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News Release: Dear Secretary Price: We write in response to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or the Department) indicating it plans to unilaterally shorten the duration of grant agreements for the Teen Pregnancy Prevention (TPP) Program. The Office of Adolescent Health (OAH) has notified all 81 grantees...

OSHA orders Wells Fargo to reinstate SoCal whistleblower; pay $577K in back wages, damages, attorneys’ fees

News Release: SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. Department of Labor has ordered Wells Fargo to reinstate and pay $577,500 in back wages, damages and other fees to a former branch manager in Pomona who was terminated after she reported conduct by at least three “private bankers" working under her that she reasonably believed to be bank, wire and mail fraud.

Aluminum manufacturing company’s history of safety violations continues, putting employees at Camden County facility at risk of serious injuries

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: 17-971-NEW (osha 17-108). -------------------------------. U.S. Department of Labor news materials are accessible at

Senate, House Ranking Members to Trump Administration: Stop Efforts to Stall, Weaken Critical Protections for Retirees

News Release: Dear Secretary Acosta: We write today regarding the Request for Information (“RFI") published by the Department of Labor (the “Department" or “DOL") in connection with its examination of the final rule defining who is a “fiduciary" under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended...

Foxx, Scott Hear From Business Leaders, Advocates, and Youth About Importance of Employing Opportunity Youth

News Release: Today, Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (NC-05), along with Ranking Member Bobby Scott (VA-03) hosted a bipartisan panel discussion with business leaders, advocates, and youth on the return on investment in hiring opportunity youth, barriers to hiring opportunity youth, and employer-led solutions to youth unemployment.

Murray Questions Trump Administration’s Latest Attempt to Break Promises to Workers, Roll Back Protections

News Release: Dear Vice President Pence: In a speech you gave at the National Retail Federation’s “Retail Advocates Summit" on July 18, 2017, you stated, “as we speak, our administration is rolling back the joint employer rule."[1] I am writing to express my concern with the Administration’s apparent plans to roll...

Committee Approves Legislation to Repeal Fiduciary Rule, Strengthen Protections for Retirement Savers

News Release: Today, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), approved the Affordable Retirement Advice for Savers Act (H.R. 2823). Introduced by Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN), the legislation protects access to affordable retirement advice by overturning the Obama administration’s fiduciary rule while requiring retirement advisors to serve the best interests of their clients.

Murray: “Unconscionable” Senate GOP Pushing to Confirm Anti-Women, Anti-LGBTQ Nominee for Lifetime Circuit Court Appointment

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today delivered the following floor speech calling on Senate Republicans to reject President Trump’s nomination of John K. Bush to the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Ranking Member Murray Statement on HELP Hearings Related to Health Care

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 calling on Senate Republicans to drop Trumpcare once and for all so the Senate may move forward with a public, bipartisan hearing process...

Autonomy, State-Driven Accountability Remain Focus of Committee Hearing on Implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act

News Release: The House Committee on Education and the Workforce held a hearing today to discuss the progress of state implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

Murray: President Trump and Republicans Have Already Created Trumpcare by Sabotage

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 President of the United States once again rooting for the failure of the health care system.

OSHA investigation finds safety failures led to the death of 3 workers who entered a manhole containing lethal gases

News Release: KEY LARGO, Fla. - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a South Florida utility company and related contracting company after the agency’s investigation into the deaths of three workers who succumbed to toxic gases in a manhole on Jan. 16, 2017.

Murray, Senate Dems Call on Trump Administration to Reverse Course, Safeguard Protections for Immigrant Survivors of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Human Trafficking