By DOL Newswire | Sep 12, 2011
News Release: On Tuesday, September 13 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), will hold a hearing entitled, “Workforce Challenges Facing the Agriculture Industry." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 12, 2011
News Release: Region 8 News Release: 11-1332-SEA (11-202)
By DOL Newswire | Sep 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Following today’s release of the Fiscal Year 2009 national student loan default data showing that for-profit colleges continue to have the highest default rate in higher education, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) reiterated his call for reform and stronger oversight of the for-profit education sector...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 9, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued its annual inspection plan under the Site-Specific Targeting* 2011 (SST-11) program to help the agency direct enforcement resources to high-hazard workplaces where the highest rates of injuries and illnesses occur.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 8, 2011
News Release: House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following remarks after President Barack Obama’s address to a joint session of Congress...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 8, 2011
News Release: Region 4 News Release: 11-1314-ATL (431)
By DOL Newswire | Sep 8, 2011
News Release: Today, Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA), chairman of the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, spoke on the House floor in support of legislation to remove barriers to high-quality charter school growth. Rep Hunter introduced the Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act (H.R. 2218) earlier this summer.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 8, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration today issued a directive on Enforcement Procedures for Investigating or Inspecting Incidents of Workplace Violence. The directive establishes uniform procedures for OSHA field staff for responding to incidents and complaints of workplace...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 8, 2011
News Release: WESTLAKE, La. - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has recognized employees and management of the ConocoPhillips Lake Charles Manufacturing Complex in Westlake for achieving three years of excellence in the company's employee safety and health program. The facility has been designated as a "star" site, the highest honor in OSHA's Voluntary Protection Programs.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 8, 2011
News Release: CONCORD, N.H. - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Stowe Woodward LLC for 16 violations of workplace safety standards following an inspection at its Concord plant. The company, which refurbishes large metal rolls for the paper industry, faces $176,000 in proposed penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 8, 2011
News Release: Today, the U.S. House of Representatives will begin consideration of the Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act (H.R. 2218). H.R. 2218 will facilitate the establishment and replication of high-performing charter schools, as well as encourage choice, innovation, and excellence in education.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 7, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) chaired an executive session in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee to vote on the Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act (CHGME), which provides critical resources to children’s hospitals for pediatric residency programs, ...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 7, 2011
News Release: BEDFORD HEIGHTS, Ohio - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited ILAPA Inc., doing business as Lasting Impressions Event and Party Rentals in Bedford Heights, for 19 safety violations. The company faces $154,000 in proposed fines.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 6, 2011
News Release: Region 8 News Release: 11-1289-SEA (11-201)
By DOL Newswire | Sep 6, 2011
News Release: Region 2 News Release: 11-1263-NEW/BOS 2011-309
By DOL Newswire | Sep 2, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will hold a meeting of the Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (MACOSH) in Portland, Maine, September 20-21, 2011.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 2, 2011
News Release: U.S. House Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement on the release of the latest unemployment data...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 1, 2011
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Trenton-based IEW Construction Group Inc. for 12 commercial diving and other serious safety violations found while the company was doing repair work on the Alexander Road Bridge in Princeton. OSHA initiated...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 1, 2011
News Release: LANCASTER, Ohio - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Anchor Hocking LLC, a glass products manufacturer in Lancaster, for 12 safety violations. OSHA opened an investigation after a March 18 incident in which a worker's right index finger became caught...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 1, 2011
News Release: Region 4 News Release: 11-1237-ATL (423)
