By DOL Newswire | Feb 9, 2016
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), chairman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, today released the following statement in response to the president’s Fiscal Year 2017 budget request...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 9, 2016
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), the top Democrat on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee released the following statement on the early childhood education components of President Barack Obama’s FY17 budget proposal.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 9, 2016
News Release: Dear Acting Secretary King: Students who want to further their education but struggle with homelessness face serious roadblocks in applying for financial aid. I am writing to urge you to address inconsistencies in U.S. Department of Education (“the Department") policies that have created financial aid...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 8, 2016
News Release: On Wednesday, February 10 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, chaired by Rep. Todd Rokita (R-IN), will hold a hearing entitled, “Next Steps for K-12 Education: Implementing the Promise to Restore State and Local Control." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 5, 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 to commemorate the 23rd anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). President Clinton signed FMLA into law on February 5, 1993, allowing workers to take unpaid leave to care for themselves or a sick family member without the fear of losing their jobs.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 5, 2016
News Release: The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Little Rock Area Office and the Arkansas Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America renewed a strategic partnership Feb. 4. (From Left to right) Thomas Dickinson, AGC vice president and treasurer; Carlos Reynolds, OSHA's Little Rock Area Office director; Joe Morgan, AGC safety director; William Fletcher, AGC president; and Lance Wright, AGC field representative.)
By DOL Newswire | Feb 5, 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 January 2016...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 4, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is accepting nominations for members to serve on the Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 4, 2016
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) introduced new legislation, the Preventing Superbugs and Protecting Patients Act, to provide additional tools to review and ensure the safety of medical devices after contaminated...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 4, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has scheduled a meeting of the Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health on Feb. 18, 2016, in Washington, D.C.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 4, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration's National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health will hold a meeting of the Emergency Response and Preparedness Subcommittee on Feb. 24-25, 2016, in Washington, D.C.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 3, 2016
News Release: Employers name: Kinsey Corp. Inc., 767 Debout Road, Venetia, Pennsylvania
By DOL Newswire | Feb 3, 2016
News Release: Employer name: SNS Lawn & Landscape Services Inc., doing business as The Ground Guys, 716 Catherine St., Lancaster, Pennsylvania
By DOL Newswire | Feb 3, 2016
News Release: Employer name: DDP Roofing Services Inc., at 20 Conchester Road in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania
By DOL Newswire | Feb 3, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Crane, Hoist and Monorail Partners today renewed their alliance to improve the safety and health of workers who manufacture and use cranes, hoists and monorails. During the five-year agreement, the alliance will address preventing worker exposures to electrical shock, electrocution, falls from elevation and being struck-by moving equipment.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 2, 2016
News Release: Feb. 2, 2016 BOS 2016-014. Employer name: Whole Life Construction Llc, 306 Bird Circle, Stratford, Connecticut. Citations issued: On Jan. 21, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Whole Life Construction Llc for five repeat and two serious violations...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 2, 2016
News Release: The House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), today approved two bipartisan bills that will strengthen the retirement security of working Americans: the Affordable Retirement Advice Protection Act (H.R. 4293), introduced by Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN), and the Strengthening ...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 2, 2016
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement regarding today's House vote to override President Obama’s veto of the Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act of 2015 (H.R. 3762) ...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 2, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Besse Forest Products Inc., operating as Goodman Veneer & Lumber
By DOL Newswire | Feb 2, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Texas Panhandle Heritage Foundation Inc., Canyon, Texas
