By DOL Newswire | Sep 13, 2019
News Release: DAYTON, OH - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Roofs by Antonio LLC - based in Dayton, Ohio - for exposing employees to fall hazards while they installed shingles on a sloped roof in Cincinnati, Ohio. The company faces penalties of $159,118 for repeatedly violating OSHA’s fall protection standards.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 12, 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 U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) released a report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) outlining how more information could help student...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 12, 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 announcement of a Committee confirmation hearing next Thursday for Eugene Scalia, President Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Labor (DOL).
By DOL Newswire | Sep 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has been granted authority to handle worker retaliation complaints under the Taxpayer First Act (TFA). The statute was signed into law on July 1, 2019.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 11, 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 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) announcement that it will stop collecting wage gap data from employers going forward-backtracking on a key step to provide more transparency to workers on pay discrimination.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 11, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently signed an alliance with the U.S. Poultry & Egg Association, National Chicken Council and National Turkey Federation, known as the Poultry Industry Alliance participants. The goal of the alliance is to help protect workers’ safety and health by reducing and preventing exposure to peracetic acid (PAA), repetitive injuries and other hazards in the poultry industry.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: FRANKLIN, OH ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Faurecia Emissions Control Systems NA LLC have reached an agreement that calls for the auto parts manufacturer - based in Franklin, Ohio - to abate hazards cited by OSHA in July 2019 and to pay penalties of $188,329. The company will remain in OSHA’s Severe Violator Enforcement Program.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 10, 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, issued the following statement in response to new census data showing the uninsured rate jumped from 7.9 percent to 8.5 percent from 2017 to 2018 with nearly 2 million more people going without insurance during the year.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 10, 2019
News Release: COLUMBIA, MD - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and key stakeholders in the elevator industry have signed an alliance to protect industry employees and promote workplace safety and health nationwide.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 9, 2019
News Release: The agreement - approved by Judge Patrick B. Augustine of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission in Denver, Colorado - resolves three OSHA inspections conducted at Kamphuis Pipeline Company worksites in September and October 2017. Investigators found that the company repeatedly exposed...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 9, 2019
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has signed a two-year alliance with the Pennsylvania OSHA Consultation Program at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry’s Bureau of Workers’ Compensation to provide employers and employees with information, guidance and access to training resources to promote safe and healthful workplaces.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 6, 2019
News Release: ATLANTA, GA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) urges response crews and residents in areas affected by Hurricane Dorian to be aware of hazards created by flooding, power loss, structural damage, fallen trees, and storm debris.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 3, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on the U.S. Department of Education’s announcement of a final “borrower defense" rule which will eliminate more than $11 billion - or nearly 75 percent - of student debt relief that would have been granted under the previous rule to students who were cheated or defrauded by predatory for-profit colleges.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 30, 2019
News Release: SOCIAL CIRCLE, GA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has signed a strategic partnership with Holder Construction Group LLC and the Associated General Contractors of Georgia Inc. (AGC) to promote worker safety and health during the construction of the Newton County Georgia Project in Social Circle, Georgia.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 29, 2019
News Release: LABELLE, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Twins Twins LLC for exposing employees to amputations at the company’s facility in Labelle, Florida. The tortilla company faces $81,682 in penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: RIVIERA BEACH, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited UPS Inc. for failing to protect employees working in excessive heat after an employee suffered heat-related injuries near the Riviera Beach, Florida, facility. The company faces $13,260 in penalties, the maximum penalty allowed by law for a serious violation.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 27, 2019
News Release: DALLAS, TX - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has ordered Kinder Morgan Inc. - an energy infrastructure company based in Houston, Texas - to pay a former employee back wages, damages, and attorney’s fees after an investigation found that the company violated the whistleblower provisions of the Pipeline Safety Improvement Act (PSIA).
By DOL Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: CHATTANOOGA, TN - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has ordered the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to reinstate a former employee who TVA placed on paid administrative leave, and then later terminated in retaliation for raising nuclear safety concerns.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 26, 2019
News Release: Dear Acting Secretary Pizzella: We write in strong opposition to the U.S. Department of Labor’s (“Department" or DOL) proposed rule to create Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs (IRAPs or “Industry Programs"), and to request a 60-day extension of the public comment period for the Notice of Proposed...
By DOL Newswire | Aug 23, 2019
News Release: MONTGOMERYVILLE, PA - A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has awarded $1,047,399 in lost wages and punitive damages to two former employees of a Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania, manufacturer after a jury found the company and its owner fired them in retaliation for their participation in a federal safety investigation.
