By DOL Newswire | Aug 30, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to extend the employer's responsibility to ensure crane operator competency and enforcement for crane operator certification to Nov. 10, 2018.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 29, 2017
News Release: Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-AL), chairman of the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, issued the following joint statement after the Office of Management and Budget rescinded changes to the EEO-1 form...
By DOL Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: EMERY, SD - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited First Dakota Enterprises Inc., for failing to protect its workers from trench collapse hazards. The Fort Pierre-based company faces proposed penalties of $95,064.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: NEW YORK, NY - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Skanska Walsh Joint Venture have entered into a strategic partnership to enhance workplace safety and health for approximately 1,600 employees working on the LaGuardia Airport Central Terminal Building Redevelopment Project.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: Media. Scott Allen, 312-353-4727, allen.scott@dol.gov. Rhonda Burke, 312-353-6976, burke.rhonda@dol.gov. Release Number: 17-1073-CHI. -------------------------------. U.S. Department of Labor news materials are accessible at
By DOL Newswire | Aug 25, 2017
News Release: MARSHFIELD, WI - A Wisconsin manufacturer of steel pipes and tubes faces $110,458 in proposed penalties after U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) inspectors responded to a complaint and found 13 serious safety and health violations at the company’s Marshfield facility.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 22, 2017
News Release: Washington - Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) today announced the Senate health committee will hear from state insurance commissioners and governors, respectively, at the first two bipartisan hearings in September on stabilizing premiums in the individual insurance market.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 17, 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 Secretary DeVos’ decision to extend the deadline and drastically change the requirements within the gainful employment rule...
By DOL Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
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 news that the Trump Administration has chosen to make payments this month intended to help lower health care costs for families, but has still not committed to making future payments.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 16, 2017
News Release: NEW YORK, NY - A New York paperboard mill faces $357,445 in proposed penalties for exposing workers to 61 safety and health hazards.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate HELP Committee, today released the following statement on the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and Joint Committee on Taxation’s new report about the effects of President Trump’s threats to stop cost-sharing reductions that help keep costs lower for families.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 15, 2017
News Release: Dear Secretary Price: We write with continued concern about your plans for enforcement of Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which prohibits discrimination in health care on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, and disability. Many of us wrote to you on May 10, 2017 about...
By DOL Newswire | Aug 14, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will hold the second of two meetings Aug. 28, 2017, in New Orleans, LA, to continue the discussion on the future direction of the agency’s Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP). The discussion will include a review of the July 17, 2017, meeting along with comments and suggestions from the public on potential avenues for action.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 11, 2017
News Release: BOSTON, MA - A Massachusetts behavioral health facility faces $207,690 in proposed penalties from the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for violations found while conducting a follow-up inspection.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 10, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senate HELP Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) issued the following statement on a new report released today by the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation finding President Trump’s actions to destabilize health care as the leading cause for insurers seeking higher premium increases for 2018...
By DOL Newswire | Aug 9, 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 reports the Department of Labor will seek to delay critical protections requiring financial advisers to act in their clients’ best interests when giving advice about retirement plans.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: Dear Secretary DeVos and Dr. Johnson...
By DOL Newswire | Aug 9, 2017
News Release: ST. AUGUSTINE, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has again cited a North Florida roofing contractor for failing to protect its workers from the risks of dangerous falls and other hazards at two St. Augustine work sites.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 4, 2017
News Release: Dear Commissioner Gottlieb: We write with concern regarding the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recent tobacco regulatory announcement, specifically its plans on delaying implementation under the 2016 “deeming rule." There is no reason for the Agency to delay oversight of newly-regulated tobacco...
By DOL Newswire | Aug 3, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed the FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017, bipartisan legislation spearheaded by Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) and Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) of the Senate HELP Committee to reauthorize FDA’s so-called “user fee agreements." These...
