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Foxx: DOL’s Overtime Rule is Misguided and Partisan
By DOL Newswire | Aug 31, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement condemning the Department of Labor’s (DOL) new overtime rule...
Foxx Slams DOL Union Walk Around Rule
By DOL Newswire | Aug 30, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on the Department of Labor’s (DOL) proposed rule that would give unions and left-wing activists access to non-union worksites during inspections conducted by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)...
Federal inspectors again find Pennsylvania contractor exposing employees to potentially deadly fall hazards, propose $328K in penalties
By DOL Newswire | Aug 28, 2023
News Release: Federal inspectors again find Pennsylvania contractor exposing employees to potentially deadly fall hazards, propose $328K in penalties
Department of Labor finds cement manufacturer failed to protect employee who drowned in Mississippi River after falling from barge
By DOL Newswire | Aug 28, 2023
News Release: NATCHEZ, MS - Federal workplace safety inspectors have determined that one of the nation's leading cement manufacturers could have prevented a 50-year-old employee from drowning after falling from a barge into the Mississippi River in February 2023.
Department of Labor investigation into worker’s fatal injury finds Arkansas timberland, sawmill operator exposed workers in Bearden to safety hazards
By DOL Newswire | Aug 28, 2023
News Release: LITTLE ROCK, AR - A federal workplace safety investigation determined that 39-year-old employee of a south Arkansas timberland and sawmill facility suffered fatal injuries from an automated lumber stacking machine at its Bearden location.
Department of Labor announces corporate-wide settlement agreement with Dollar Tree, Family Dollar to address hazards at thousands of US stores
By DOL Newswire | Aug 28, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Occupational Safety and Health Administration has entered into a corporate-wide settlement agreement with the operators of one of the nation’s largest discount retail chains to improve workplace safety significantly in stores nationwide. A key pillar of President Biden’s plan - Bidenomics - is empowering to grow the middle class.
Alabama manufacturing facility exposed employees to safety hazards by using unguarded saws, Department of Labor investigation finds
By DOL Newswire | Aug 28, 2023
News Release: ECLECTIC, AL ‒ The Texas-based operator of an Eclectic manufacturing facility could have prevented a 20-year-old worker from suffering an amputation if the employer had followed required federal safety standards, a U.S. Department of Labor investigation determined.
Department of Labor seeks reinstatement, back wages from Tyler pipe manufacturer that allegedly fired employee who raised safety concerns
By DOL Newswire | Aug 28, 2023
News Release: TYLER, TX - The U.S. Department of Labor filed a lawsuit against Tyler Pipe Company alleging violations of federal whistleblower protections after the company fired an employee because they requested to use a respirator to protect them from smoke and fumes in the work area.
US Department of Labor orders North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality to remove reprimand from employee’s personnel file
By DOL Newswire | Aug 28, 2023
News Release: BISMARCK, ND - A federal whistleblower investigation has found the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality illegally retaliated against an environmental scientist after they reported safety concerns about the public water system to management and later contacted the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Contractor’s safety failures continue as federal inspectors find employees exposed to deadly fall hazards twice within 2 months
By DOL Newswire | Aug 28, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON, MO - Twice within two months in 2023, U.S. Department of Labor inspectors observed Cheltenham Construction Services - a contractor with a history of workplace safety violations dating back to 2015 - once again exposing employees to deadly fall hazards as they performed siding and roofing work in Lake St. Louis and O’Fallon.
Federal inspectors find Dixon Ticonderoga again failed to protect employees from unguarded machines during investigation of amputation injury
By DOL Newswire | Aug 28, 2023
News Release: Federal inspectors find Dixon Ticonderoga again failed to protect employees from unguarded machines during investigation of amputation injury
Federal investigation into employee's fatal fall finds San Antonio wire drawing company willfully exposed workers to unsafe forklift hazards
By DOL Newswire | Aug 28, 2023
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - A federal investigation has found that a San Antonio wire drawing company could have prevented an employee from suffering fatal injuries by following required workplace safety standards.
Rite Aid Corp. agrees to develop, implement bloodborne pathogen safety program for retail employees at all New Jersey, New York stores
By DOL Newswire | Aug 28, 2023
News Release: NEW YORK - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced an agreement with Rite Aid Corp. to implement a program to better protect employees, including front-end customer service staff, against hazards related to bloodborne pathogens at all its approximately 370 stores in New Jersey and New York.
Week ending Aug. 12: 8 notices published by Labor Department
By DOL Newswire | Aug 27, 2023
There were eight notices published by the Labor Department in week ending Aug. 12, according to the Federal Register.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Request for Public Comment discussed on Aug. 25 by Labor Department
By DOL Newswire | Aug 26, 2023
The US Labor Department published a five page notice on Aug. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
The Pro-Union NLRB’s New Rule is Un-American, Chips Away at Workers’ Rights
By DOL Newswire | Aug 26, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) new framework for union representation proceedings that strips employees of the right to secret-ballot elections...
Foxx: Job Corps’ Internal Rot Is Now Laid Bare
By DOL Newswire | Aug 25, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report revealing Job Corps’ glaring shortfalls in upholding safety and security protocols at its facilities, failing to prevent drugs from getting on campus and into the hands of students, and failing to hire qualified intervention specialists...
Labor Department discusses Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, Department of Labor's Restricted Use Data Access Program, New Collection on Aug. 24
By DOL Newswire | Aug 25, 2023
The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Aug. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Labor Department discusses Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Consumer Price Index Commodities and Services Survey on Aug. 24
By DOL Newswire | Aug 25, 2023
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Aug. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Notice published by Labor Department on Aug. 24
By DOL Newswire | Aug 25, 2023
The US Labor Department published a six page notice on Aug. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.