By DOL Newswire | Dec 28, 2018
News Release: GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited roofing company Aspen Contracting Inc. - based in Lee’s Summit, Missouri - and subcontractor J Cuellar LLC - based in West Bend, Wisconsin - for exposing employees to dangerous fall hazards at a Fountain, Colorado construction site. The companies face proposed penalties totaling $147, 998.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 21, 2018
News Release: WICHITA, KS - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Midwest Drywall Company Inc. for safety violations after part of a forklift fatally crushed an employee at the company’s Wichita, Kansas, facility.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 21, 2018
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 U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, along with Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Tim Scott (R-SC) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), introduced...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 21, 2018
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(HELP) Committee, released the following statement today after Secretary DeVos and Acting Attorney General Whitaker rescinded guidance aimed at ending disciplinary practices that unfairly...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 20, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Yesterday, led by Senator Patty Murray, (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA), Democratic members of the House and Senate sent letters to Secretary Alex Azar at the Department of Health and...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
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 a new report on the scourge of workplace harassment, entitled, “‘…So I Tolerated It:’ How Workplaces Are Responding to Harassment and the Clear Need for...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 19, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered a floor speech urging a lone Republican Senate to drop his obstruction to Chai Feldblum’s nomination to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Over...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - As thousands enter the workforce, there were 43 fewer workplace fatalities in 2017 than the previous year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries in 2017 (CFOI) report released today. The fatal injury rate also decreased from 3.6 percent in 2016 to 3.5 percent in 2017.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 18, 2018
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 the report released by the Trump Administration’s school safety commission. After the Parkland shooting, Senator Murray voiced concerns that the Commission, led by Secretary DeVos, would be nothing more than a distraction and delay from addressing meaningful gun safety measures.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 17, 2018
News Release: CLEARWATER, NE - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Thiele Dairy for failing to develop and implement safety and health programs related to grain bin entry after an employee suffered fatal injuries.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 14, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement on a ruling jeopardizing health care for tens of millions of people across the country.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
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 announcement that the Department of Education would begin implementing the Obama-Administration era “borrower defense" rule, ...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: PORT ST. LUCIE, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Turnkey Construction Planners Inc. - a roofing contractor based in Melbourne, Florida - for exposing employees to fall hazards. The company faces $199,184 in penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 13, 2018
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited World Wrecking and Scrap Salvage Services Inc. for failing to provide fall protection after two employees suffered fatal injuries at a demolition site in St. Louis, Missouri.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 12, 2018
News Release: NORCROSS, GA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Parts Authority LLC - a wholesale auto and truck parts distributor based in Norcross, Georgia - for exposing employees to fire, electrical shock, and struck-by hazards. The company faces $133,406 in penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
News Release: POSTPONED: Mandating a $15 Minimum Wage: Consequences for Workers and Small Businesses
By DOL Newswire | Dec 11, 2018
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, took to the Senate floor to outline her opposition to Jonathan Kobes’ nomination to serve on the Eight Circuit Court of Appeals. In her remarks, Senator...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 10, 2018
News Release: DORAL, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Nupress of Miami Inc. for exposing employees to amputation, electrical, and fall hazards. The Doral, Florida, commercial printer faces $71,139 in penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 10, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today issued a proposed rule to revise the beryllium standard for general industry. The proposed changes are designed to clarify the standard, and to simplify or improve compliance with the standard.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 6, 2018
News Release: Dear Inspector General Horowitz: We write to request that your office conduct an investigation regarding the decision-making process by which the Department of Justice (DOJ) proposed, deliberated upon, and entered into a plea agreement with Jeffrey Epstein. As you are aware, considerable public attention...
