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| HELP Committee approves Perez for DOL post; nomination moves to full Senate | | Washington – The Democratic-led Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on May 16 approved Thomas Perez’s nomination to become secretary of labor with a 12-10 vote along partisan lines. | | Read More |
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| OSHA takes $28 million hit from sequester | | Washington – OSHA has removed nearly $11 million from its federal compliance assistance budget to counteract the effect of across-the-board cuts on federal enforcement activities. | | Read More |
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| GAO: Staffing shortfalls plague state-run OSHA programs | | Washington – State-run OSHA programs face staffing challenges in part because of budget cuts, and federal OSHA should provide better access to training and deadlines for taking over troubled state programs, concludes a new report from the Government Accountability Office. | | Read More |
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| DOL head nominee Perez: Workplace safety a top priority | | Washington – Ensuring a safe work environment would be one of Thomas Perez’s top priorities if he is confirmed as secretary of labor, Perez said during an April 18 Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing | | Read More |
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| Michaels: VPP growth will slow under new budget | | Washington – A proposed cut in funding of nearly $3 million for OSHA’s compliance assistance activities would slow the growth of the number of new participants in the Voluntary Protection Programs, according to agency administrator David Michaels. | | Read More |
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| OSHA's Fairfax to retire | | Washington – Assistant OSHA administrator Richard Fairfax will be retiring in May after more than 30 years with the agency, an OSHA spokesperson confirmed. | | Read More |
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| Obama re-nominates Attwood to OSHRC post | | Washington – Cynthia Attwood has been re-nominated to serve until 2019 as a member of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. | | Read More |
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| Obama nominates DOJ civil rights attorney for labor secretary | | Washington – President Barack Obama on March 18 nominated his head civil rights attorney, Thomas Perez, to be the new secretary of labor. | | Read More |
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| Massachusetts law seeks to promote safety of social workers | | Boston – Legislation recently signed into law by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D) aims to improve the safety of social workers. | | Read More |
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