News and reports from the Department of Labor.

Release: Employer name: Roanoke Hard Eight LLC

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led a hearing on reauthorizing the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) user fee programs. At the hearing, Senator Murray made clear she is working in a bipartisan way to reauthorize the user fee programs, which expire this fall, in a timely manner-to avoid the FDA having to hand out pink slips if the Senate fails to get this done.

The US Labor Department published a four page proposed rule on April 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: Dear Secretary Cardona and Attorney General Garland...

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 fresh reporting that underscores the deep failure of the existing income-driven repayment system for student borrowers.

News Release: DENVER - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration developed a new Regional Emphasis Program to identify and reduce hazards in the cut stone and stone products industry. Enforcement will begin on May 17, 2022. In the past 10 years, the cut stone and stone products manufacturing industry has had the highest documented overexposures to respirable crystalline silica in the region.

News Release: CHICAGO ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration established a Local Emphasis Program to reduce workplace dangers and better protect workers from machine and amputation hazards in Wisconsin food manufacturing facilities.

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) joined Protect Our Care and patients from Washington state and Georgia for a virtual roundtable to discuss their fight to lower the cost of lifesaving prescription drugs for patients-including by bringing down insulin costs for the 1 in 10 patients across the country with diabetes.

News Release: Dear Inspector General Grimm: We are writing to request that the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services open an investigation into the failure of consulting firm McKinsey & Company (“McKinsey") to disclose potential conflicts of interest when McKinsey entered into...

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on April 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: DENVER - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration developed a new Regional Emphasis Program to identify and reduce hazards in the cut stone and stone products industry. Enforcement will begin on May 17, 2022. In the past 10 years, the cut stone and stone products manufacturing industry has had the highest documented overexposures to respirable crystalline silica in the region.

News Release: Participant: Raytheon Global Headquarters. Waltham, Massachusetts. Description: Raytheon Global Headquarters employs about 350 workers at the Waltham site, which is the headquarters for Raytheon, a company involved in advancing aviation, space exploration and defense. Employees at the site perform office...

News Release: Dear President Biden: We write to thank you for your commitment to cutting the cost and increasing the supply of high-quality child care for families across the country. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to exacerbate shortages, with parents unable to find child care and businesses struggling to find...

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on the Biden Administration’s announcement of a retroactive payment correction waiver for the income-driven repayment (IDR) system-which...

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on the 15-week abortion ban that the Kentucky legislature enacted last night, which goes into effect immediately, and the 15-week abortion ban that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law today. Both laws fail to even provide an exception for rape, incest, or human trafficking.