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News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Workforce Protections Subcommittee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) issued the following joint statement on the Department of Labor’s final overtime rule...

Murray: New Overtime Protections will Boost Wages, Expand Economic Security for Millions

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, delivered remarks on the Senate floor praising the Department of Labor’s final overtime rule. The new rule raises the salary threshold to $47,476, expanding overtime...

Murray, Democrats Introduce Critical Legislation to Improve and Expand Health Care Services for Survivors of Sexual Assault

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), the top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, along with Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Barbara...

Murray, Hatch Introduce EARNS Act to Help More Students, Workers, and Employers Compete in the Global Economy

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, introduced the Effective Apprenticeships Rebuild National Skills (EARNS) Act, legislation...

Committee Approves Resolution to Protect Rights of Workers and Employers, Block “Persuader” Rule

News Release: The House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), today approved a resolution (H. J. Res. 87) under the Congressional Review Act to protect the rights of workers and employers by blocking a new rule by the Department of Labor. Known as the “persuader" rule, the regulation ...

OSHA finds safety failures allowed machine to sever 30-year-old worker's three fingertips at Nature's Path subsidiary in Wisconsin

News Release: SUSSEX, Wis. - A rotating airlock blade severed a 30-year-old worker's three fingertips as he cleaned the machine at a Sussex subsidiary of organic food manufacturer Nature's Path Foods Inc., an incident federal safety investigators found could have been prevented if the machine had been powered down fully.

#CTE Graduate: I Am the American Dream

News Release: The Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), today held a hearing to discuss ways to strengthen the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act. Also known as the Perkins Act, the law supports state and local career and technical education (CTE) programs that help more Americans develop the skills they need to succeed in the workforce.

As Senate Advances Bipartisan Deal to Combat the Zika Virus, Murray Calls on House Republicans to Act Quickly

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), the top Democrat on the Senate Labor, Health, and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriations Subcommittee, released the following statement after the Senate voted to advance a bipartisan deal to provide $1.1 billion in emergency funding to prepare for...

Murray, Scott Praise New Overtime Protections for Millions of Hardworking Americans

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Congressman Robert C. “Bobby" Scott (D-VA), ranking member of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, released the following statements after the...

Congressional Leaders Raise Concerns with Integrity of ESSA Negotiated Rulemaking

News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN)-along with Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Chairman Todd Rokita (R-IN) and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN)-today wrote to the Department ...

OSHA orders Polar Service Centers to pay $190K in back wages, damages to safety manager demoted for reporting potential DOT violation

News Release: LANSING, Ill. - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has ordered Polar Service Centers to reinstate and pay $190,547 in back wages and damages to a safety manager at its Lansing facility. The action comes after a federal investigation found the commercial tank trailer company violated the whistleblower provisions of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act.

Murray: Birth Control Benefit Is “Fundamental” to Ensuring Affordable Health Care for All

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court's decision in Zubik v. Burwell...

Passaic distribution warehouse fined $112K for two dozen safety violations

News Release: Employer name: Oaxaca Mexican Products, 100 8th St., Passaic, New Jersey

Kline, Walberg Respond to New EEOC Rules Undermining Employee Wellness Programs

News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Workforce Protections Subcommittee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) issued the following joint statement after the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) finalized new rules undermining employee wellness programs...

***MEDIA ADVISORY*** THIS WEEK: Committee to Review Career and Technical Education, Consider Proposals to Improve Child Nutrition and Block “Persuader” Rule

News Release: Members of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce will meet this week to examine ways to strengthen career and technical education, as well as to consider legislative proposals to improve child nutrition programs and block a new rule that will stifle the rights of workers and employers. All committee activities will take place in 2175 Rayburn House Office Building.

OSHA cites Alabama pallet manufacturer putting workers at risk of machinery, electrical and other hazards