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US Department of Labor finds Colorado contractor exposing workers to trench cave-ins, including one that caused teenager's fatal injuries

News Release: DENVER - When federal workplace safety inspectors opened an investigation in March 2023 of an excavation worksite in Fort Collins, they determined GoldStar Excavation and Sewer was still ignoring the same federal safety standards that could have prevented a trench collapse in Greeley in the summer of 2022 that led to the death of a teenaged company employee.


DOL-ETA offers new grant application process starting May 17

Critical Sector Job Quality Grants grant opened on May 17.


US Department of Labor cites 2 employers after workers show elevated levels of inorganic arsenic at Georgia chemical manufacturing facility

News Release: CONLEY, GA - A U.S. Department of Labor investigation has found that two companies operating at a Conley wood treatment chemical manufacturing facility exposed workers to chemical hazards.


Foxx Puts Cardona in the Hot Seat to Answer for Devastating Agenda

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing examining the policies and priorities of the U.S. Department of Education...


Chairman Good to Hold Hearing on Protecting Employees’ Rights

News Release: On Tuesday, May 23, at 10:15 a.m., the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Bob Good (R-VA), will hold a hearing titled “Protecting Employees’ Rights: Ensuring Fair Elections at the NLRB."


New ED Rule Would Steamroll Five Decades of Progress for Women’s Equality

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), joined by 17 Committee Members, sent a letter to Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona objecting to the agency’s proposed rule, “Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities...


U.S. Department of Labor publishes 102 press releases in March

There were 102 press releases published by the U.S. Department of Labor in March.


Occupational Safety and Health Administration publishes 32 press releases in February

There were 32 press releases published by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in February.



Foxx, Comer, Sessions: Department of Education’s Student Loan Self-Certification Opens Door to Fraud

News Release: WASHINGTON - House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-KY), and Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce Chairman Pete Sessions (R-TX) today are calling on Department of...


NEWS: Sanders, Omar, Gillibrand, Heinrich, McGovern, Moore and Colleagues in House and Senate Seek to Permanently End Child Hunger in Schools

News Release: WASHINGTON, May 11 - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), and Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.), along with 15 colleagues in the Senate and 68 in the House of Representatives, today introduced legislation...


Owens Leads Hearing on America’s Workforce Challenges and the Ways to Improve Skills Development

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chair Burgess Owens (R-UT) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing titled "Examining America’s Workforce Challenges: Looking for Ways to Improve Skills Development"...


OSHA to hold public meeting June 15 to discuss modernizing, improving, expanding its Voluntary Protection Programs

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration will hold a stakeholder meeting on Thursday, June 15 in Washington, D.C., to discuss modernizing, improving and expanding the agency's Voluntary Protection Programs.





Federal court finds US Postal Service wrongfully fired employee who reported workplace injury, violated federal worker protections

News Release: TACOMA, WA - A federal court in Tacoma has ruled that the U.S. Postal Service retaliated against an employee who reported an injury to supervisors and applied for workers' compensation benefits in 2019 while on probation as a new postal employee.


Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health discussed on May 11 by Labor Department

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.



Cardona to Testify at Hearing as Foxx Conducts Oversight of the Education Department

News Release: On Tuesday, May 16, at 10:15 a.m., the Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Virginia Foxx (R-NC), will hold a full committee hearing titled “Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Department of Education." Secretary Miguel Cardona will testify at the hearing.