By DOL Newswire | Mar 8, 2016
News Release: KILN, Miss. - When followed, safety standards save lives and painful injuries. In the construction industry, ignoring them can lead to disaster as it did for 54-year-old Gary Berthelot.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 8, 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, accepted an award from the National Council of La Raza for her work on the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the new law to fix No Child Left Behind. Senator...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Mega Construction Co. Inc.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 7, 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 after the Department of Education announced that it would refund money to all military borrowers who were charged more than...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 7, 2016
News Release: MOBILE, Ala. - The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit against Lear Corp., doing business as Renosol Seating LLC, and three of its managers for suspending and terminating employees who reported workplace hazards in violation of the Occupational Safety and Health Act.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 4, 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 February 2016...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 4, 2016
News Release: Who: U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Aurora office
By DOL Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: Dear Acting Secretary King: Earlier this week, the Department of Education Inspector General completed a report on the Department of Education’s reviews of whether federal loan servicers provided all eligible active duty servicemembers the six percent interest rate cap on student loans they are entitled...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC - United States Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today introduced the National Biomedical Research Act with all of their Democratic colleagues on the Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee. This bill would increase funding for targeted biomedical...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 3, 2016
News Release: FALLS CITY, Neb. - A truck driver fired for refusing to drive a company vehicle pulled from service by the Iowa Department of Transportation is owed $55,000 in back wages, damages and compensation from his employer, the finding of a U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigation.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 2, 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, issued the following statement after hearing oral arguments in Whole Woman’s Health vs. Hellerstedt, the first major Supreme Court case involving restrictions on women’s access to abortion in more than two decades.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 2, 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, delivered remarks outside the Supreme Court before listening to the oral arguments in Whole Woman’s Health vs. Hellerstedt, the first major Supreme Court case...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 2, 2016
News Release: Employer name: P/M National Inc., 201 Grotzinger Road, St. Marys, Pennsylvania
By DOL Newswire | Mar 1, 2016
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), the top Democrat of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) responded to the report from the Education Department’s Office of Inspector General (OIG), examining...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 1, 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, delivered remarks on the Senate floor ahead of tomorrow’s Supreme Court oral arguments in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, the first major Supreme Court...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 1, 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, delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor in support of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA). Murray emphasized the importance of including...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 1, 2016
News Release: U.S. Department of Labor | March 1, 2016
By DOL Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Autoneum North America Inc.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: Employer name: FPL Food LLC. Investigation site: 1301 New Savannah Road, Augusta, Georgia 30901. Citations issued: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations to the employer on Feb. 26 for 15 serious safety violations. Investigation findings: OSHA initiated...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 29, 2016
News Release: Dear Secretary Perez: As our economy continues to recover from the Great Recession, we, as a country, need to work on ways to help our economy grow from the middle out, not the top down. But today, despite longer working hours and higher productivity, workers’ wages have remained virtually unchanged.
