By DOL Newswire | Jun 15, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today announced that it will extend the comment period on the proposed rule on crane operator certification. Comments will now be accepted through July 5, 2018. This extension allows stakeholders more time to review the proposed rule.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 14, 2018
News Release: Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) today sent a letter to Department of Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta regarding the national opioid public health emergency. The letter urged the Secretary to fight the scourge of addiction by using the Job Corps program to engage young adults and improve their employment outcomes and recovery efforts.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 13, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), delivered remarks on the Senate floor condemning the Trump-Pence Administration’s refusal to defend key pillars of the Affordable Care Act in court and...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 13, 2018
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Senate HELP Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA), and House Education and Workforce Committee Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA), introduced legislation as part of their economic...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 13, 2018
News Release: Today, the Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), held a hearing to examine the value of charter schools.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 12, 2018
News Release: Dear Secretary DeVos: We write in response to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) indicating the Department of Education’s (Department’s) intent to delay implementation of the final Program Integrity and Improvement regulations by two years. Specifically, we oppose the proposed delay of these regulations, ...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 12, 2018
News Release: Dear Secretary DeVos: I write to express my continued frustration and disappointment with the Trump Administration’s failure to act to address the issue of gun violence, including with respect to protecting our schools. In particular, I was dismayed by your response to Senator Leahy at the Senate Labor, ...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 12, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) issued the following statement on Majority Leader McConnell’s claim that “everybody" in the Senate supports current law protections that ensure patients with pre-existing conditions can’t be denied coverage, even though Republicans repeatedly attempted to gut those protections and support Trump Administration efforts to undermine them.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 12, 2018
News Release: APPLETON, WI ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Appleton roofing contractor Hector Hernandez again after OSHA inspectors observed employees exposed to falls and other safety hazards at two Wisconsin job sites. OSHA proposed penalties of $120,320.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 12, 2018
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 with Alex Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services, about the President’s Blueprint to reduce drug prices.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 11, 2018
News Release: On Wednesday, June 13 at 10:00 a.m., the Committee on Education and the Workforce will hold a hearing on "The Power of Charter Schools: Promoting Opportunity for America’s Students." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 8, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today issued a memorandum outlining the initial enforcement of the standard for respirable crystalline silica in general industry and maritime. Most provisions of the standard become enforceable on June 23, 2018. The standard establishes a new 8-hour time-weighted average permissible exposure limit, action level, and associated ancillary requirements.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 7, 2018
News Release: DENVER, CO - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited EnviroTech Services Inc. - based in Greeley, Colorado - after an employee died due to lack of oxygen while cleaning the inside of a railcar. A second employee who tried to rescue the co-worker was also overcome, but survived. EnviroTech Services Inc. faces $64,857 in proposed penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 4, 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, issued the following statement on insurance companies’ proposed premium increases for the 2019 plan year.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 1, 2018
News Release: CONCORD, NH - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited EWP Renewable Corp., doing business as Springfield Power LLC, for 25 safety violations after an employee suffered fatal injuries after he was pulled into a conveyor at the company’s Springfield plant in November 2017. The Mount Laurel, New Jersey, company faces $125,460 in proposed penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 1, 2018
News Release: The Honorable Alex M. Azar. Secretary. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 200 Independence Avenue, SW. Washington, DC 20201. The Honorable R. Alexander Acosta. Secretary. U.S. Department of Labor. 200 Constitution Avenue, NW. Washington, DC 20210. The Honorable Steven Mnuchin. Secretary...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 1, 2018
News Release: BOSTON, MA - After multiple investigations by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit ordered a Maine roofing contractor who has operated as Lessard Roofing & Siding Inc. and Lessard Brothers Construction Inc.
By DOL Newswire | May 31, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today announced a proposed rule that would extend the compliance date for certain ancillary requirements of the general industry beryllium standard to Dec. 12, 2018. This extension applies to all processes, operations, or areas where workers may be exposed to materials containing beryllium that fall under the scope of the general industry standard.
By DOL Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, MO - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors’ National Association Kansas City Chapter (SMACNA-KC) have signed an alliance to protect sheet metal and air conditioning employees from industry-specific hazards.
By DOL Newswire | May 29, 2018
News Release: WICHITA, KS ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Wichita roofing contractor Jose Barrientos for exposing employees to falls and other safety hazards. Barrientos faces proposed penalties totaling $191,071 for two willful and six serious violations.
