By DOL Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Higher Education and Workforce Training Subcommittee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today issued the following joint statement regarding the Department of Education's new proposed regulation affecting student borrowers...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is delaying enforcement of the anti-retaliation provisions in its new injury and illness tracking rule to conduct additional outreach and provide educational materials and guidance for employers. Originally scheduled to begin Aug. 10, 2016, enforcement will now begin Nov. 1, 2016.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 13, 2016
News Release: BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio - Less than a year after federal inspectors cited an Ohio rubber-hose manufacturer for 11 machine safety violations, the company now faces an additional $70,000 in fines after safety lapses led a 27-year-old male worker to suffer severe injuries at its Bellefontaine plant.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 10, 2016
News Release: All across the country, nonprofit organizations urged the Department of Labor to pursue a responsible approach to updating our nation’s overtime rules, and they warned of the dire consequences if the department failed to listen. Charitable organizations play an integral role in our communities, from ...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 10, 2016
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Barbara A. Mikulski (D-MD), and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) sent a letter calling on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to turn words into action and bring the Paycheck Fairness Act to the Senate floor for a vote, following Senate passage two...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 9, 2016
News Release: CHICAGO - As a 54-year-old worker, who fell more than 11 feet as he installed a roof joist, recovered from his injuries, federal inspectors investigating his fall on March 8, 2016, arrived two days later and found a co-worker about 40 feet off the ground without proper fall protection.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 9, 2016
News Release: The House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), held a hearing today to examine the Department of Labor’s controversial overtime rule, which doubles the salary threshold under which employees qualify for overtime. Concerns have been raised that the administration ...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 9, 2016
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Federal workplace safety and health inspectors have cited a Massachusetts construction company after a worker suffered serious injuries after he fell almost 19 feet from a Portsmouth roof.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 9, 2016
News Release: HOUSTON - The U.S. Department of Labor filed two separate federal lawsuits in Houston today alleging that two employers operating in the city illegally fired employees for making safety complaints to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Motor Castings Company, West Allis, Wisconsin
By DOL Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: Employer's names: Allen's Excavation Inc. Capital City Contracting LLC. Inspection site: 2037 Eastgate Way, Tallahassee, Florida 32308. Citations issued: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations to Allen's Excavation Inc. for one willful and one other-than-serious...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Phil Roe (R-TN) and House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) denounced President Obama’s veto today of H. J. Res. 88, a joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act. Introduced by Rep. Roe, the resolution would protect access to affordable retirement advice for low- and middle-income families by blocking the Department of Labor’s “fiduciary" rule.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Park Stein Inc. 613-614 Route 46 East, Clifton, New Jersey. Citations issued: On June 3, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations for one willful violation, eight repeat, five serious and two other-than-serious violations. Investigation...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Ashley Furniture, the nation's largest retailer of home furnishings, have entered into a corporate-wide settlement agreement that provides an effective framework for protecting workers from machine hazards. The agreement also resolves all pending OSHA citations at the company's plants in Arcadia and Whitehall Wisconsin, and in Ecru and Ripley, Mississippi.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: On Thursday, June 9 at 10:00 a.m., the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), will hold a hearing entitled, “The Administration’s Overtime Rule and Its Consequences for Workers, Students, Nonprofits, and Small Businesses." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 8, 2016
News Release: U.S. Department of Labor | June 8, 2016 BOS 2016-090
By DOL Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: Employer name: PhytogenX Inc. Inspection site: 35 Thousand Oaks Blvd., Morgantown, Pennsylvania. Citations issued: On June 8, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations to PhytogenX for four willful and six serious violations. Inspection findings: ...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - Federal workplace safety and health inspectors have cited a Dublin window restoration company for exposing workers to unsafe levels of lead, and other hazards.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Dent Wizard International Corp.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: ATLANTA - As they recover from the impacts of Tropical Storm Colin and tornados, Florida's emergency workers, employers, and the public at-large should be aware of the hazards they may encounter and take necessary steps to stay safe, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration urges.
