Harris: DOL budget request would 'bolster' workplace safety

摘要

Washington - Additional funding for whistleblower protections in the Department of Labor's budget request for fiscal year 2014 has received praise from at least one lawmaker. During a June 6 hearing before the Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) said he was "pleased" to see a $5.9 million increase for OSHA enforcement of whistleblower laws, despite DOL's overall 2014 proposed budget being essentially equal to the previous two years.