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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Oct. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Labor Department discusses Petition for Modification of Application of Existing Mandatory Safety Standards on Oct. 24

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Oct. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Petition for Modification of Application of Existing Mandatory Safety Standards discussed on Oct. 24 by Labor Department

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Oct. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Senator Murray Statement on Latest Data on Students’ Learning

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), issued the following statement on the latest National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scores, which detail students’ math and reading performance in 2022.

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; State Training Provider Eligibility Collection discussed on Oct. 24 by Labor Department

The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Oct. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

US Department of Labor recovers $86K in back wages, damages for 74 healthcare workers at New Hampshire rehabilitation living facility

Release: Employer: Bedford Nursing & Rehab Services LLC, operating as Bedford Nursing & Rehabilitation Center

DOL-ETA offers new grant application process starting Oct. 24

By DOL Newswire | Oct 24, 2022

Supplemental Budget Request (SBR) Opportunity for Additional Administrative Costs under the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) Program grant opened on Oct. 24.

5 notices published in week ending Oct. 15 by Labor Department

By DOL Newswire | Oct 23, 2022

There were five notices published by the Labor Department in week ending Oct. 15, according to the Federal Register.

Murray, Hirono, Shaheen, Warren Applaud DOD Action to Ensure Access to Reproductive Care

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, applauded the Department of Defense’s (DOD) memorandum on ensuring access to reproductive health care...

Senator Murray Helps 6K+ Child Care Programs in Washington State Keep Doors Open to Serve Families

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), issued the following statement on new data released by the White House showing that the child care stabilization funding she secured in the American Rescue Plan...

Labor Department discusses Agency Information Collection Activities; Notice of Termination, Suspension, Reduction, or Increase in Benefit Payments on Oct. 21

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Oct. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

US Department of Labor urges West Virginia highway construction industry to join survey to set accurate prevailing wage rates

News Release: CHARLESTON, WV - The U.S. Department of Labor is asking the West Virginia highway construction industry to participate in a survey to help the department’s Wage and Hour Division establish prevailing wage rates, as required by federal law.

Proposed Exemption for Certain Prohibited Transaction Restrictions Involving JPMorgan Chase Co. (JPMC or the Applicant) Located in New York, New York discussed on Oct. 20 by Labor Department

The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Oct. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Inspections find Dollar General continues to discount safety as violations, penalties pile up for blocked exits, unsafe storage areas, other hazards

News Release: ATLANTA - Dollar General Corp. and Dolgencorp LLC - operator of more than 18,000 Dollar General discount stores in 47 states - has again ignored federal workplace safety standards, this time identified during inspections at four locations in Alabama, Florida and Georgia. The company faces $1,680,216 in proposed penalties after these inspections, a portion of the more than $9.6 million in total initial penalties the company has received since 2017.

Ohio contractor continues to defy federal fall protection safety rules, cited for egregious willful violations, faces $1M in fines after workplace inspection

News Release: WHEELING, WV - A Millersburg, Ohio, contractor with a long history of disregarding workplace safety standards now faces more than $1 million in penalties after an inspection by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found their employees working at dangerous heights without fall protection, this time at a West Virginia work site.

US Department of Labor cites framing contractor who ignored OSHA's safety hazard notification, directed workers onto roof without fall protection

News Release: RIVER GROVE, IL - While federal workplace safety inspectors are used to some employers' disregard for workplace safety, the response of a Chicago-area carpentry company's site supervisor to a U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspector's notification at the site about workers without fall protection exposed to the construction industry's most lethal hazard - falls from elevation - was especially blatant.

US Department of Labor cites Savannah space remediation company after 32-year-old lead repair technician suffers fatal electrocution

News Release: SAVANNAH, GA - A federal workplace safety investigation into how an employee suffered a fatal electrocution while digging a shallow drainage trench under a home has found that a Savannah crawl space remediation company might have prevented the incident by following required safety standards.

Foxx Statement on Student Loan Rulings

News Release: Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to rulings from Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett and a federal judge in Missouri regarding the Biden administration’s student loan debt scheme...

US Department of Labor cites Florida company for numerous safety failures after investigation into how 22-year-old diver working in canal drowned

News Release: MARGATE, FL - Working at the bottom of a Margate canal on April 4, 2022, a young diver was removing sand with an industrial vacuum to restore an embankment project when sediment above collapsed onto him, leaving the 22-year-old worker trapped until he drowned.

Foxx, Allen Tell NLRB to Stop Election Methods that Coerce, Disenfranchise Voters