By DOL Newswire | Feb 9, 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 sent letters to 12 trade associations requesting information on harassment statistics. These associations represent the industries with some of the highest rates of...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: BAY MINETTE, AL - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited MPV Morganton Pressure Vessels North Carolina LLC, for exposing employees to fire, explosion, laceration, and struck-by hazards. The Bay Minette metal tank manufacturer faces proposed penalties of $101,800.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, spoke at a hearing about how children and families are impacted by the opioid crisis and the support that can help keep families safely together. In her remarks, ...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 8, 2018
News Release: NEW YORK, NY - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Carthage Specialty Paperboard Inc., have a reached a settlement agreement to improve efforts to prevent safety and health hazards in their Carthage, New York, facility. The company will pay $175,000 in penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: DALTON, GA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited First Source Worldwide LLC for several workplace safety hazards that put employees at risk of injury. The company faces proposed penalties of $256,088.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 7, 2018
News Release: Dear Secretary Acosta: We write to express our deep concern regarding reports that the Department of Labor (DOL) concealed evidence from the public showing that DOL’s proposed tip rule would result in employees losing billions of dollars in tips. DOL is forcing through a regulation that would take money...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, spoke at a hearing of the Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security focused on the gig economy. In her remarks, Senator Murray emphasized how the...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 6, 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 the following opening statement today at a hearing on improving college affordability. As the Senate HELP Committee begins to negotiate a comprehensive reauthorization...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 6, 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, Congressman Bobby Scott (D-VA), ranking member on the Education and the Workforce Committee, and 122 Democrats submitted a public comment to Secretary of Labor R.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: Today, the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-AL), held a hearing on “Reviewing the Policies and Priorities of the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA)."
By DOL Newswire | Feb 6, 2018
News Release: Dear Member Emanuel: We write to follow-up on your Jan. 26, 2018 response to our Dec. 21, 2017 letter regarding your participation in a series of National Labor Relations Board (“the Board") actions, including the vote to remand the Browning Ferris Industries (“BFI") case. These actions include...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: ROCKY FORD, CO - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Pioneer Health Care Center of Rocky Ford for failing to protect employees from violence in the workplace. The nursing home faces proposed penalties of $9,054.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: On Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at 1:30 p.m., the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections will hold a hearing on “Reviewing the Policies and Priorities of the Mine Safety and Health Administration." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 5, 2018
News Release: FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, IL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Southern Illinois Carpenters Joint Apprenticeship Program (CJAP) have signed an alliance to provide members of the St. Louis - Kansas City Carpenters Regional Council (CRC) with training and resources to prevent common construction injuries.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 2, 2018
News Release: Dear Secretary Acosta: We write to bring to your attention a recent Government Accountability Office (“GAO") report (“the Report") on safety and health issues facing workers at meat and poultry plants and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) troubling response to its recommendations.[1] ...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 2, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP) recently formed an alliance to provide BCSP certification holders and other practitioners with information and guidance to protect workers’ safety and health.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 2, 2018
News Release: Dear Secretary DeVos: We write to further highlight the Department of Education’s (“Department") inadequate enforcement of Title IX of the Higher Education Act of 1972 (“Title IX"). In June 2017, the Department made the decision to roll back systemic investigations, which look broadly at Title IX policies...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 1, 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 Chairman Alexander’s white paper on higher education accountability as a part of the HELP Committee’s comprehensive reauthorization of the Higher Education Act.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 1, 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 reports that the Department of Labor covered up its own data showing its tip rule change would allow employers to steal potentially billions of dollars in tips from their workers.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 31, 2018
News Release: WICHITA, KS ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited aircraft manufacturer Spirit Aerosystems Inc. for exposing employees to hexavalent chromium, a known carcinogen. The company faces proposed penalties totaling $194,006 for one willful and five serious violations.
