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News Release: CANTON, OH - A workplace safety investigation into a 65-year-old worker’s fatal crushing injuries at TimkenSteel in Canton found the company failed to install guards or provide proper hand tools to prevent workers from entanglement hazards while operating a bar straightener machine.
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Senator Murray On Bipartisan Deal to Lower Insulin Costs: “Let’s Get This Done.”
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 Improving Needed Safeguards for Users of Lifesaving Insulin Now (INSULIN) Act-a bipartisan bill Senators Shaheen (D-NH) and Collins (R-ME) announced today that would lower insulin costs by capping patients’ costs at $35 a month, and encouraging manufacturers to reduce list prices.
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US Department of Labor to recognize importance of disability, equity in workforce during National Disability Employment Awareness Month 2022
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that, in recognition of the vital role people with disabilities play in making the nation’s workforce diverse and inclusive, “Disability: Part of the Equity Equation" has been chosen as the theme for October’s National Disability Employment Awareness Month 2022.
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US Department of Labor reaches settlement agreement with Ohio insulation contractor to resolve citations after fatal fall, workers’ injuries in 2020
News Release: MARS, PA - An industrial insulation contractor in Ohio entered into a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration to resolve litigation prompted by the findings of a June 2020 investigation into the fatal fall of one worker and serious injuries suffered by three others after they fell from a roof and scaffold at an indoor horse-riding facility in Mars.
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US Department of Labor finds Reno landscaping company willfully failed to record workers’ hours, denied 57 workers $88K in overtime wages
News Release: LAS VEGAS - A recent federal investigation has found that a Reno landscaping company - that employs workers exposed to the outdoors, including on summer days when temperatures can peak at 90 degrees - intentionally shortchanged 57 of its workers by denying them overtime wages they were owed.
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Federal court orders San Juan restaurants, owners to pay $31K for minimum wage, overtime, recordkeeping violations
News Release: GUAYNABO, PR - A federal judge has ordered two San Juan restaurants and their owners to pay a total of $31,630 to 19 workers after the owners withheld back wages they assured the U.S. Department of Labor they would pay the employees after an investigation found their pay practices violated federal law.
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Senator Murray Applauds Further Bipartisan Progress on Retirement Security Legislation Following Senate Finance Mark Up
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, issued the following statement on the Senate Finance Committee’s markup of its retirement security package, the Enhancing American Retirement Now (EARN) Act. Last...
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DOL-MSHA grant application closes on Aug. 23
Brookwood-Sago Mine Safety Grants grant opened on June 23.
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Jurado decreta $650,000 en compensación por daños contra contratista de, Massachusetts por represalia ilegal contra trabajador inmigrante lesionado
News Release: BOSTON - Un jurado federal en el Distrito de Massachusetts determinó que un empleador de Massachusetts y su compañía tomaron represalias contra un empleado que reportó una lesión en el trabajo. Como resultado, el jurado otorgó $650,000 por daños: $600,000 en daños punitivos y $50,000 en daños compensatorios.
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US Department of Labor outlines paths forward to empower workers with publication of its Spring 2022 Regulatory Agenda
News Release: WASHINGTON - As the part of today’s publication of the Spring 2022 Regulatory Agenda by the Biden-Harris administration, the U.S. Department of Labor’s agenda has been posted online.
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US Departments of Labor, Commerce announce coordinated effort to create good jobs, promote equity throughout the workforce
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Departments of Labor and Commerce today released the “Good Jobs Principles ," a coordinated effort to provide employers, workers, federal agencies, state and local governments, and other advocates with a roadmap to advance the goal of quality jobs for all workers.
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Readout: Leaders of government; labor unions; workforce organizations convene at ‘Good Jobs’ Summit to discuss equity, economic prosperity
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh joined Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, Rep. Bobby Scott, White House Infrastructure Implementation Coordinator Mayor Mitch Landrieu and other leaders of federal, state and local government, labor unions and workforce organizations gathered today in Washington at the “Good Jobs" Summit, part of the initiative led by the department to help create and support good-quality jobs.
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Federal investigation finds framing contractor willfully exposed workers to fall hazards at Luzerne, Pennsylvania, state salt storage stockpile
News Release: LUZERNE, PA - Despite the dangers of falls - a leading cause of construction industry deaths - a Strasburg framing contractor ignored federal workplace standards and exposed workers to falls as high as 14 feet while working at a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation facility.
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US Department of Labor cites Canton steel mill, after worker is fatally caught in machine
News Release: CANTON, OH - A workplace safety investigation into a 65-year-old worker's fatal crushing injuries at TimkenSteel in Canton found the company failed to install guards or provide proper hand tools to prevent workers from entanglement hazards while operating a bar straightener machine.
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Foxx, Scott, Boozman, and Stabenow Announce Bipartisan and Bicameral Agreement to Extend School and Summer Meals for Kids
News Release: Today, House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA), along with Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Republican Leader John Boozman (R-AR) and Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) announced an agreement to help school and summer providers...
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Foxx: The DOL Can’t Hide Its Infatuation with Unions
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to the so-called “Good Jobs Principles" framework that was unveiled by the Department of Labor...
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US Department of Labor reaches settlement agreement with Ohio insulation, contractor to resolve citations after fatal fall, workers’ injuries in 2020
News Release: MARS, PA - An industrial insulation contractor in Ohio entered into a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration to resolve litigation prompted by the findings of a June 2020 investigation into the fatal fall of one worker and serious injuries suffered by three others after they fell from a roof and scaffold at an indoor horse-riding facility in Mars.
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US Department of Labor cites Atlanta recycling company for continually, exposing workers to chemical hazards, proposes $311K in penalties
News Release: ATLANTA - Federal workplace safety inspectors determined that an Atlanta recycling company exposed workers to hazardous chemicals without warning them of the risks. This is the third time since 2019 that the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited the company for similar violations.
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Foxx, McCarthy Applaud Supreme Court Decision on Carson v. Makin
News Release: Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court striking down a prohibition against religious schools’ participation in a Maine tuition assistance program...
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Jury awards $650K in damages for Massachusetts contractor’s, unlawful retaliation against injured immigrant worker
News Release: BOSTON - A federal jury in the District of Massachusetts has found that a Massachusetts employer and his company retaliated against an employee who reported an on-the-job injury. The jury awarded $650,000 in damages - $600,000 in punitive damages and $50,000 in compensatory damages - as a result.
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