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News Release: WASHINGTON - Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Rep. Chris Jacobs (R-NY) led a letter with Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT) and Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) calling for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide guidance on a test-to-stay option for unvaccinated students exposed to COVID-19.
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The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Nov. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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News Release: KANSAS CITY, MO ‒ Electrical hazards killed four workers in Missouri and Kansas in five months in 2021. In Missouri, on Oct. 4, a 40-year-old electrical contractor replacing light fixtures in Sedalia. On Sept. 23, a 22-year-old worker cleaning a Higbee pig barn with a pressure washer. In Wichita, Kansas, ...
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News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced its Veterans’ Employment and Training Service is now accepting applications from public and private sector organizations to enhance the employment and training services it provides to transitioning service members and their spouses through the agency’s Employment Navigator and Partnership Pilot.
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News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor is seeking nominations for membership for the newly reestablished Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health, which advises the Secretary of Labor on all matters relating to the occupational safety and health of federal employees.
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News Release: DENVER – A federal workplace safety investigation that followed a deadly trench collapse in Johnstown on April 16 has concluded a Strasburg excavation contractor failed to take required safety precautions that might have prevented the death of a 50-year-old worker.
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News Release: CALEDONIA, WI – Responding to a complaint alleging coronavirus hazards, federal workplace safety and health inspectors found a Caledonia company failed to protect workers from the virus’ dangers. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspected the facility on May ...
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News Release: HARTFORD, CT - A Connecticut aircraft parts manufacturer did not take required steps to identify potential exposures and protect employees from hexavalent chromium and cadmium - both known carcinogens - at its Bloomfield facility, a U.S. Department of Labor workplace safety inspection has found.
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Nov. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Nov. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Nov. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Labor Department published a five page notice on Nov. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Nov. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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The US Labor Department published an eight page proposed rule on Nov. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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“EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.“ was published in the House of Representatives section on page H6177 on Nov. 3
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News Release: DETROIT – The U.S. Department of Labor’s offices in Detroit and Grand Rapids and the State of Michigan, Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity, Wage and Hour Division have signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding to provide opportunities for the agencies to conduct joint investigations and joint outreach as well as share training materials and other information as appropriate.
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News Release: KANSAS CITY, MO ‒ Occupational exposure to hazardous substances, such as asbestos , formaldehyde and cadmium , can lead to cancer and other long-term serious health diagnoses years after exposure, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports.
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News Release: TEMPLE, TX – While the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has given a Temple furniture design and manufacturing company several opportunities to stop exposing its workers to amputation hazards, an investigation into a recent serious injury found little has changed.
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News Release: BYRON, IL – An inspection at a Byron rehabilitation and post-acute care facility found the healthcare facility did not comply with federal respiratory protection requirements in the facility’s quarantine area and failed to protect workers from coronavirus hazards.
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News Release: COLUMBIA, SC – Employers who expect their workers to use personal vehicles on behalf of the business must provide mileage reimbursement or they may be in violation of federal law, the operator of two sandwich shops in Clemson and Anderson has learned.