By DOL Newswire | Jul 20, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama announced last month that the Department of Labor (DOL) intends to raise the salary threshold below which workers must receive overtime pay when they work more than 40 hours in a week. Today, nearly 150 Democrats across both chambers of Congress-led by Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Representative Bobby Scott (VA-03)-sent a letter to the President in strong support of the rule.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 17, 2015
News Release: This week marks the 50th anniversary of signing of Older Americans Act into law
By DOL Newswire | Jul 16, 2015
News Release: MIDDLEFIELD, Ohio - A teenage worker's life was altered forever when his employer allowed him to operate machinery illegally and the 14-year-old lost his hand in the process.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 16, 2015
News Release: ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill. - A 25-ton power press crushed a temporary worker's right ring finger when the machine she operated cycled through while her hand was inside. The incident, at a steel parts manufacturing plant in Elk Grove Village, occurred when light curtains that act as machine guards failed to work properly. The woman suffered the injury after just 10 days at Topy Precision Manufacturing Inc.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 16, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Gate Precast Co. and Trueblue Inc., doing business as Labor Ready
By DOL Newswire | Jul 16, 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 released a new report detailing the unique challenges women face in accessing a secure retirement. The report details how women often struggle with financial...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 16, 2015
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A storage tank manufacturer exposed workers to hazardous levels of hexavalent chromium and potentially deafening noise as they welded and grinded stainless steel and other alloy steels. At high levels, hexavalent chromium can cause lung cancer and respiratory, eye and skin damage.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 16, 2015
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) today issued the following statement after the Senate passed the Every Child Achieves Act...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 16, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Roger Wicker (R-MS) introduced the Promoting Physical Activity for Americans Act, legislation that would establish physical activity recommendations for children and adults. The bipartisan legislation would call on the Department of Health...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 16, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) submitted remarks for the record in support of a bipartisan amendment to the Every Child Achieves Act that would address inequalities in educational resources. The amendment was defeated by a vote of 46-50.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 16, 2015
News Release: Participants: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration renewed a two-year alliance July 16, with the South Louisiana Service, Transmission, Exploration and Production Safety Network.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 16, 2015
News Release: Bipartisan bill to fix K-12 education law that expired seven years ago passes Senate by a vote of 81 to 17
By DOL Newswire | Jul 16, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Roger Wicker (R-MS) introduced the Promoting Physical Activity for Americans Act, legislation that would establish physical activity recommendations for children and adults. The bipartisan legislation would call on the Department of Health...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 16, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Gate Precast Co. and Trueblue Inc., doing business as Labor Ready
By DOL Newswire | Jul 16, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Transformers Construction Services Inc. and Buildtronix LLC, owned by Leanna Richardson.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 15, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) delivered remarks on the Senate floor supporting an amendment to the Every Child Achieves Act to strengthen accountability measures. Murray noted that the amendment from Senators...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 15, 2015
News Release: Republican leaders of three congressional committees today wrote to the Department of Labor and the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council to call for the withdrawal of the administration’s proposed blacklisting guidance and regulation. Expressing concern over the anticipated harmful consequences of the proposal, leaders on the Education and the Workforce Committee, Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and Small Business Committee explain...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 15, 2015
News Release: SEATTLE - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has again ordered Oak Harbor Freight Lines Inc. to stop retaliating against truck drivers who refuse to drive when they feel too ill or fatigued.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 15, 2015
News Release: NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio - A hydraulic press crushed a 62-year-old machine operator's left hand at a seal and gasket manufacturer, resulting in multiple broken bones. The injured worker, a 15-year employee, has been unable to return to work and has endured three surgeries as a result.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 14, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) delivered remarks on the Senate floor supporting an amendment to the Every Child Achieves Act that would expand access to early learning programs. In her remarks, Murray highlighted...
