-
By Sam Hananel |
May 17, 2012
While businesses bemoan the cost of regulations, a new study suggests that government enforcement of workplace health and safety rules can save lives without sapping a company's bottom line.
-
By Sam Hananel |
April 24, 2012
The Senate rejected a Republican attempt Tuesday to overturn new regulations designed to give unions quicker representation elections in their effort to organize more workplaces.
-
By Jenny Ivy |
April 24, 2012
What is the penalty for each willful OSHA violation?
-
By Sam Hananel |
April 23, 2012
The Senate began debate Monday on a Republican effort to overturn new labor regulations that make it easier and quicker for unions to hold workplace elections. The White House immediately threatened to veto it.
-
By Sam Hananel |
April 19, 2012
Coming up with new government regulations can be time consuming, but a new report suggests the government is taking way too long on workplace safety rules.
-
By Amanda McGrory |
April 16, 2012
Bartlett Grain Co. faces five willful and eight serious safety violations cited by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration after a grain elevator exploded in October in Atchison, Kan., killing six workers and hospitalizing two others.
-
By Amanda McGrory |
March 5, 2012
In an effort to strengthen employees' voices in the workplace, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration is moving its Office of the Whistleblower Protection Program so that it now reports directly to the agency's Office of the Assistant Secretary rather than its Directorate of Enforcement Programs.
-
By Amanda McGrory |
March 1, 2012
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has mandated that Interline Logistics Group LLC immediately reinstate a Sauk Village, I’ll., truck driver who was terminated after reporting safety concerns regarding the brakes on his truck and refusing to breach the U.S. Department of Transportation rules for allowable...
-
By Jenny Ivy |
February 13, 2012
DOL's "Budget Web Chat" (#DOLBUDGET) held Monday was an opportunity for social media users to exchange thoughts, concerns, questions and blame with the U.S. agency responsible for the welfare of workers, job seekers and retirees.
-
By Amanda McGrory |
January 17, 2012
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration is ordering AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of Dallas, Texas-based Southwest Airlines Co., to reinstate a former pilot who was fired after reporting multiple mechanical problems.
