Advises Secretary of Labor on benefits for nuclear weapons workers with medical conditions WASHINGTON – The Department of Labor today announced the Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health for Part E of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act will hold an online meeting Oct. 30, 2024. Meetings are open to the public.The act provides compensation and medical benefits to nuclear weapons workers diagnosed with medical conditions caused by their exposure to toxic substances at covered nuclear facilities.The Secretary of Labor appoints advisory board members to two-year terms. Meeting at least twice a year, the board advises the…
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Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Bonnie Jenkins will travel to Luxembourg and Brussels from October 23-26. While in Luxembourg, she will meet with government officials to highlight the U.S. and Luxembourg’s strategic partnership as NATO Allies. The Under Secretary’s engagements will focus on transatlantic defense industry and space technology. In Brussels, the Under Secretary will also meet with her counterparts and lead the United States’ participation in NATO’s Arms Control, Disarmament and Nonproliferation Committee. For further information, please follow @UnderSecT on X. Source_link
Date of action: Oct. 3, 2024 Participants: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division New York State Department of Labor, Division of Labor StandardsPurpose: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division and New York State Department of Labor’s Division of Labor Standards announced a new collaboration designed to help employers comply with labor laws with a focus on child labor enforcement. The partnership will allow the agencies to effectively and efficiently communicate and cooperate on areas of common interest, share training materials, conduct joint investigations and share information to encourage enhanced law enforcement.Background: The…
Today, in Washington DC, in the framework of the World Bank/International Monetary Fund (IMF) Annual Meetings, Commissioner for International Partnerships, Jutta Urpilainen reaffirmed Europe’s commitment to fostering sustainable development across the globe through her participation in the WBG/IMF Development Committee as well as with a series of landmark agreements concluded during her mission. Commissioner Urpilainen alongside the Ambassador of Denmark to the United States, Jesper Møller Sørensen, and Deputy CEO of Danish development agency IFU, Søren Peter Andreasen, signed an EU guarantee supported by European Fund for Sustainable Development Plus (EFSD+), one of the financing tools of Global Gateway, promoting sustainable investments in partner countries. The…
The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and Greenland on the occasion of the U.S. Greenland Joint Committee meeting in Washington, D.C. October 21-22, 2024: Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Igaliku Joint Declaration creating the Joint Committee, the Governments of the United States and Greenland met in Washington, D.C. on October 21-22, 2024, with the participation of the Government of Denmark, to strengthen our partnership and continue building on our shared goals across key areas of cooperation. Committee discussions focused on building connectivity between our two peoples, economies, and…
In short, countries must start curbing emissions immediately, according to the UN Emissions Gap Report 2024. “Climate crunch time is here,” said UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen. “We need global mobilisation on a scale and pace never seen before, starting right now before the next round of climate pledges.” If not, she warned, the 1.5°C goal to cap rising temperatures set in the Paris Agreement on climate change “will soon be dead, and well below two degrees Celsius will take its place in the intensive care unit”. Climate goals could evaporate Launched at the COP16 global biodiversity conference in Cali, Colombia, the…
The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and the Principality of Liechtenstein on the occasion of the United States – Liechtenstein Strategic and Economic Partnership Dialogue: Begin Text. The Governments of the United States of America and the Principality of Liechtenstein held the inaugural U.S.-Liechtenstein Strategic and Economic Partnership Dialogue in Washington, DC on October 22-23, 2024. The dialogue was hosted by Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell. Liechtenstein was represented by Dominique Hasler, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Education and Sport. The dialogue also featured senior representatives from the Liechtenstein…
Court rejects unsubstantiated trial defense by Elmer W. Davis Inc.SYRACUSE, NY – An administrative law judge has ordered a Rochester commercial roofing company to pay $16,782 in penalties for two serious fall protection and ladder safety violations, after an investigation and litigation by the U.S. Department of Labor.The company, Elmer W. Davis Inc., had contested citations issued by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration that alleged safety violations including that the employer failed to protect an employee from a 40-foot fall hazard as they stood near the edge of a roof to guide a crane’s operation. OSHA also alleged the company allowed…
This week, the U.S. Department of State welcomes more than 30 public officials, academics, and security analysts from North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member states and aspirant countries to the United States for a special International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) focused on the enduring legacy and future of the NATO Alliance. From October 21 to November 1, 2024, international participants will visit Washington, DC; Annapolis and Baltimore, MD; Norfolk, VA; and Colorado Springs, CO, for discussions with their American counterparts on outcomes of the July 2024 NATO Summit in Washington, DC, and strategies to counter military and non-military threats posed by…
WASHINGTON – The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s Interagency Labor Committee for Monitoring and Enforcement today requested that the Mexican government review an alleged denial of workers’ rights at Odisa Equipment Services, a cement plant machinery manufacturing facility in Hidalgo, Mexico.The U.S. Department of Labor and U.S. Trade Representative co-chair the Interagency Labor Committee.The request follows a Sept. 23, 2024, petition filed by a union affiliated with the Confederación Regional Obrera Mexicana, a federation of Mexican labor unions. Filed under the USMCA’s Rapid Response Labor Mechanism, or RRM, the petition alleges Odisa interfered with workers’ rights to freedom of association and collective bargaining through the intimidation…