By DOL Newswire | Jul 6, 2015
News Release: Employer name: HB&G Building Products Inc.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 2, 2015
News Release: Employers' names: The investigation was conducted at Sterling Seating Inc.'s furniture manufacturing plant at 9 Porete Avenue in North Arlington, New Jersey. On Target Staffing LLC, a staffing company that provided laborers for Sterling is located at 258 Clifton Avenue in Newark, New Jersey.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 2, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Valley International Cold Storage LLC
By DOL Newswire | Jul 2, 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 sent a letter to the Washington State Hospital Association expressing her concern that hospitals in Washington state may be failing to provide critical support...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 2, 2015
News Release: Employer Name and Location: New Homes Construction Inc. is a general contractor located at 739 Bordentown Road in Burlington, New Jersey. The investigation was conducted at Wildflowers at Medford, an active adult community at 12 Montclaire Road, Lot 19, in Medford, New Jersey.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: ISLAND LAKE, Ill. - A 32-year-old machinist suffered serious injuries to his left arm caused when his hand was caught and he was pulled into a machine on which his employer had bypassed safety devices designed to prevent such injuries. The worker has endured several surgeries and rehabilitation to repair his broken bones.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: TAMPA, Fla. - After the horrific murder of a Florida health care worker in 2012, an administrative law judge affirmed in June that her employer failed to protect her from workplace violence.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 1, 2015
News Release: July 1, 2015 BOS 2015-135. NEW YORK - Corizon Health Inc., which provides medical, dental and mental-health services to inmates at correctional facilities nationwide, including the Rikers Island facility in New York City, will implement changes to reduce workplace violence hazards for employees at its...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 30, 2015
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Workforce Protections Subcommittee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) issued the following joint statement after the Department of Labor proposed changes to federal overtime rules...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 30, 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 the following statement after the Obama Administration announced proposed rules to restore overtime protections for millions of Americans. Murray...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 30, 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 the following statement on the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 30, 2015
News Release: MONROE, Ga. - A Georgia storage system manufacturer could have prevented debilitating injuries to two of its workers - each of whom suffered the loss of a finger in separate workplace incidents - if the employer followed safety standards and provided the proper protection on equipment.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - In preparation for July 4th celebrations, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is urging employers in the fireworks and pyrotechnics industry to protect their workers from hazards while manufacturing, storing, transporting, displaying and selling fireworks for public events.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Midwest Manufacturing and Distributing Inc., doing business as Midwest Metal Forming
By DOL Newswire | Jun 29, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Cleveland Die & Manufacturing Company
By DOL Newswire | Jun 25, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - Targeting some of the most common causes of workplace injury and illness in the healthcare industry, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced the agency is expanding its use of enforcement resources in hospitals and nursing homes to focus on: musculoskeletal disorders related to patient or resident handling; bloodborne pathogens; workplace violence; tuberculosis and slips, trips and falls.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 25, 2015
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) today issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court’s decision in King v. Burwell...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 25, 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 joint statement in response to today’s announcement from the Department of Education regarding its controversial college rating system...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 25, 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 the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Affordable Care Act tax credits for families nationwide.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 24, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, chaired by Rep. Todd Rokita (R-IN), today held the latest in a series of hearings on federal child nutrition programs. The hearing provided members an opportunity to learn from state and local education leaders about how federal ...
