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The US Labor Department published a three page proposed rule on March 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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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 student loan payment pause and the work ahead to not only support current borrowers but lower the skyrocketing cost of higher education for future students.
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration today published an interim final rule establishing procedures and time frames for handling employee retaliation complaints under the Taxpayer First Act. The Taxpayer First Act, enacted July 1, 2019, protects employees who report underpayment of taxes or other potential federal tax law violations or engage in other protected activities.
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News Release: SAN DIEGO - A federal workplace safety investigation found that a 34-year-old worker’s fatal fall might have been prevented had the operator of a Pauma Valley zip-line attraction implemented required safety measures.
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News Release: APPLETON, WI - Despite the serious consequences of its actions, an Appleton-based contractor was again cited for exposing workers to deadly fall hazards after a U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspector observed six roofers atop a two-story Algoma duplex on Nov. 2, 2021 - about six months after the contractor’s last citations in June 2021.
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News Release: MCCALLA, AL - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has signed a strategic partnership with Brasfield & Gorrie Construction to promote worker safety and health during the construction of the University of Alabama’s Medical West project in McCalla. The University of Alabama SafeState is also supporting the partnership.
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News Release: LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Department of Labor has ordered a California business aviation provider to pay $958,000 in back wages and associated costs, and correct misinformation about a former employee who the employer retaliated against after they reported flight safety issues.
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced the availability of $3.2 million in funds from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 for Susan Harwood Workplace Safety and Health Training on Infectious Diseases, Including COVID-19 grants.
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Financial service firms were warned by the U.S. Department of Labor March 10 about exposing 401(k) participants to investments in cryptocurrencies at this early stage in their history.
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News Release: WASHINGTON - For two years, millions of the nation’s healthcare workers have been battling the coronavirus. Many have endangered themselves as they care for those who contract COVID-19 while working in high-risk settings that expose themselves and their families.
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News Release: CAMDEN, NJ - On Sept. 9, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration initiated an inspection of My Auto Store after a vehicle lift crushed a worker’s hand in Camden. The agency determined that The Auto Store LLC - operator of the automobile dismantling company - failed to have proper safeguards in place to protect employees from an accidental machine startup.
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News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, hosted a roundtable with trans youth and families from Washington state and Texas, as well as the Human Rights Campaign, to discuss how the onslaught of attacks against...
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News Release: ADGER, AL - A federal workplace safety investigation into the fatal electrocutions of two 19-year-old apprentices in Adger on Aug. 31, 2021, found their employer might have prevented the incident by ensuring required safety standards were followed, and that adequate supervision and training was provided.
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News Release: MARTINSBURG, WV - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Continental Brick Co. after an investigation found the employer exposed workers to respirable crystalline silica at the company's brick manufacturing facility in Martinsburg.
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News Release: BATAVIA, OH ‒ An employer installing sanitation sewer pipes in a 15-foot-deep trench in Batavia exposed its employees to the hazard of collapsing walls by not installing trench safety boxes.
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News Release: SCOTTSDALE, AZ - The U.S. Department of Labor has ordered a Scottsdale, Arizona-based ammunition manufacturer to pay compensatory damages, back wages and associated costs to an employee forced from its board of directors after reporting potentially illegal stock transactions.