By DOL Newswire | Jun 24, 2015
News Release: Date of action: June 23, 2015
By DOL Newswire | Jun 23, 2015
News Release: BALTIMORE - With sweltering temperatures impacting the greater Philadelphia today, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is reminding employers to protect their workers from heat illness.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 23, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - With sweltering temperatures impacting northern Delaware today, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is reminding employers to protect their workers from heat illness.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 23, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - With sweltering temperatures impacting the greater Philadelphia today, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is reminding employers to protect their workers from heat illness.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 23, 2015
News Release: PHILADELPHIA - With sweltering temperatures impacting the greater Philadelphia today, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is reminding employers to protect their workers from heat illness.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 22, 2015
News Release: HARBESON, Del. - Workers cutting chicken fat, bone and cartilage eight hours a day at a Delaware poultry plant are suffering musculoskeletal injuries caused by their jobs, an inspection by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 22, 2015
News Release: On Wednesday, June 24 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, chaired by Rep. Todd Rokita (R-IN), will hold a hearing entitled, “Child Nutrition Assistance: Looking at the Cost of Compliance for States and Schools." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 19, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) sent letters to seven Washington state health insurers offering qualified health plans in the Washington Health Benefit Exchange, Washington Healthplanfinder, expressing concern over a lack of transparency and clarity in the availability of treatments that can help tobacco users quit.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Gehring Construction & Ready Mix Concrete Inc., Columbus, Nebraska
By DOL Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) led a letter with 11 Senate Democrats explaining the ways investments in health and wellness made through the Prevention and Public Health Fund (PPHF) have improved the health of women and families. The Senators highlighted how investing in women and families supports economic growth and helps further contribute to healthier and stronger communities.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: Dear Secretary Duncan: We write regarding the negotiated rulemaking process for changes to the Pay as You Earn (PAYE) program. At a time when outstanding federal student loan debt exceeds one trillion dollars, this essential program keeps payment levels affordable and manageable for millions of Americans.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 18, 2015
News Release: Employer name: Alin Machining Company Inc., doing business as Power Plant Services
By DOL Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is accepting nominations for members to serve on the Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 17, 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 Committee hearing on Reauthorizing the Higher Education Act: Evaluating Accreditation’s Role in Ensuring Quality. In her opening statement, Murray highlighted...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: SEATTLE - North America's second-largest freight railroad, Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC, must reinstate a train conductor and pay the man $536,063 in back pay, damages and attorney's fees after a federal investigation found the rail operator retaliated against its employee after reporting a knee injury.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: Employer Name and Location: Frame carpentry contractor Express Construction 3 Corp. is located at 64 Wright Street, 2nd Floor, in Newark, New Jersey. The investigation was conducted at The Mews at Liberty Village, a residential construction project in Coopersburg, Pennsylvania.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement after the Department of Health and Human Services proposed a number of regulatory changes to the Head Start program...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN), today held a hearing on a Department of Labor proposal that would restrict access to financial advice and expand the definition of “fiduciary" under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. Members questioned Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez, raising concerns that the proposal is unworkable and would make it harder for working families to save and plan for retirement.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 17, 2015
News Release: OKLAHOMA CITY - An open-flame heater on the floor of a rig likely sparked the fire that killed three natural gas drillers and seriously injured two others in a December 2014 drilling rig fire in Coalgate, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has concluded.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 16, 2015
News Release: June 16, 2015 BOS 2015-123. BOSTON - A Tyngsboro company that supplies temporary employees to businesses has agreed to enhanced workplace safety and health protections for workers it places in all those businesses in a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor. The department's Occupational...
