By DOL Newswire | Dec 16, 2015
News Release: Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Rep. Mike Bishop (R-MI) issued the following statements today after the Senate passed legislation extending for two years the Federal Perkins Loan Program, which expired this fall...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: CICERO, Ill. - While electroplating machine parts, workers were exposed to metal, machinery and live electrical hazards at a Cicero manufacturing facility because their employer failed to follow federal safety and health requirements. Exposure to metals - such as cadmium used in the plant - can harm the heart, nervous and digestive systems.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 15, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Coca-Cola Refreshments USA Inc.'s distribution warehouse is located at 60 Deans Rhode Hall Road in Monmouth Junction, New Jersey.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: The agreement requires the Chesapeake, Virginia-based Dollar Tree to develop and implement a comprehensive safety and health program consistent with OSHA's Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines. Dollar Tree operates stores nationwide, including 2,400 stores included in this agreement. The company's...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby" Scott (D-VA), along with Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA), released the following statements after President Obama signed into law the Every Student Succeeds Act (S. 1177), a bipartisan, bicameral bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: Dec. 10, 2015 BOS 2015-221. Employer name: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Connecticut Health Care System, 950 Campbell Ave., West Haven, CT 06516. Notices issued: On Dec. 1, 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued notices to the medical center...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), held a hearing this week to explore how the Obama administration’s unprecedented onslaught of regulations is affecting American workers and job creators.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 10, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby" Scott (D-VA), along with Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA), released the following...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: U.S. Department of Labor | Dec. 9, 2015
By DOL Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: Overwhelming bipartisan support in Senate and House sends legislation to president’s desk
By DOL Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement today after the Senate passed a bipartisan, bicameral bill to replace No Child Left Behind and improve K-12 education...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: U.S. Department of Labor | Dec. 9, 2015
By DOL Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, the United States Senate overwhelmingly passed the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), bipartisan legislation from U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) to rewrite No Child Left Behind. The legislation, which now moves to the President’s desk for approval, includes key provisions to improve educational stability for students experiencing homelessness.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Ray Clearing Inc. is a logging company located at 86 Landmark Drive in Bickmore, West Virginia. The inspection was conducted at Imperial Coal Tract in Cabin Creek, West Virginia.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Vallencourt Inc. Inspection site: Pennsylvania Avenue, Jacksonville, Florida 32207. Citations issued: On Dec. 8, 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations to Vallencourt for one willful and one serious safety violation. Vallencourt...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Two workers suffered partial amputation * of their left middle fingers in separate incidents at Columbus-based ITC Manufacturing because the company failed to protect them from machinery operating parts. The injuries occurred just months after the electrocution of another worker when he touched live wires at the company's facility.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, the United States Senate overwhelmingly passed the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), bipartisan legislation from U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) to rewrite No Child Left Behind. The legislation, which now moves to the President’s desk for approval, includes important protections to help students who are learning English succeed.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: Employer name: AWS Roofing Services Inc.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 9, 2015
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - RCL Wiring LP, which operates as Idaho & Sedalia Transportation Company, harassed and terminated a signal shop technician in retaliation for reporting a work-related injury in violation of the Federal Railroad Safety Act, U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 8, 2015
News Release: CANTON, Ohio - Federal inspections of Case Farms' processing facilities in Ohio have resulted in an additional $462,000 in penalties for deficiencies in ammonia refrigeration systems at two of the company's Ohio facilities. The leading supplier of fast food and supermarket chicken has racked up more...
