By DOL Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: The House Education and the Workforce Committee, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), today approved H.R. 3459, the Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act. The legislation will protect small businesses and the workers they employ by rolling back the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) recent decision redefining what it means to be an employer. The bill passed the committee by a vote of 21 to 15.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: Oct. 28, 2015 BOS 2015-202. Employer name: Perry's Maintenance Inc., headquartered in Lockport, New York. Inspection site: 4306 Shimerville Rd., Clarence, N.Y. 14031. Date inspection initiated: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration began its inspection on June 11, ...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 28, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will hold a meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health *, December 1-2, 2015, in Washington, D.C. The Temporary Workers Work Group will meet Dec. 1 and the full committee will meet Dec. 2.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 27, 2015
News Release: Employer name: U.S. Postal Service, Ottumwa, Iowa
By DOL Newswire | Oct 27, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and U.S. Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) introduced the Security and Financial Empowerment (SAFE) Act of 2015. The SAFE Act builds on progress made through legislation like the Violence Against Women Act and the Affordable Care Act to continue raising awareness and breaking down the economic barriers that domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking create for survivors and their families.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 27, 2015
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Higher Education and Workforce Training Subcommittee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to two higher education regulations the administration finalized earlier today...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 27, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, chaired by Rep. Todd Rokita (R-IN), today held a hearing on ways to reform the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act and improve career and technical education (CTE) to better serve students and meet the needs of a 21st century economy.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 26, 2015
News Release: DALLAS - Poultry workers are twice as likely to suffer serious injuries and six times more likely to get sick on the job than other private sector workers, facts that are leading federal safety and health inspectors to act in four Southwestern states to reduce musculoskeletal disorders and ergonomic stressors affecting industry workers.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 26, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has scheduled a meeting of the Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee for Nov. 10, 2015, in Washington, D.C. The Best Practices and Corporate Culture Work Group will meet on Nov. 9, 2015.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 26, 2015
News Release: The House Education and the Workforce Committee this week will continue its efforts to promote a competitive workforce by examining reforms to improve career and technical education and considering legislation to protect small businesses from bureaucratic overreach.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 26, 2015
News Release: ATLANTA - Poultry workers are twice as likely to suffer serious injuries and six times more likely to get sick on the job than other private sector workers, facts that are leading federal safety and health inspectors to act in four Southeastern states to reduce musculoskeletal disorders and ergonomic stressors affecting industry workers.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 23, 2015
News Release: The chairmen of the U.S. Senate and House education committees today called on a federal agency with authority over consumer financial products to immediately halt its “unprecedented" investigation into a college accreditor.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 23, 2015
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 on House passage of harmful reconciliation legislation that would dismantle the Affordable Care Act and undermine health care for women and families across the country.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 23, 2015
News Release: The House of Representatives today passed the Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act (H.R. 3762) by a vote of 240 to 189. The legislation combines recommendations from the House committees on Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means to dismantle ObamaCare, protect taxpayer dollars, and help rein in the nation’s deficits and debt.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 23, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and Representatives Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Nita Lowey (D-NY), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), and Lois Capps (D-CA), released a report from the Government...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), held a hearing to review mine safety policies with stakeholders representing industry and labor, as well as safety experts. The latest in a series of hearings focused on worker health and safety, the hearing examined current enforcement policies, as well ways to further improve safety in the mining industry.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: Earlier this week, House Speaker John Boehner signed the National Defense Authorization Act, legislation that provides critical resources to help ensure a strong national defense. Despite bipartisan support for the plan, the administration has promised an unprecedented veto that would put America’s troops and national security in jeopardy. Why?
By DOL Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee joined advocates, parents and workers across the country on a “Call to Action" on the need for affordable, accessible, and high-quality child care in America.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 22, 2015
News Release: Employer's name: Peak Roofing Inc. in Abilene, Texas
By DOL Newswire | Oct 20, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Sugar Creek Packing Co., Fairfield, Ohio
