By DOL Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), led a press conference reiterating their call to President Biden to immediately issue an executive order to defend Americans’ reproductive rights, including their right to an abortion.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) in introducing the Health and Location Data Protection Act, legislation that bans data brokers from selling some of the most...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
There was activity on three bills related to the Education and Labor Committee on June 15.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
News Release: ROBBINSVILLE, NJ - A U.S. Department of Labor investigation into the fatal fall of a contractor at a Robbinsville frozen food manufacturer identified a wide range of potentially fatal workplace hazards at CJ TMI Manufacturing America LLC, leading the department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration to issue the employer citations for 36 violations and propose $368,513 in penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
News Release: LAKE CITY, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor recovered a total of $8,931 in back wages for two workers of a Lake City assisted living facility after its investigation found the employer denied paying them overtime wages they earned and illegally terminated one of the workers after they exercised their right to federally protected medical leave.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Oversight and Reform Committee Republican Leader James Comer (R-KY) raised ethical questions about Biden administration officials poised to receive a financial windfall from the administration’s proposal to forgive at least...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
There was activity on four bills related to the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on June 15.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 16, 2022
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent letters to five federal agencies under the Committee’s jurisdiction to raise concerns about the Biden administration’s lack of constitutional and statutory authority to enact the Executive Order on Promoting Access to Voting.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 15, 2022
The US Labor Department published a three page notice on June 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 15, 2022
News Release: ROBBINSVILLE, NJ - A U.S. Department of Labor investigation into the fatal fall of a contractor at a Robbinsville frozen food manufacturer identified a wide range of potentially fatal workplace hazards at CJ TMI Manufacturing America LLC, leading the department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration to issue the employer citations for 36 violations and propose $368,513 in penalties.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 15, 2022
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on June 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 15, 2022
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing to hold Labor Secretary Marty Walsh accountable for his department’s predatory behavior towards job creators and American workers...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 15, 2022
There was activity on five bills related to the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on June 14.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 15, 2022
News Release: (Washington, DC) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, released the following statement on the HELP Committee voting to pass a bipartisan deal, which included policies to respond to the formula crisis which she worked with Senator Casey (D-PA), Senator Burr (R-NC), and others to pass as part of the FDA Safety and Landmark Advancements (FDASLA) Act.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 15, 2022
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Commerce Committee, and Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), Chair of the Senate HELP Subcommittee on Children and Families, urged...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 15, 2022
News Release: (Washington, DC) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, released the following statement on the HELP Committee voting to pass a bipartisan deal to establish safe drug importation from Canada which she negotiated as part of the FDA Safety and Landmark Advancements (FDASLA) Act.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 15, 2022
News Release: CHICAGO - As Midwest temperatures rise, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration reminds employers and workers not to ignore the dangers of working in hot weather - indoors and out - and remember “Water. Rest. Shade." can be the difference between ending the workday safely or suffering serious injuries or worse.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 15, 2022
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on June 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 15, 2022
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee-led by Chair Patty Murray (D-WA)-advanced five bipartisan bills out of committee, including the most comprehensive Food and Drug Administration (FDA) legislation the committee has considered in years, which...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 15, 2022
News Release: HARRISBURG, NC - A U.S. Department of Labor investigation has recovered $106,613 in back wages and liquidated damages for 16 workers after finding a Harrisburg restaurant’s pay practices denied them federally required minimum wage and overtime pay.
