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News Release: WEST PALM BEACH, FL - A federal court in Miami has sentenced the former medical director of a West Palm Beach residential addiction recovery center to prison and ordered more than $31 million in restitution paid as part of a healthcare scheme to obtain reimbursement for $106 million in false claims to more than 80 private insurance companies and federal healthcare benefit programs.
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US Department of Labor begins rulemaking process, to revise standards for occupational exposure to lead
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor announced that its Occupational Safety and Health Administration has published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to revise its standards for occupational exposure to lead.
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US Department of Labor cites 2 contractors after electrician preparing job bid suffers fatal fall at Caterpillar’s Mapleton foundry
News Release: PEORIA, IL - Federal workplace safety inspectors investigating the fatal fall of a 50-year-old journeyman electrician at Caterpillar’s Mapleton foundry have determined that the lead contractor and a nested Caterpillar electrical contractor exposed workers to fall hazards.
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US Department of Labor recovers $72K for 12 Brooksville auto repair techs
News Release: Employer:
A&G Auto Service and Repair Inc.
operating as Magic Wheels Auto World Inc.
15252 Spring Hill Drive, Brooksville, FL 34604
Investigation findings: U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigators found A&G Auto Service and Repair Inc. paid a salary for all hours employees worked ...
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Hampton III: Ohio firm 'ignored their legal obligation to ensure workers used fall protection'
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited an Ohio industrial insulation contractor for a fatal fall from a roof and scaffold at an indoor horse-riding facility in Mars, Pa., and serious injuries to other workers.
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Foxx, Burr, Allen, Braun Call NLRB to Account for Curbing Employers’ Freedom of Speech
News Release: Today, House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC); Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Republican Leader Richard Burr (R-NC); Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Republican Leader Rick Allen (R-GA); and Employment and Workplace Safety...
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Following Push From Murray, Biden Administration Puts Insurers on Notice For Failing to Cover Birth Control As Required By Law
News Release: (Washington, DC) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement in response to news that Secretary of Health Becerra, Secretary of Labor Walsh, and Secretary of the Treasury Yellen sent a letter to group health plans and health insurance issuers reminding them of their obligations under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to provide coverage for contraceptive services at no cost.
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Burr Again Grills Biden Officials on Failure to Provide COVID-19 Plan, Despite Months of Questioning
Burr Again Grills Biden Officials on Failure to Provide COVID-19 Plan, Despite Months of Questioning
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Key Takeaways from Senate HELP Committee Hearing with Biden Officials on Missing COVID-19 Strategy
Key Takeaways from Senate HELP Committee Hearing with Biden Officials on Missing COVID-19 Strategy
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Key Takeaways from Senate HELP Committee Hearing with Biden Officials on Missing COVID-19 Strategy
Key Takeaways from Senate HELP Committee Hearing with Biden Officials on Missing COVID-19 Strategy
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Senator Murray Lands Historic Bipartisan Agreement to Allow Drug Importation from Canada
Senator Murray Lands Historic Bipartisan Agreement to Allow Drug Importation from Canada
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Murray, Warren, Wyden, Whitehouse, Sanders Introduce Legislation to Ban Data Brokers from Selling Americans’ Location Data and Health Data
Murray, Warren, Wyden, Whitehouse, Sanders Introduce Legislation to Ban Data Brokers from Selling Americans’ Location Data and Health Data
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Murray Leads HELP Committee to Advancing Key Steps to Address Formula Crisis in Bipartisan Package
Murray Leads HELP Committee to Advancing Key Steps to Address Formula Crisis in Bipartisan Package
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Murray, Warren to President Biden: We Need an Executive Order to Defend Americans’ Right to an Abortion NOW
Murray, Warren to President Biden: We Need an Executive Order to Defend Americans’ Right to an Abortion NOW
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Amid Threat of New COVID Variants and a Fall Surge, Murray Urges Republicans to Support COVID Emergency Funding
Amid Threat of New COVID Variants and a Fall Surge, Murray Urges Republicans to Support COVID Emergency Funding
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Murray, Brown Introduce Legislation to Improve Warn Act by Providing More Notice for Workers, Holding Employers Accountable
Murray, Brown Introduce Legislation to Improve Warn Act by Providing More Notice for Workers, Holding Employers Accountable
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Foxx to DOL Secretary Walsh: “We will not endorse more of the same policies that have been failing our country.”
Foxx to DOL Secretary Walsh: “We will not endorse more of the same policies that have been failing our country.”
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Foxx Hammers Democrats for Forcing Taxpayers to Bail Out Failing and Mismanaged Union-Run Multiemployer Pension Plans
Foxx Hammers Democrats for Forcing Taxpayers to Bail Out Failing and Mismanaged Union-Run Multiemployer Pension Plans
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Foxx, Burr Continue to Demand Answers from Cardona about FSA Data Breach
Foxx, Burr Continue to Demand Answers from Cardona about FSA Data Breach
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Foxx, Burr Demand Clarity on Biden’s Statutory Authority on Student Loan Repayment Freeze, Forgiveness
Foxx, Burr Demand Clarity on Biden’s Statutory Authority on Student Loan Repayment Freeze, Forgiveness
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