By DOL Newswire | Apr 11, 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 a speech on the Senate floor outlining her serious concerns with, and strong opposition to, the nomination of Patrick Pizzella to serve as Deputy Secretary of Labor.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 11, 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, today voted against the nomination of John Ring for the National Labor Relations Board. In a floor speech yesterday, Senator Murray also spoke about the unprecedented nature in which John Ring’s nomination is being jammed through the Senate-especially as so many other nominees have been waiting six months to be confirmed. Murray noted...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 10, 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 today delivered the following opening statement at the nomination for Sharon Fast Gustafson as the General Counsel for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 10, 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 Equal Pay Day, the date when women’s wages finally catch up to what men were paid in the previous year. Murray also called for...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 9, 2018
News Release: BOSTON, MA - The U.S. Department of Labor has reached a settlement with Lynnway Auto Auction Inc., in which the Billerica facility agrees to correct hazards, implement significant safety measures, and pay $200,000 in penalties. The Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Lynnway for 16 violations following a May 2017 incident in which a sport utility vehicle fatally struck five people during an auto auction.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 9, 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 the proposed benefit and payment guidelines released by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
By DOL Newswire | Apr 6, 2018
News Release: Dear Secretary Azar: I am outraged by the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) decision to remove critical information related to breast cancer from the website for the Office of Women’s Health (OWH). There is no justification for the federal health department to make it harder for women to...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 6, 2018
News Release: ATLANTA, GA - The Federal Highway Administration, the state of Georgia, local government organizations, and employers are partnering with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to sponsor events to train road workers on the dangers from roadway work activities, ...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 5, 2018
News Release: KANSAS CITY, MO ‒ To raise awareness about grain engulfment prevention and other hazards in the grain handling industry, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) formed an alliance to provide information, guidance, ...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 3, 2018
News Release: OMAHA, NE - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Omaha-based plumbing contractor Gavrooden Inc. for the second time in less than six months for failing to protect its workers from excavation collapse hazards. Gavrooden Inc., doing business as Mr. Rooter Plumbing, faces proposed penalties of $38,061.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 28, 2018
News Release: BOSTON, MA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has ordered Jet Logistics Inc. (JLI) and New England Life Flight Inc. - doing business as Boston MedFlight (BMF) - to reinstate a pilot who lost his job after complaining about what he reasonably believed were violations of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 27, 2018
News Release: Dear Secretary Azar: We write with strong objections to the Department of Health and Human Services’ (“HHS" or the “Department") proposed rule “Protecting Statutory Conscience Rights in Health Care; Delegations of Authority," which attempts to dramatically expand existing harmful refusal laws in ways...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 27, 2018
News Release: MIAMI, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Tower King II Inc. after three employees suffered fatal injuries while attempting to install a new antenna on a communications tower in Miami.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 27, 2018
News Release: CONCORD, NH - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Luis Guallpa - doing business as Guallpa Contracting Corp. - for exposing workers to fall and other hazards at a Nashua work site. The Milford, Massachusetts, roofing contractor faces $299,324 in proposed penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 23, 2018
News Release: BIRMINGHAM, AL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has again cited Jose A. Serrato, an independent roofing contractor based in Marietta, Georgia, for exposing employees to fall hazards at a worksite in Birmingham. The employer, who has been cited seven times in the past five years, faces $133,604 in proposed penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 22, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, spoke on the Senate floor about her disappointment in Republican’s latest actions to scuttle bipartisan negotiations on health care stabilization by introducing a new, partisan bill.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 21, 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 after Republican leaders once again undermined bipartisan efforts to protect families from the higher premiums they will see next year due to Republican health care sabotage.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 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 senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced an agreement with Secretary of Labor Acosta to fix the Trump Administration’s proposed tip rule, so that employers are not able to pocket workers’ tips and keep them for themselves.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 21, 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, released the following statement on language in the omnibus which affirmed the authority of the Department of Health and Human Services to conduct research on the public health threat of gun violence.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 20, 2018
News Release: Today, the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), held a hearing on “Expanding Affordable Health Care Options: Examining the Department of Labor’s Proposed Rule on Association Health Plans (AHPs)."
