By DOL Newswire | Nov 6, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, issued the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision to review the religious accommodation to the birth control benefit included in the Affordable Care Act.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 6, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) released the following statement commemorating the upcoming 50th Anniversary of the Higher Education Act, which was signed into law on November 8, 1965.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 6, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is seeking comments on a draft document intended to help employers develop a program to protect employees from retaliation when they raise concerns about workplace conditions or activities that could harm workers or members of the public.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: Nov. 5, 2015 BOS 2015-205. Employer name: Mass-Granite Inc., 49 Knox Trail, Acton, Massachusetts 01720. Reason for inspection: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration conducted a follow up inspection of the granite countertop manufacturer to verify the correction...
By DOL Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA), sent a letter to Daniel R. Levinson, Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) expressing her concern that the Tobacco Vapor Electronic Cigarette Association...
By DOL Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Rockvale Construction LLC, 4108 East Newport Road in Kinzers, Pennsylvania
By DOL Newswire | Nov 5, 2015
News Release: Republican and Democratic lawmakers today outlined a series of legislative principles that will help strengthen the retirement security of working families and ensure retirement advisors protect their clients' best interests. The congressional effort is taking place as bipartisan concerns grow over a ...
By DOL Newswire | Nov 3, 2015
News Release: Participants: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration's El Paso Area Office and the David L. Carrasco Job Corps Center in El Paso.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 3, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Al Franken (D-MN), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Jack Reed (D-RI), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), ...
By DOL Newswire | Nov 3, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Susan Collins (R-ME), Tim Scott (R-SC), and Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced a bipartisan resolution in the Senate designating the week of Nov. 2, 2015, National Apprenticeship Week. The resolution highlights that...
By DOL Newswire | Nov 3, 2015
News Release: CANTON, Ohio - A crane's safety latch failed and 1,000 pounds of equipment fell on a man below and injured him as he worked on the factory floor of TimkenSteel Corp. For the second time in a year, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found struck-by, fall and amputation* hazards at the company's two Canton plants following inspections.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 2, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Lorz Construction, Fargo, North Dakota
By DOL Newswire | Nov 2, 2015
News Release: Employer name: M&A Excavating LLC, at 120 Lyons Road in Mertztown, Pennsylvania.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 2, 2015
News Release: Employer name: IPMF LLC operating as IPM Foods, Beloit, Wisconsin
By DOL Newswire | Oct 30, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and U.S. Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) wrote a letter to Acting Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Stephen Ostroff commending the FDA for issuing draft guidance to help businesses comply with final menu labeling requirements...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) delivered remarks at a hearing on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders in America: Priorities, Challenges, and Opportunities. In her remarks, Murray highlighted that while progress has been made toward improving the health and wellness of families, more work must be done to address the challenges faced by those living with mental illness.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement today after Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI) was elected to serve as the Speaker of the House of Representatives...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Dollar General Corp. is headquartered at 100 Mission Ridge in Goodlettsville, Tennessee. The inspected store is located at 700 South 4th Street, Hamburg, Pa.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 29, 2015
News Release: Dorinda Folse (front left), area director in Baton Rouge for the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and Michael Demouy (front right), manager, Louisiana Associated General Contractors, renewed a commitment to help keep workers safe.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health * will meet in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 1-2 for updates and discussions with agency officials.
