By DOL Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: ORLANDO, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited two contractors - PCL Construction Services Inc. and Universal Engineering Sciences - for safety violations after two employees suffered fatal injuries at a work site for the new JW Marriott Hotel in Orlando.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 6, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Senator Patty Murray, (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, spoke on the Senate floor about her opposition to Chad Readler’s nomination to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. In her remarks Senator Murray focused on Readler’s...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 5, 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, and Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-CA), Chair of the House Higher Education and Workforce Investment Subcommittee, sent two letters today to Secretary of Education...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 5, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Senator Patty Murray, (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered opening remarks at the Committee’s hearing on vaccines and preventable disease outbreaks. During her remarks, Senator Murray focused on the importance...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 5, 2019
News Release: NAPLES, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited TarHeel Corp. for exposing employees to safety hazards after an employee suffered fatal injuries as a result of a fall at the Forest Glen Community in Naples, Florida.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 5, 2019
News Release: WARMINSTER, PA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Etna Construction Inc. - based in Warminster, Pennsylvania - for exposing employees to excavation hazards at a worksite in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The company faces $208,560 in penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 5, 2019
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and 24 cosponsors, reintroduced the Stop Shackling and Detaining Pregnant Women Act. The legislation would protect the health and safety of pregnant women and...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 1, 2019
News Release: TOLEDO, OH - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has renewed an alliance with the Toledo Electrical Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee (JATC) to address safety and health hazards that Ohio’s apprentice and journeyperson electricians may encounter while working in construction and general industry.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 1, 2019
News Release: BOSTON, MA - The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit against Boston, Massachusetts-based contractor Tara Construction Inc. and its chief executive officer, Pedro Pirez, alleging that they retaliated against an injured employee by facilitating his arrest.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 1, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) blasted the Trump administration following reports that it is poised to set the salary threshold under which workers would be guaranteed overtime...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 1, 2019
News Release: MIAMI, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited The Higgins Group Corp. - operating as Higgins Premium Pet Foods - for exposing employees to amputation, fall, and other safety hazards at its facility in Miami, Florida. The company faces $95,472 in penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: NOKOMIS, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Olin Landscaping - based in Venice, Florida - for failing to protect employees working in excessive heat after an employee succumbed to fatal heat-related symptoms while performing lawn maintenance at a residence in Nokomis, Florida.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 28, 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 at the Center for American Progress’ event, “An Equity and Opportunity Agenda for Higher Education," about her vision for higher education and how to improve our nation’s landmark higher education law, the Higher Education Act, to help students succeed.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 28, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Senator Patty Murray, (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), vice chair of the House Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee, reintroduced the Security and Financial Empowerment (SAFE) Act, to help break down economic barriers for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 28, 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 today on Secretary DeVos’ proposal to create tax credits for privatization vouchers.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 27, 2019
News Release: Ensuring student safety in the classroom is paramount. Inappropriate uses of seclusion and restraint against students are never acceptable, but a one-size-fits-all mandate handed down from Washington is the wrong way to ensure students’ safety.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 27, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Senator Patty Murray, (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, spoke out against President Trump’s nominee to fill Justice Kavanaugh’s seat on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, Neomi Rao. In her remarks, Senator Murray laid out her concerns with Rao’s track record on a wide range of issues, including the rights of women, LGBTQ people, and survivors of sexual assault.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 27, 2019
News Release: Workers in the health care and social service industries operate in unique circumstances that can put their safety in jeopardy. These workers, like all workers, deserve protections from workplace violence, and the Trump administration’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is currently ...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 27, 2019
News Release: EL PASO, TX - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Bruce Foods Corporation - a Mexican food manufacturer based in El Paso, Texas - after an employee suffered an amputation. The company now faces $194,350 in fines.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 26, 2019
News Release: LUBBOCK, TX - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Lee Lewis Construction recently signed a partnership to help protect construction workers during construction of the Buddy Holly Hall of Performing Arts and Sciences in Lubbock, Texas.
