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News Release: WASHINGTON, March 30 - Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee (HELP) Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Ranking Member Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.) today requested answers from Packers Sanitation Services, Inc. (PSSI) following reports that the company had employed more than 102...

US Department of Labor establishes a Georgia-wide alliance to improve ergonomic safety in state's warehouses

News Release: US Department of Labor establishes a Georgia-wide alliance

Foxx Reacts to NLRB, Democrat Smear Campaign to Silence Whistleblower

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent a letter to Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA) to provide clarity on oversight being conducted following information received by a whistleblower. The letter refutes Scott’s unfair, unfounded, and irrelevant assertions about the Committee’s subpoena.

Readout: US Department of Labor hosts discussion on safety and health agency's new authority to provide visa certifications to better protect workers

News Release: WASHINGTON - Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health Doug Parker hosted workers, advocates and worker organization leaders today for a discussion on the agency's new authority to issue certifications in support of applications for U nonimmigrant status and T nonimmigrant status visas.

Foxx, Good Blast Department of Commerce for Big Labor Favoritism that Hurts Workers and Taxpayers

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Bob Good (R-VA) sent a letter to Department of Commerce (DOC) Secretary Gina Raimondo to express strong disapproval of a Notice of Funding Opportunity...

For the 6th time in 13 months, Department of Labor finds Fort Walton Beach framing contractor endangering workers at Florida worksites

News Release: FORT WALTON BEACH, FL - For the sixth time since 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor has found a Fort Walton Beach framing contractor endangering employees by not following federal safety standards for fall and eye protection and other hazards.

US Department of Labor HC Beck LTD School of Construction sign alliance to educate employers, keep workers safe

Release: Participants: U.S. Department of Labor’s occupational safety and Health Administration

US Department of Labor, HC Beck LTD School of Construction sign alliance to educate employers, keep workers safe

News Release: US Department of Labor, HC Beck LTD School of Construction sign alliance to

US Department of Labor cites Titusville plastic pipe maker for child labor, overtime violations, recovers $10K in back wages, damages for 60 workers

News Release: TITUSVILLE, PA - A U.S. Department of Labor investigation into how a 17-year-old worker suffered a minor injury at a Titusville plastic pipe manufacturer found the employer allowed the youth to illegally operate a forklift, a hazardous occupation under federal child labor law.

PREPARED REMARKS: Chairman Sanders Questions Howard Schultz in HELP Committee Hearing and Calls on Starbucks to End the Illegal Union Busting

News Release: WASHINGTON, March 29 - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, today led the committee in a hearing titled, “No Company Is Above the Law: The Need to End Illegal Union Busting at Starbucks."

Owens Delivers Opening Remarks at Hearing on Free Speech at College Campuses

News Release: Today, Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee Chair Burgess Owens (R-UT) delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a hearing on how free speech rights are continuously being violated on college campuses...

Heightened US Department of Labor enforcement effort finds 4 Utah soda, dessert shops employed 19 minors in violation of federal child labor laws

News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - The operators of a growing chain of specialty beverage and dessert shops founded in Utah employed 19 young teens for more hours and times than federal law permits, a U.S. Department of Labor investigation has found.

Deadly defiance: Ocala framing contractor's refusal to comply with safety standards continues despite fatal 2020 incident, 35 violations since 2019

News Release: TAMPA, FL - Federal workplace safety inspectors have found that an Ocala framing contractor’s history of defying required safety standards continues with their employees' safety and lives at risk.

US Department of Labor announces findings of impact inspections at US mines with histories of repeated health or safety violations

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration today released the findings of monthly impact inspections at 25 U.S. mines in January and February 2023. MSHA conducts impact inspections at mines that merit increased agency attention and enforcement due to factors that include poor compliance history; previous accidents, injuries, and illnesses; and other compliance concerns.

Deadly defiance: Ocala framing contractor’s refusal to comply with safety standards continues despite fatal 2020 incident, 35 violations since 2019

News Release: TAMPA, FL - Federal workplace safety inspectors have found that an Ocala framing contractor’s history of defying required safety standards continues with their employees’ safety and lives at risk.

Notice published on March 28 by Labor Department

The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

US Department of Labor finds Salt Lake City restaurant supply company illegally employed 22 minor-aged workers beyond hours allowed

News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - A federal investigation has found a Salt Lake City restaurant supply company allowed 22 employees - ages 14 and 15 - to work as many as 46 hours per workweek, and to begin work after midnight - both illegal practices under child labor laws.

Appleton roofing general contractor, Kaukauna subcontractor cited for repeatedly failing to protect employees from exposure to deadly fall hazards

News Release: APPLETON, WI - Federal workplace safety inspectors have found that Security-Luebke Roofing Inc. - one of Fox Valley’s largest roofing general contractors - allowed a roofing subcontractor to expose workers to potentially deadly falls at an Appleton worksite, just two months after the general contractor discussed the importance of safe work practices with the U.S. Department of Labor.

Court enters consent order requiring restaurants to pay $911K in back wages, damages to 99 underpaid workers in Massachusetts, New Hampshire

News Release: CONCORD, NH - A federal court has entered a consent order requiring the Concord-based owner and operator of three restaurants in New Hampshire and Massachusetts to pay $911,568 in back wages and liquidated damages to 99 employees after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation into their pay practices.

Deadly gamble: North Dakota contractor supervised workers in unprotected trenches, failed 3 inspections in 32 days, ignored warnings, faces $505K in fines