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Labor Department discusses Asbestos in Shipyards Standard; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements on March 31
By DOL Newswire | Apr 1, 2023
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
“STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS” published by the Congressional Record in the Senate section on March 27
By DOL Newswire | Apr 1, 2023
“STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS” was published on pages S955-S964 of the Congressional Record on March 27.
Foxx, Owens Denounce Stanford Law School’s Culture of Illiberalism
By DOL Newswire | Apr 1, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Higher Education and Workforce Development Chairman Burgess Owens (R-UT) sent a letter to the American Bar Association (ABA) Chair Joseph West urging the accreditor to make a determination whether Stanford Law...
US Department of Labor finds fall protection would have saved roof worker who fatally plunged through skylight at Milton airport in October 2022
By DOL Newswire | Apr 1, 2023
News Release: PENSACOLA, FL - Unaware of the danger, a 59-year-old roofer working atop a Milton airport hangar on Oct. 25, 2022 stepped onto a skylight and its sudden collapse caused the worker to fall 25 feet to the concrete floor below. The injured roofer died four days later.
US Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration releases 2022 injury and illness data
By DOL Newswire | Apr 1, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has published 2022 injury and illness data based on reports by more than 300,000 establishments. The Injury Tracking Application data is part of OSHA's electronic recordkeeping requirements for certain employers who were required to submit OSHA Form 300A information from Jan. 2 to March 2, 2023.
NEWS: Chairman Sanders, Ranking Member Cassidy Seek Answers on Child Labor Violations
By DOL Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
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
By DOL Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
News Release: US Department of Labor establishes a Georgia-wide alliance
Foxx Reacts to NLRB, Democrat Smear Campaign to Silence Whistleblower
By DOL Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
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
By DOL Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
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
By DOL Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
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
By DOL Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
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
By DOL Newswire | Mar 31, 2023
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
By DOL Newswire | Mar 30, 2023
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
By DOL Newswire | Mar 30, 2023
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
By DOL Newswire | Mar 30, 2023
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
By DOL Newswire | Mar 30, 2023
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
By DOL Newswire | Mar 30, 2023
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
By DOL Newswire | Mar 29, 2023
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
By DOL Newswire | Mar 29, 2023
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
By DOL Newswire | Mar 29, 2023
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.