DOL Newswire News
Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development to Hold Hearing on the Department of Education's Student Loan Policies
By DOL Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: On Thursday, March 23, at 10:15 a.m., the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, Chaired by Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT), will hold a hearing titled "Breaking the System: Examining the Implications of Biden's Student Loan Policies for Students and Taxpayers."
US Department of Labor finds oil, gas waste company failed to protect workers from dangers of inhalation after employee suffers fatal injury
By DOL Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: EL PASO, TX - Federal investigators found an oil and gas company employee suffered fatal exposure to hydrogen sulfide while working near a sump pit in September 2022.
Federal investigators find operating, training deficiencies contributed to fatal BP Products refinery explosion that claimed two workers' lives
By DOL Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: OREGON, OH ‒ A federal investigation into two workers' fatal burns at an Oregon, Ohio, refinery's crude unit has found its operator, BP Products North America Inc. violated the U.S. Department of Labor's process safety procedures for highly hazardous materials and failed to adequately train the workers.
NEWS: HELP Committee Chairman Sanders, Ranking Member Cassidy, Romney, Casey Seek Information from Stakeholders on PAHPA Reauthorization
By DOL Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Dear Stakeholder: As you likely know, the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) is due to be reauthorized prior to the end of this fiscal year. The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee seeks your input on policies that the Committee should consider during the reauthorization...
Chair Foxx, Ranking Member Cassidy Call Out Biden Resurrecting Unconstitutional Obama Labor Advisor Policy
By DOL Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Today, House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Republican Leader Bill Cassidy (R-LA) rebuked the Biden administration’s policy that inserts “labor advisors" across the executive branch to assist labor...
US Department of Labor finds Honolulu addiction treatment center denied 34 care workers, support staff overtime, minimum wages
By DOL Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: HONOLULU - A Honolulu substance abuse treatment facility must pay a total of $451,989 in back wages to 34 substance use disorder counselors and kitchen, clerical, maintenance and administrative staff after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation into the center’s illegal pay practices. In some cases, the facility paid workers providing patient care and other services as little as $400 per month.
MEDIA ADVISORY: HELP Committee to Hold Hearing on Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Pricing, CEO to Testify
By DOL Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Company Features Prominently in New Majority Staff Report on “Pharma Pandemic Profiteers"
Federal investigation orders church to pay back wages, reinstate employee fired for raising concerns about rodents, insects in childcare center
By DOL Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: DALLAS - After a nutrition specialist employed at a Dallas childcare facility raised concerns about rodents, spiders and other insects in its cafeteria, kitchen and other areas, their employer acted far from charitably and terminated the worker in August 2021.
Low-cost, higher risk: Dollar General inspections in Florida, Georgia find employees exposed to blocked emergency exits, other dangers
By DOL Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: ATLANTA - While it portrays its store chain as "America's neighborhood general store," Dollar General Corp. and Dolgencorp LLC - one of the nation's largest discount retailers - continues to expose workers to unsafe conditions, this time at four Florida and Georgia stores.
Operator of 8 Dunkin franchise locations in three states resolves child labor violations, enters enhanced compliance agreement to prevent future infractions
By DOL Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: BROOKEVILLE, MD - A federal investigation found Dunkin franchise locations in Maryland and West Virginia allowed 19 minors to work in violation of child labor laws, leading the employer to accept responsibility for the offenses and to sign an agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor to prevent future violations at its eight locations in three states.
Federal investigation orders church to pay back wages, reinstate employee fired for raising concerns about rodents, insects in childcare center
By DOL Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: DALLAS - After a nutrition specialist employed at a Dallas childcare facility raised concerns about rodents, spiders and other insects in its cafeteria, kitchen and other areas, their employer acted far from charitably and terminated the worker in August 2021.
Federal investigators find operating, training deficiencies contributed to fatal BP Products refinery explosion that claimed two workers’ lives
By DOL Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: OREGON, OH ‒ A federal investigation into two workers’ fatal burns at an Oregon, Ohio, refinery’s crude unit has found its operator, BP Products North America Inc. violated the U.S. Department of Labor’s process safety procedures for highly hazardous materials and failed to adequately train the workers.
Federal safety investigators find Mobile contractor ignored safety warnings that might have prevented 28-year-old employee’s death aboard Panama City vessel
By DOL Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: PANAMA CITY, FL - Federal workplace safety inspectors examining how thousands of pounds of shifting cargo fatally crushed a 28-year-old worker in a ship’s cargo hold in Panama City found his employer failed to follow required safety standards, including allowing unsafe operation of cargo cranes and not providing training.
NEWS: HELP Committee Chairman Sanders, Ranking Member Cassidy, Casey, Romney Seek Information from Stakeholders on PAHPA Reauthorization
By DOL Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: Dear Stakeholder: As you likely know, the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) is due to be reauthorized prior to the end of this fiscal year. The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee seeks your input on policies that the Committee should consider during the reauthorization...
US Department of Labor, National Safety Council Nebraska Chapter sign alliance to train employers, workers on common hazards
By DOL Newswire | Mar 17, 2023
News Release: US Department of Labor, National Safety Council Nebraska Chapter
US Department of Labor recovers $60K in back wages for nurses shortchanged by Perry County Hospital’s timekeeping issues
By DOL Newswire | Mar 16, 2023
Release: Employer: Perry County Hospital, Tell City, Indiana
Biden-Harris administration launches initiative to promote equal opportunity, expand workforce for federally funded jobs in large infrastructure projects
By DOL Newswire | Mar 16, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor announced today, on Equal Pay Day, the launch of an initiative to promote equal opportunity by federal contractors in the construction trades on large federally funded projects, helping to bring more underrepresented communities into the workforce as the President’s agenda to Invest in America continues creating millions of good-paying jobs.
El Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. recupera $46,000 en salarios atrasados y daños para 14 trabajadores de la construcción en un lugar de trabajo comercial de El Paso
By DOL Newswire | Mar 16, 2023
Release: Nombre del empleador: C & C Steel LLC
Labor Department discusses Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Work Opportunity Tax Credit on March 13
By DOL Newswire | Mar 16, 2023
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Department of Labor lauds Job Corps’ students, contributions to wildland firefighting efforts in 2022 by US Forest Service
By DOL Newswire | Mar 16, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Amid more than 66,000 wildfires that burned nearly 7.6 million acres of land across the country in 2022, students in Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers combined to provide 204,633 total hours of support to federal firefighters - a 20 percent increase over the previous year - the U.S. Department of Labor announced today.