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Congresswoman Fights to Protect Workers from Job Hazards
Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34) and Education and Labor Chairman George Miller (CA-7) introduced legislation today that will direct the Department of Labor to release a standard requiring employers to pay for personal protective equipment such as respirators, chemical resistant clothing, metal mesh gloves, lifelines and lanyards, safety glasses, and face shields needed by their workers to stay safe on the job.
The measure, called the ‘‘Protective Equipment for America’s Workers Act,’’ (HR 1327) directs the U.S. Department of Labor to implement the final Occupational Safety Health Administration (OSHA) standard that has been languishing for more than seven years.
“This employer requirement is particularly important for low wage workers, many of whom are doing dangerous jobs, who rely on this equipment as their main form of protection from a wide variety of on-the-job hazards,” said Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard, who sits on the Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee, which has federal funding jurisdiction over the U.S. Department of Labor. Read more at house.gov.
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When a person is injured, that person's spouse may also have a valid claim for Loss of Consortium. Loss of consortium represent many things, including the spouse's loss of the injured person's assistance in caring for the family home and children, as well as the additional stress and strain placed upon the marital relationship by the physical injuries that were suffered.
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Type of illness or injury that ordinarily lasts less than 3 months, was first noticed less than 3 months before the reference data of the interview, and was serious enough to have had an impact on behavior.
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