By DOL Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
News Release: Dear Acting Secretary Hargan and Administrator Verma...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
News Release: Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, and Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY), chairman of the Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee released the following statement upon the approval of H.R. 4508, the Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform (PROSPER) Act by the Committee on Education and the Workforce...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
News Release: Dear Chairman Pai: We write today regarding your draft order-the Restoring Internet Freedom Order (“the Draft Order") -and its potential impacts on students, schools, and institutions of higher education. By overturning the Commission’s current rules that preserve net neutrality and prevent internet...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement on the passage of a partisan Higher Education Act reauthorization bill out of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 13, 2017
News Release: Dear Secretary DeVos and Dr. Johnson...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 12, 2017
News Release: SAVANNAH, GA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Dustcom Limited Inc. for failing to protect its employees from trench collapse hazards. The Garden City construction company faces proposed penalties of $130,552.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: JASPER, AL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Carl Cannon Inc., an automobile dealership, for serious safety violations after three employees died and two were injured at its Jasper facility.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: Dear Director Fitzgerald: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has provided me with a copy of your completed Ethics Agreement dated September 7, 2017. The agreement, which is subject to the Freedom of Information Act, sets forth that you and your spouse are retaining investments that will...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 11, 2017
News Release: On Tuesday, December 12 at 10:00 a.m., the Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), will mark up the Promoting Real Opportunity, Success, and Prosperity through Education Reform (PROSPER) Act (H.R. 4508 ). Introduced by Chairwoman Foxx (R-NC) and Rep. Brett Guthrie ...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 8, 2017
News Release: SYRACUSE, NY - A jury and judge ordered Albany-based asbestos abatement and demolition company Champagne Demolition, LLC and its owner, Joseph A. Champagne, to pay $173,793.84 to a former employee who was fired in June 2010 after reporting improper asbestos removal practices at a school worksite in Gloversville, New York.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: Today, the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), held a hearing on “Workplace Leave Policies: Opportunities and Challenges for Employers and Working Families."
By DOL Newswire | Dec 6, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Led by Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, 37 senators called on Acting Secretary of Health and Human Services Eric Hargan to rescind President Trump’s interim final rules (IFRs) issued on Oct. 13, ...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 5, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee held a hearing on the nominations of Kenneth Marcus to lead the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, Johnny Collett to be the Department of Education’s Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Scott Mugno to head OSHA at the Department of Labor, and William Beach for Commissioner of Labor Statistics at Department of Labor.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: PRINCETON, WV - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Benco Builders of the Virginias Inc. for multiple safety hazards, including lack of fall protection, after an employee suffered serious injuries from a 19-foot fall off a roof. The Princeton-based contractor faces proposed penalties totaling $86,916.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: On Wednesday, December 6 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions will hold a hearing on "Workplace Leave Policies: Opportunities and Challenges for Employers and Working Families." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 4, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee released the following statement on the Trump Administration’s announcement it is considering rescinding an Obama Administration rule that restricted employers from stealing...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 1, 2017
News Release: CONCORD, NH - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Manafort Brothers, Inc. for exposing workers to mercury and respirator hazards while they dismantled a mercury boiler at a Portsmouth worksite. The Plainville, Connecticut, construction contractor faces penalties of $329,548.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 30, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Patty Murray (D-WA), along with U.S. Reps. Bobby Scott (D-VA) and Mark Takano (D-CA), today introduced legislation to make at least four million American workers newly eligible for overtime pay when they work more than 40 hours a week, providing economic security to millions of working families.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 29, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement on reports that House Republicans plan to introduce a partisan Higher Education Act reauthorization bill that would cut significant investments in federal aid and would put corporations’ bottom lines ahead of students’ best interests.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 29, 2017
News Release: Today, the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), held a hearing on “Financial Challenges Facing the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation: Implications for Pension Plans, Workers, and Retirees."
