By DOL Newswire | Jun 15, 2017
News Release: The Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, chaired by Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY), today held a hearing to examine the implementation of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). The members and witnesses discussed stories of success in workforce development since the enactment of WIOA, and the need for the federal government to continue a timely implementation of the law.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 14, 2017
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), held a legislative hearing today on proposals to restore balance to federal labor policies.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 13, 2017
News Release: Dear Secretary DeVos: We write to inquire about reports that the U.S. Department of Education (“Department") is considering delaying the implementation of the borrower defense regulations that protect students who were cheated, defrauded, and left drowning in debt by predatory colleges. Delaying this...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 13, 2017
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Today, U.S Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), top Democrat on the Senate Health Committee, asked Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) at a Committee hearing if he would agree to hold a hearing on the Trumpcare bill that Republicans are writing in secret and planning to jam through the Senate without...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 12, 2017
News Release: The Honorable Betsy DeVos. Secretary of Education. U.S. Department of Education. 400 Maryland Avenue, S.W. Washington, DC 20202. Dear Secretary DeVos, In April, we wrote to you expressing concern with your decision to rescind policy memos issued by the previous Administration, which proposed stronger...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 12, 2017
News Release: UPDATE: Members of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), will meet this week to consider legislative proposals to promote freedom in the workplace, as well as to discuss the impact of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. Both hearings will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on comments made by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tom Price during the Senate Finance Committee hearing about...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 8, 2017
News Release: Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN), member of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, and Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL), chairman of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Tax Policy, today introduced the Affordable Retirement Advice for Savers Act (H.R. 2823). The legislation would protect access to affordable retirement advice by overturning the Obama administration’s flawed fiduciary rule while ensuring retirement advisors serve the best interests of their clients.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 7, 2017
News Release: Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, and Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-AL), chairman of the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, released the following joint statement after the Department of Labor (DOL) rescinded regulatory guidance by the Obama administration that narrowed the definition of independent contractor and expanded the definition of joint employer...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered a floor speech highlighting the ways Trumpcare would raise health care costs, take coverage away from tens of millions of people, and create even...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 6, 2017
News Release: Members of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce today introduced two bills to promote fair union elections and restore important protections for workers and employers. The legislative proposals are the latest step in the committee’s ongoing efforts to rein in overreach by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) during the Obama administration.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 5, 2017
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) -Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and HELP Committee staff released a memo today highlighting the extreme, anti-women views of two Health and Human Services (HHS) appointees, Charmaine Yoest and Teresa...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 5, 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 Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, sent a letter to the Department of Labor (DOL) to express concerns over challenges facing the federal Job Corps program, as well as to request detailed information on steps the Department is taking to improve the health and safety of those who participate in the program.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 5, 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 reports that the U.S. Department of Education hired Adam Kissel, a critic of current efforts to strengthen protections for survivors...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 2, 2017
News Release: State Farm at Park Center safety partnership announced
By DOL Newswire | Jun 2, 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 the U.S. Department of Education’s announcement that the IRS Data Retrieval Tool is now available for borrowers applying for and...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J. - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and one of the nation’s largest public hospitals have resolved litigation by reaching an agreement that requires the center to enhance its efforts to prevent violence in the workplace.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced today it has designated June 12-18, 2017, as “Safe + Sound Week," a new nationwide effort that calls on organizations of all sizes in a wide range of industries to raise awareness of the value and importance of workplace safety and health programs.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 1, 2017
News Release: Dear Secretary Acosta: I write to express my deep concern regarding the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) rescission of guidance that clarified workers’ right to authorize a representative of their choosing, including a third-party from outside the workplace, to accompany and aid...
By DOL Newswire | May 31, 2017
News Release: OSHA partners with Construction Safety Leadership Alliance
