces penalties of $158,555.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 8, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has formed a national alliance with the National Waste & Recycling Association (NWRA), and Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) to protect the safety and health of workers in the solid waste industry.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 8, 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 regarding the Department of Labor’s proposed tip rule...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 7, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today issued a Request for Information (RFI) to consider Online Outreach Training Program Consortiums, a new model to administer online classes for the Outreach Training Program.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 7, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) placed on public inspection today a proposal to protect workers in shipyards and construction from beryllium exposure by more appropriately tailoring the requirements of the standards to the exposures in these industries.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 7, 2019
News Release: DELAWARE, OH - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Liberty Casting Company for exposing employees to crystalline silica above the permissible exposure levels at the Delaware, Ohio, foundry. The company faces $270,048 in proposed penalties for three repeated and 18 serious health violations.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 7, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor invites interested parties to attend a discussion on leading indicators for occupational safety and health programs. The meeting will be held on November 7, 2019, in Washington, D.C.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 3, 2019
News Release: GREENVILLE, MO - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Kerry Inc. for failing to provide fall protection to employees working in the company’s facility in Greenville, Missouri. The food flavoring company faces $223,525 in penalties for one willful and eight serious safety violations.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: TUSCALOOSA, AL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Turner Specialty Services LLC and Hunt Refining Co. for safety violations after an employee suffered a fatal injury at a refining facility in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The two companies collectively face $106,080 in penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 2, 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 (HELP), Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) released a report from the Government Accountability Office showing that the Department of Education can do more to support students in foster care.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 2, 2019
News Release: The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report today that contained troublesome findings of potential fraud within Head Start, which provides early education services to low-income children. Following the report’s release, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Republican Leader of the Committee on House Education and Labor, sent a letter to Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA) requesting the Committee hold a public hearing to examine potential fraud within Head Start.
