By DOL Newswire | Sep 14, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Chris Sawdo Construction LLC
By DOL Newswire | Sep 14, 2016
News Release: The House Committee on Education and the Workforce today approved H.R. 5963, the Supporting Youth Opportunity and Preventing Delinquency Act. Introduced by Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-FL) and Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA), the bipartisan legislation reauthorizes and reforms the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) to help state and local leaders better serve at-risk youth and juvenile offenders. The bill passed unanimously by voice vote.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 14, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Wayne Lumber and Mulch Inc.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 14, 2016
News Release: READING, Pa. - In the last several months, workers at a Reading facility for children and youth in crisis became victims in at least 10 incidents of workplace violence, federal workplace safety and health inspectors have found.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 14, 2016
News Release: U.S. Department of Labor | Sept. 14, 2016
By DOL Newswire | Sep 14, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - For the third time in less than three years, federal workplace safety investigators have found O'Hare International Airport forklift operators employed by a major cargo-handling company exposed to struck-by and electrical hazards. The workers transport goods from international airline carriers such as Amerijet, Delta, Finnair, Transaero and Virgin.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 14, 2016
News Release: Multiemployer pensions as we know them today have been around for nearly 70 years. Of course, a lot has changed since the 1940s, so it’s long past time to bring the pension system into the 21st century. With the right set of reforms, Congress can deliver positive change that will benefit workers, employers, ...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: Republican and Democratic members of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce today praised House passage of H.R. 5587, the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act. Introduced by Reps. Glenn “GT" Thompson (R-PA) and Katherine Clark (D-MA), the legislation reauthorizes ...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has awarded $10.5 million in one-year federal safety and health training grants to 77 nonprofit organizations nationwide. The grants will provide training and education for workers and employers on the recognition, ...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: STRASBURG, Ohio - A Millersburg roofing contractor faces $94,064 in federal penalties after investigators observed nine employees atop a single-family Strasburg home without adequate fall protection systems in place.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: PROSSER, Neb. - As he cleared soybean debris a 41-year-old elevator superintendent suffocated when his lifeline tangled in an unguarded and rotating auger. A federal investigation into the worker's death found multiple violations of federal safety standards for grain handling at the Cooperative Producers Inc. Hayland facility in Prosser.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: THOMSON, Ga. - Federal safety inspectors often find that permanent and temporary employees in the auto parts industry face common workplace dangers such as falls, amputations and electrocution hazards - a trend U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors found continues at a Thomson manufacturer of BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Fiat-Chrysler, Subaru and General Motors parts.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - On Friday, September 9, 2016, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), the top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, sent a letter calling on the new Puerto Rico Financial Oversight and Management Board, the group tasked with reviewing a new fiscal plan...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: On Wednesday, September 14 at 10:00 a.m., the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), will consider the Supporting Youth Opportunity and Preventing Delinquency Act of 2016 (H.R. 5963). The markup will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 12, 2016
News Release: CLEVELAND, Ohio - Just weeks after a machine operator suffered third-degree chemical burns to his left foot after falling into an acid-etching tank heated to more than 170 degrees, federal inspectors posted an imminent danger notice at A-Brite Plating when they found workers climbing atop the same acid tanks at the Cleveland auto parts plating facility.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), chairman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, today unveiled a discussion draft of a proposal to modernize the nation’s multiemployer pension system. Part of the committee’s ongoing efforts to strengthen retirement security, the proposal follows years of bipartisan ...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: Republican and Democrat members of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce introduced the Supporting Youth Opportunity and Preventing Delinquency Act (H.R. 5963). Sponsored by Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-FL) and Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA), the legislation reauthorizes and reforms the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act to help state and local leaders better serve at-risk youth and juvenile offenders.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: Employer name: TimkenSteel Corporation, 4511 Faircrest St., SW, Canton, Ohio
By DOL Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration today issued a Request for Information (RFI) as the agency considers updating its safety standards under Subpart E of the Occupational Safety and Health Standards in Shipyard Employment. The standards address falls in shipbuilding, ship repair, shipbreaking, and other shipyard-related employment.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 8, 2016
News Release: CONNEAUT, Ohio - For the fifth time since 2013, federal investigators have been called to an Ohio aluminum foundry to investigate the serious injury of a worker.
