By Labor Gazette | Nov 21, 2016
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Nov. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 18, 2016
The US Labor Department published a five page rule on Nov. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 18, 2016
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Nov. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 18, 2016
The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Nov. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 17, 2016
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Nov. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 17, 2016
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Nov. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 17, 2016
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Nov. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 17, 2016
The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Nov. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of more than $111 million in America’s Promise grants to 23 regional workforce partnerships in 28 states to connect more than 21,000 Americans to education and in-demand jobs.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: ARLINGTON, Va. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration has successfully obtained a permanent injunction against Sullivan Granite Co. LLC and its owner, Conrad J. Smith, ordering him to correct all safety hazards at Brown’s Meadow Quarry in Sullivan, Maine, and prohibiting him from refusing agency inspectors entry to conduct safety inspections.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration today issued a final rule updating its general industry Walking-Working Surfaces standards specific to slip, trip, and fall hazards. The rule also includes a new section under the general industry Personal Protective Equipment standards that establishes employer requirements for using personal fall protection systems.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 17, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, Ohio – OSHA cited an Ohio company after a 33-year-old employee was crushed to death in June 2016 as he was digging soil out of the 12-foot trench in Washington Township, when the trench walls around him collapsed – burying him in thousands of pounds of dirt. Rescue workers recovered his body a few hours later.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 16, 2016
News Release: OTTUMWA, Iowa – Southeastern Iowa’s Ottumwa Job Corps Center is now the nation’s first to offer a registered apprenticeship program from the U.S. Department of Labor.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 16, 2016
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R. I. – A Wolcott, Connecticut, contractor repeatedly exposed its employees to falls of 18 feet while performing roofing work in Middletown, an inspection by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 15, 2016
News Release: PIONEER, Ohio – Once again, federal safety inspectors have found one of the nation’s largest discount retailers putting workers and customers alike in danger by allowing emergency exit routes to be blocked.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 15, 2016
News Release: DENVER– An U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigation found a Denver company violated federal law when it terminated an employee for insubordination after the worker reported safety concerns about a product being manufactured by the company.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 15, 2016
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Nov. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 15, 2016
The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Nov. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 14, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON – As Hurricane Matthew traveled along the southeastern U.S. coast from Oct. 7-9,2016, it killed more than 30 people, damaged hundreds of roads and bridges, destroyed farmlands and left many public areas unsafe. Thousands of people found themselves homeless, in desperate need of humanitarian assistance.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 14, 2016
News Release: ALBANY, N.Y. – A wood chipper and an Upstate New York employer’s failure to provide safety training combined to make a 23-year-old worker’s first day on the job his tragic last, an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found.
