By DOL Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: EASTLAKE, OH - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Conn-Selmer Inc. for exposing workers to copper dust and machine hazards at the company’s Eastlake, Ohio, musical instrument manufacturing facility. The company faces penalties of $200,230 for two repeated and seven serious safety and health violations.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued enforcement guidance on the requirements for evaluating crane operators that became effective February 7, 2019.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: OMAHA, NE ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is seeking to stop a recent increase in amputation injuries suffered by Nebraska employees, and remind employers of the requirement to report such injuries to OSHA. A review of Nebraska workers' compensation claims found 42 employees suffered amputation injuries in 2018, and employers failed to report more than 65 percent of those injuries to OSHA within 24 hours, as required.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: Dear Mr. Dodaro: We write to request the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) examine the cybersecurity of the private retirement system. Retirement savings held in defined contribution plans, like 401(k) plans, have grown steadily in recent years, reaching over $5 trillion in 2017. These savings, ...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: In 1963 and 1964, Congress passed a series of acts making it illegal to pay employees different wages on the basis of sex and for employers to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, and sex. These important laws laid the foundation for the modern-day workplace and stated unequivocally that discrimination will not be tolerated.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 13, 2019
News Release: NAPLES, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Crown Roofing LLC for exposing employees to fall hazards at two separate residential worksites in Port St. Lucie and Naples, Florida. The Sarasota, Florida-based contractor faces penalties of $265,196.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 12, 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 pain management during the opioid crisis. In her remarks, Senator Murray highlighted the need to ensure...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is reminding employers to take necessary precautions to protect workers from the serious and potentially fatal effects of carbon monoxide exposure.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 12, 2019
News Release: All students deserve access to a safe and healthy learning environment, and America’s teachers deserve a paycheck that reflects their efforts in the classroom. This is a principle that Republicans and Democrats agree on, but our solutions differ drastically.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 8, 2019
News Release: Dear Director Redfield and Assistant Secretary Giroir...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today U.S. Senator Patty Murray issued the following statement on the Department of Justice (DOJ) announcement that its Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) has opened an investigation into the DOJ’s prosecution of serial child rapist Jeffrey Epstein.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 7, 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 Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), will reintroduce the Survivors’ Access to Supportive Care Act (SASCA), a bipartisan, bicameral bill to help improve and expand...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 7, 2019
News Release: In a hearing that lasted all day, Committee Democrats tried desperately to convince themselves that a far-left socialist proposal to arbitrarily hike the minimum wage by 107 percent could go mainstream. It didn’t work. In a fascinating case study in denial, Committee Democrats made three claims: that more than doubling the current minimum wage to $15 an hour will be good for workers, good for businesses, and good for the economy.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: In a hearing House Democrats scripted and orchestrated to distort the record and intimidate Americans with pre-existing conditions, Committee Republicans seized the opportunity to affirm their commitment to Americans with pre-existing health conditions and shed new light on the ways a strong economy gives all Americans the healthcare options they desperately need.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: HAGATNA, GU - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Benson Guam Enterprises Inc. - based in Hagatna, Guam - for exposing employees to struck-by hazards after an employee suffered fatal injuries when several doors fell on him as he unloaded a shipping container.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 6, 2019
News Release: BOSTON, MA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has ordered Hermitage Club Realty LLC - a real estate company based in Wilmington, Vermont - to pay a former employee $22,693 in back pay and bonuses with interest, and $20,000 in compensatory damages.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 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 how primary care affects health care costs and outcomes. In her remarks, Senator Murray highlighted primary...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 5, 2019
News Release: Dear Mr. Ricks: We write to seek an explanation for increases in the prices of Eli Lilly and Company’s insulin products. Over 30 million people live with diabetes in the United States, and for 7.5 million patients, insulin is a critical and life-sustaining daily treatment.[1] At a total cost of $330...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 4, 2019
News Release: JACKSON, MS - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has signed a strategic partnership with Mississippi State University’s Center for Continuing Education Industrial Health & Safety Program and Brasfield & Gorrie LLC to promote worker safety and health at...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 4, 2019
News Release: KILLEEN, TX - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Tap Rack Bang Indoor Shooting Range LLC - operating as The Gun Range - for exposing employees to unsafe levels of lead at its facility in Killeen, Texas. The employer faces penalties totaling $214,387.
