By DOL Newswire | Jun 7, 2019
News Release: DENVER, CO - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited UHS of Centennial Peaks LLC - operating as Centennial Peaks Hospital in Louisville, Colorado - for failing to protect employees from violence in the workplace. The company faces penalties of $32,392.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 7, 2019
News Release: Dear Secretary Acosta:. I write to urge the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL or the Department) to reverse its decision to terminate the Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers (CCC) program and permanently close nine centers. Ending the CCC program will harm the more than 3,000 students and 1,000 employees...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 7, 2019
News Release: KANSAS CITY, MO - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is urging employers, workers, and the public to be aware of the hazards that may exist while conducting cleanup work following the recent tornados in Kansas and Missouri.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 6, 2019
News Release: ATHENS, GA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has signed a strategic partnership with the Associated General Contractors of Georgia Inc. and Mortenson Construction to promote worker safety and health during the construction of the U.S. National Poultry Research Center, Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory in Athens, Georgia.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 6, 2019
News Release: PHOENIX, AZ - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited ASARCO - a metal smelting company - for electrical hazards after an arc flash caused three workers to suffer severe burns at its facility in Hayden, Arizona. The company faces $278,456 in penalties for two willful violations and one serious violation.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 6, 2019
News Release: Senator Murray, joined by patients, shared stories of families struggling with prescription drug costs and outlined her plans to help bring costs down
By DOL Newswire | Jun 5, 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 Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) new rule which was authorized by the Dodd-Frank Act and will shape the Department of Labor’s forthcoming fiduciary rule that is supposed to protect retirement savers.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 4, 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, spoke on the Senate floor in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment by the U.S. Senate as part of a bipartisan tribute...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 3, 2019
News Release: BELLE GLADE, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Duda Farm Fresh Foods Inc. - based in Belle Glade, Florida - for exposing employees to workplace safety hazards after a worker required medical treatment due to an anhydrous ammonia leak in the farm’s packaging house. The company faces $95,472 in penalties.
By DOL Newswire | May 29, 2019
News Release: NAPLES, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited four Florida-based residential construction contractors for exposing employees to safety hazards at a Naples, Florida, worksite. The four companies received 12 citations collectively, totaling $220,114 in proposed penalties.
By DOL Newswire | May 29, 2019
News Release: MACON, GA - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a combined 22 citations to Kumho Tire Georgia Inc., Sae Joong Mold Inc., and J-Brothers Inc. after a follow-up inspection found safety and health hazards at the tire manufacturing facility in Macon, Georgia. The three companies collectively face $523,895 in proposed penalties.
By DOL Newswire | May 29, 2019
News Release: BILLINGS, MT - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has signed a strategic partnership with Layton Construction Company LLC to promote worker safety and health during construction of a new addition to the Bozeman Health Deaconess Hospital in Bozeman, Montana.
By DOL Newswire | May 24, 2019
News Release: HOUSTON, TX - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Custom Rubber Products LLC - based in Houston, Texas - for failing to properly guard machinery and exposing employees to severe injury and amputation hazards. The company faces $530,392 in fines, the maximum penalty allowable by law.
By DOL Newswire | May 24, 2019
News Release: DES MOINES, IA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has renewed an alliance with the Iowa Occupational Safety and Health Division of Labor Services, and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union #55 to address safety and health hazards in the electrical industry.
By DOL Newswire | May 24, 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 Trump Administration’s proposal to scrap key health care protections that prevent and respond to discrimination.
By DOL Newswire | May 23, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), introduced the Second Look at Drug Patents Act of 2019, legislation to improve the process for challenging sham drug patents and remove obstacles that can keep lower cost generic drugs from being available to patients and families.
By DOL Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: STRATTANVILLE, PA -The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Champion Modular Inc. for exposing employees to safety and health hazards at its Strattanville, Pennsylvania, facility. The company faces $687,650 in penalties.
By DOL Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: GULF SHORES, AL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited R Coast Construction LLC for exposing employees to fall hazards at a Gulf Shores, Alabama, worksite. The framing contractor faces $79,181 in penalties.
By DOL Newswire | May 22, 2019
News Release: Dear Secretary Acosta: We write to express our strong opposition to the Department of Labor’s (DOL) proposed rule to rescind the 2016 overtime rule and replace it with a rule that will leave millions of workers without overtime protection. The overtime protections of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ...
By DOL Newswire | May 21, 2019
News Release: Today, in a hearing titled “Eliminating Barriers to Employment: Opening Doors to Opportunity," Republicans took the opportunity to focus on the greatest barrier to employment for Americans from every community and from every walk of life: the failure of American postsecondary education.
