By DOL Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has awarded approximately $10.5 million in Susan Harwood federal safety and health training grants to 79 nonprofit organizations nationwide. The grants will provide education and training programs to...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: AKRON, OH - An Ohio county court has sentenced Jim Coon - a roofing contractor based in Akron, Ohio - to prison after he pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the death of a 39-year-old employee who fell from a three-story roof while working without required fall protection in November 2017.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 20, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Yesterda y, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, along with other Democratic members of the committee, grilled Labor Secretary nominee Eugene Scalia on his record of defending corporations and trampling...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 19, 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 the subcommittee's hearing on the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: Today, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Republican Leader of the Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement on H.R. 3, the Democrats’ socialized prescription drug pricing scheme...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray, ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), urged the Senate to prevent a lapse in funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and minority-serving institutions by passing the FUTURE Act, a bipartisan bill that has already passed the House.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited RMS Utilities Inc. - based in Alamosa, Colorado - for exposing employees to trenching hazards. The company faces $92,819 in penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - At today’s confirmation hearing, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), questioned Eugene Scalia, President Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Labor, on his long and troubling history of trampling on workers’ rights and defending corporations.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 19, 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 workplace nondiscrimination policies and priorities...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: Republican Workforce Leaders on the Education and Labor Committee, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), sent a letter to Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee Chairwoman Frederica Wilson (D-FL) requesting a public hearing by the Committee to examine the widening corruption scandal within the United Auto Workers (UAW) union.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: BOISE, ID - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Dollar Tree Stores at four Idaho locations for exposing employees to unsafe storage of merchandise, and blocked walkways and exit routes. The company faces $898,682 in proposed penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 18, 2019
News Release: Today, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Republican Leader of the Committee on Education and Labor, delivered the following opening statement at a committee markup of H.R. 4334, the Dignity in Aging Act and H.R. 4301, the School Shooting Safety and Preparedness Act...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 17, 2019
News Release: Dear Acting Secretary Pizzella: We write to oppose the Department of Labor’s (the Department) Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) proposed regulation, “Implementing Legal Requirements. Regarding the Equal Opportunity Clause’s Religious Exemption," which was published in the Federal...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: NIAGARA, WI ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Koller Industries ‒ operating as Aurora Castings Services ‒ for continually exposing employees to machine hazards at the facility in Niagara, Wisconsin. The company faces $ 206,291 in penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: Dear Mr. Pichai: We write regarding an apparent flaw in Google’s mapping products that poses a serious threat of misdirecting women seeking important health care. According to media reports[1] from as early as 2018[2], there are certain situations where Google search and Google maps seem to mislead...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor has selected Scott Ketcham as the new director of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA’s) Directorate of Construction (DOC) in Washington, D.C. Ketcham had served as deputy director of DOC since February 2017.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: CHICAGO, IL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Polo Masonry Builders Inc. - based in Park Ridge, Illinois - for exposing employees to fall and scaffolding hazards while working on a commercial building project in Chicago, Illinois. The company faces penalties of $252,136. OSHA placed the company in the Severe Violator Enforcement Program.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 16, 2019
News Release: NEW LONDON, WI - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Wood Sewer & Excavation Inc. for willfully exposing employees to excavation hazards at a construction site in Fox Point, Wisconsin. The company faces $65,921 in penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Century Communities Inc. - a Colorado-based homebuilder - for exposing employees to fall hazards. The company faces $132,598 in penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: MELBOURNE, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Hough Roofing Inc. - based in Palm Bay, Florida - for exposing employees to fall hazards after a worker suffered a fatal injury from a fall while performing roofing activities at a work site in Melbourne, Florida.
