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Foxx Moves to Block Overtime Rule, Ensure Workplace Flexibility and Upward Mobility

News Release: Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), chairwoman of the House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, today introduced a resolution (H. J. Res. 95) under the Congressional Review Act to protect workers, students, nonprofit organizations, and small business owners from the consequences of the Department of Labor’s controversial overtime rule.

As Congress Heads to Conference on Opioid Epidemic, Murray Calls for Comprehensive Response, Emergency Funding for Communities in Need

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), top Democrat on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement on the appointment of Senate conferees to bicameral negotiations on the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA), legislation to strengthen addiction support services in response to the opioid epidemic.

OSHA reminds Phoenix-area employersto protect workers from heat illness

News Release: PHOENIX - With sweltering temperatures impacting Phoenix this week, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is reminding employers to protect their workers from heat illness.

OSHA holds training event to help improve federal worker safety and health

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will conduct a three-day training event in Illinois August 2 - 4, 2016, to educate federal agency safety and health personnel on how to provide safe and healthful workplaces for federal employees.

***MEDIA ADVISORY*** Secretary King to Testify Before Committee on ESSA Implementation

News Release: On Thursday, June 23 at 9:00 a.m., the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), will hold a hearing entitled, “Next Steps for K-12 Education: Examining Recent Efforts to Implement the Every Student Succeeds Act." Part of the committee’s ongoing oversight of the ...

OSHA schedules meeting to discuss protecting workers performingtree care operations

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has scheduled an informal stakeholder meeting July 13, 2016, in Washington, D.C. to collect information on hazards in the tree care industry. The agency will use the information to determine the need for a proposed rule to protect workers from fatalities, injuries and hazards in tree care operations.

OSHA follow-up inspection finds Ohio sign manufacturercontinues to expose workers to respiratory, chemical hazards

News Release: LIMA, Ohio - For the third time in 10 years, federal safety and health inspectors found employees at a Lima custom sign manufacturing company exposed to respiratory, chemical and paint hazards.

New GAO Report Outlines Weaknesses in Education Department’s Direct Loan Program

News Release: A report released today by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) revealed a number of weaknesses in the Department of Education’s federal Direct Loan program, which provides loans to undergraduate and graduate students and their families. Requested by Republican leaders in the House ...

OSHA reminds Texas employers to protect workers from heat illness

News Release: DALLAS - With sweltering temperatures baking Texas this week, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration reminds employers to protect their workers from heat illness.

OSHA attributes worker fatality, injury at Kroger distribution centerto a failure to inspect, recognize visible hazards

News Release: U.S. Department of Labor | June 15, 2016

Worker loses four-fingers after hand caught in unguarded machine at Baldwin, Illinois, power generation plant

News Release: BALDWIN, Ill. - A 46-year-old worker suffered the amputation of four fingers on his right hand when a feed machine cycled as he reached inside an access door to assist another employee with maintenance. Federal safety inspectors found his employer, Dynegy Midwest Generation LLC, failed to power down the machinery prior to employees servicing the machine.

Five companies face OSHA violations, $115K in fines after federal inspectors observe multiple safety hazards at Lincoln construction site

News Release: LINCOLN, Neb. - The deadly fact is this: nearly 40 percent of all deaths in the construction industry are the result of a preventable fall. Yet, some employers continue to ignore the dangers and put their workers at risk of a debilitating or fatal fall.

Town City Construction again allows roofers to work without safety harnesses; ignores violations, fines; endangers employees six times in six years

News Release: U.S. Department of Labor | June 14, 2016

Overtime Rule Will Limit Opportunities for Younger Americans, Make Higher Education Less Affordable

News Release: A quality education is crucial to escaping poverty and succeeding in the workforce. Yet at a time when rising college costs are making it harder for Americans to pursue the dream of a college degree, the Obama administration has finalized a new rule that will make matters even worse. College and universities ...

Ohio metal stamping facility faces more than $45K in federal fines for exposing workers to noise hazards

News Release: Employer name: Dove Die & Stamping Company, Brook Park, Ohio

OSHA cites Nebraska construction companies after 61-year-oldplumber dies, co-worker injured in Alliance trench collapse

News Release: ALLIANCE, NEb. - A mere 20 minutes after an 8-foot deep trench collapsed, burying a 61-year-old plumber under thousands of pounds of soil, emergency responders pronounced the man dead. Partially buried, his co-worker escaped the trench and frantically tried to rescue the man until help arrived.

SENATE DEMS HAIL DEPT OF ED RULE FOR DEBT RELIEF AS VICTORY FOR STUDENT RIGHTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION

News Release: (Washington, D.C) - Today, Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) issued the following statements after the Department of Education announced a major new rule creating strong protections for student loan borrowers who are the victims...

OSHA finds multiple hazards after worker suffers amputation injury at Cleveland manufacturer

News Release: View Citations here. To ask questions, obtain compliance assistance, file a complaint, or report amputations, eye loss, workplace hospitalizations, fatalities or situations posing imminent danger to workers, the public should call OSHA's toll-free hotline at 800-321-OSHA (6742) or the agency's Cleveland...

Murray, Scott Push for Ambitious Pre-K Plans in ESSA Implementation