By DOL Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: Today, at House of Help City of Hope in Anacostia, Republicans unveiled an initiative aimed at lifting people out of poverty and onto the ladder of opportunity. It is the first plank of A Better Way, a bold policy agenda to tackle some of the country’s biggest challenges.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 7, 2016
News Release: MENTOR, Ohio - As he helped widen a road on Station Street in Mentor, a 28-year-old water and sewer utility worker suddenly found himself buried beneath thousands of pounds of soil when a trench, more than 5-feet deep in which he worked, collapsed on him. Hours later, his injuries led to the man's death in a nearby hospital.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: Employer Name: Barney's Inc. doing business as Barney's Police Supply
By DOL Newswire | Jun 6, 2016
News Release: U.S. Department of Labor | June 6, 2016
By DOL Newswire | Jun 3, 2016
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement after the Department of Labor released unemployment data for May 2016...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: U.S. Department of Labor | June 2, 2016
By DOL Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: Employer name: U.S. Postal Service, 2323 Forest Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa
By DOL Newswire | Jun 2, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Nautic Star LLC. Inspection site: 500 Waterway Drive, Amory, Mississippi 38821. Citations issued: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations to the employer on June 2 for 15 serious and eight other-than-serious safety and health violations.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 1, 2016
News Release: U.S. Department of Labor | June 1, 2016
By DOL Newswire | Jun 1, 2016
News Release: Syracuse, N.Y. - Federal workplace safety and health inspectors have cited a Steuben County rail manufacturing and repair service facility for 17 serious violations, including exposing employees to unsafe levels of known cancer-causing chemicals such as cadmium, lead, nickel and silica.
By DOL Newswire | May 31, 2016
News Release: U.S. Department of Labor | May 31, 2016
By DOL Newswire | May 31, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Purrfect Enterprises Inc., 262 Clinton St., Paterson, New Jersey
By DOL Newswire | May 31, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Ungerer & Company. Inspection site: 110 North Commerce Way, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Citations issued: On May 25, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued one repeat and six serious violations, and one other-than-serious violation. Inspection...
By DOL Newswire | May 31, 2016
News Release: Dear Secretary King: Throughout my time in the Senate, I have fought to remove educational barriers for homeless children and youth. As I expressed to you in a letter earlier this year, I am particularly concerned about the serious roadblocks unaccompanied homeless students face in applying for and...
By DOL Newswire | May 31, 2016
News Release: EDISON, N.J. - A New York-area employer has learned that refusing to comply with federal workplace safety standards and then failing to accept responsibility for the violations can cost significantly more -in penalties- once the U.S. Department of Labor litigates the matter.
By DOL Newswire | May 31, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. To further protect workers who report violations of law, safety and health, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration is launching a pilot for its first severe violator enforcement program for employers that continually and willfully disregard the rights of whistleblowers.
By DOL Newswire | May 31, 2016
News Release: Employer name: W.S. Steel Erection LLC
By DOL Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), the top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on the U.S. Department of Education’s proposed regulation on the accountability provisions in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).
By DOL Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: U.S. Department of Labor | May 26, 2016 BOS 2016-081
By DOL Newswire | May 26, 2016
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) released the following statements after the Department of Education released its proposed regulation implementing “accountability" provisions in the Every Student Succeeds Act. This proposed regulation is the first step of the regulatory process. The public will have 60 days to comment on the proposal.
