By DOL Newswire | Oct 24, 2017
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Shield Packaging Co. Inc., ASI Staffing Group Corp., and Southern Mass Staffing have reached agreements to correct hazards and enhance safety following a May 2016 incident in which an employee was injected with a flammable propellant gas.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 23, 2017
News Release: Media Contacts: Leni Fortson, 215-861-5102, uddyback-fortson.lenore@dol.gov. Joanna Hawkins, 215-861-5101, hawkins.joanna@dol.gov. Release Number: 17-1376-NEW (OSHA 17-029 Mane Concepts). -------------------------------. U.S. Department of Labor news materials are accessible at
By DOL Newswire | Oct 23, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today issued the following statement on Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’ decision to rescind guidance outlining rights for students and workers with disabilities.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 23, 2017
News Release: On October 24 at 2 p.m., the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development and the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies will hold a joint hearing on "Public-Private Solutions to Educating a Cyber Workforce". The hearing will take place in room 210 of the House Capitol Visitor's Center.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 23, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited a Pittsburgh masonry contractor for exposing workers to serious dangers including fall and electrical hazards after an employee was fatally electrocuted in April.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined by Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), today called on Department of Health and Human Services...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 20, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today issued the following statement on press reports that the Republican tax proposal may cap the amount of pretax money working families can contribute to their retirement plans...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 20, 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 Secretary DeVos’ decision to further delay the effective date of the “borrower defense" rule for another two years, which provides...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 19, 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, and Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), today 41 Senate and House Democrats introduced the Protect Access to Birth Control Act, legislation to rescind the Trump Administration’s...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 19, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), top Democrat on the Senate HELP committee, joined Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) on the Senate floor today to announce a bipartisan group of 24 co-sponsors for their legislation to lower premiums and improve quality of care for patients and families across the country.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 18, 2017
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 joined Senator Ed Markey (D-MA), the Brady Campaign, and public health advocates at the U.S. Capitol to release a new government report on the effectiveness of firearm storage awareness programs. The report, prepared by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), was the result of a request Murray made in 2015.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: MCDONOUGH, GA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Structural Subcontractors Service, LLC for exposing workers to fall hazards. The structural framing company, based in Birmingham, Alabama, faces proposed penalties totaling $102,669.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: MONROE TOWNSHIP, NJ - A South Jersey construction company owner with a long history of workplace safety violations was cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for exposing workers to serious scaffold hazards at a job site in Philadelphia. The owner, Vyacheslav Leshko faces $191,215 in proposed penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - At today’s Senate HELP Committee hearing to address prescription drug prices, Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) delivered the following opening statement calling on her colleagues to build on their efforts in the FDA Reauthorization Act and consider new measures put forth by Democrats...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 17, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senate HELP Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) and Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) today announced they had reached a bipartisan deal to help stabilize health care markets, and protect patients and families from premium spikes due to the uncertainty caused by the Trump Administration.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 16, 2017
News Release: Dear Dr. Gottlieb: I write to you regarding the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Oct. 10, 2017 proposed rule which would delay the compliance deadline under the May 27, 2016, final Nutrition and Supplement Facts Label rule. This is the latest in a series of delays by the FDA on critical public...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 16, 2017
News Release: Dear Secretary DeVos and Acting Assistant Secretary Jackson...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: DENVER, CO - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Western Colorado Contractors Association (WCCA) have signed an alliance to provide the western Colorado’s construction industry with information, guidance, and access to training resources.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today released the following statement on President Trump’s decision to unilaterally cut off the cost-sharing reduction (CSR) payments required under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
By DOL Newswire | Oct 13, 2017
News Release: ERIE, PA - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Pittsburgh-based P.J. Dick Corp. have established a strategic partnership to promote workplace safety and educate workers on construction hazards during construction of a new office building in Erie.
