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Murray, Colleagues Urge Education Department to Better Protect Students Against Abusive College Recruiting Practices

News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), House Education and Labor Committee Chair Robert C. “Bobby" Scott (D-VA), House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and...


Biden’s So-Called National Parents Council Eats Crow

News Release: Today Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) released the following statement after Biden’s Department of Education disbanded its partisan national parents council following lawsuits from multiple parental rights groups...


There were 20 press releases published by the House Committee on Education and Labor in November.


OSHA, Hispanic Contractors Association de Tejas renew safety alliance

News Release: OSHA, Hispanic Contractors Association de Tejas renew safety alliance


Public notices: Labor Department publishes 8 in week ending Nov. 26

There were eight notices published by the Labor Department in week ending Nov. 26, according to the Federal Register.


OSHA, Hispanic Contractors Association de Tejas renew safety alliance

Release: Participants: U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational


Statement by US Secretary of Labor Walsh on November Jobs Report

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh issued the following statement on the November 2022 Employment Situation Report:


Murray Continuing Push to Strengthen Pandemic Response in End-of-Year Package

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Yesterday, at a meeting of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Commission on Strengthening America's Health Security, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), spoke about her continued efforts to get her PREVENT Pandemics Act, as well as additional COVID and public health funding, into the end-of-the-year funding bill.


US Department of Labor issues Pattern of Violations notice to Morton Salt Inc., Weeks Island Mine and Mill in Louisiana, citing safety concerns

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that its Mine Safety and Health Administration has notified the operator of the Morton Salt Inc.’s Weeks Island Mine and Mill in New Iberia, Louisiana, of the existence of a pattern of violations of mandatory health or safety standards under section ...


US Department of Labor finds Family Dollar Stores again exposing workers to fire, entrapment, struck-by hazards, this time at Richmond Hill location

News Release: RICHMOND HILL, GA - Once again, federal workplace safety inspectors have found merchandise blocking emergency exits and stacked unsafely, this time at a Family Dollar store in Richmond Hill.


US Department of Labor finds Family Dollar Stores again exposing workers to fire, entrapment, struck-by hazards, this time at Richmond Hill location

News Release: RICHMOND HILL, GA - Once again, federal workplace safety inspectors have found merchandise blocking emergency exits and stacked unsafely, this time at a Family Dollar store in Richmond Hill.


Labor Department discusses Notice of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) Credit Reductions Applicable for 2022 on Nov. 30

The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Nov. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Middlefield contractor faces more than $414K in fines for repeatedly failing to protect roofing employees from exposure to deadly fall hazards

News Release: MIDDLEFIELD, OH - Twice in six days in June 2022, federal safety inspectors observed a Middlefield roofing contractor exposing workers to deadly fall hazards at two separate job sites in Tallmadge and Columbia Station, continuing a pattern of disregard for workplace safety dating back to 2019.


Department of Labor cites Dollar Tree again for endangering workers, continuing company’s lengthy history of workplace safety violations

News Release: MATTESON, IL - With holiday shopping nearing its peak, federal workplace safety inspectors have again found Dollar Tree Stores Inc. - one of the nation’s largest discount retailers - exposing workers in Matteson to the risks of unsafely stored and stacked boxes of merchandise and blocked electrical panels.


The US Labor Department published a four page notice on Dec. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Sen. Murray Statement on Rail Bargaining Resolution

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), issued the following statement on the 80-15 vote in the Senate to pass a resolution adopting the tentative agreements reached earlier this year between unions and railroads, and avert a national rail shutdown.


Department of Labor cites Dollar Tree again for endangering workers, continuing company's lengthy history of workplace safety violations

News Release: MATTESON, IL - With holiday shopping nearing its peak, federal workplace safety inspectors have again found Dollar Tree Stores Inc. - one of the nation's largest discount retailers - exposing workers in Matteson to the risks of unsafely stored and stacked boxes of merchandise and blocked electrical panels.


OSHA to hold online meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health on Jan. 10, 2023

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration will hold an online meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health on Jan. 10, 2023, from 2 to 4 p.m. EST.


Senator Murray Calls for Passage of Pregnant Workers Fairness Act This Congress

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), joined colleagues, advocates, and pregnant workers in pushing for Senate passage of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) this Congress to protect pregnant workers and ensure they have the basic workplace accommodations they need to have healthy pregnancies.


News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to the United States Supreme Court’s announcement that President Biden’s illegal student loan bailout will remain suspended, and that the Court will take up its challenge next year...