The hearing will address a global concern: use of child labor and forced labor to produce goods. ILO soon will consider proposing a standard for gathering accurate statistics.
The department's new proposed rule would require full disclosure of money spent on benefits and indirect disbursements for individual union officers and certain union employees.
A reopened record on electrical rule and a revised HazCom standard in October are two highlights of the spring 2008 semiannual agenda.
The International Center for Technology Assessment (CTA) and a coalition of consumer, health, and environmental groups filed a legal petition on May 1 with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), demanding the agency use its pesticide regulation authority to stop the sale of numerous consumer products now using nanosized versions of silver.
This proposed rule, for which the agency took comments in 2005, is one of two important ones expected to be proposed in June.
As the result of a new rule issued yesterday by the U.S. Department of Transportation that strengthens the existing regulation implementing the Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA) and extends it to foreign airlines, people with disabilities will have additional protections against discrimination when they travel by air.
Youth-lead effort to halt teen injuries and death.
"This will go a long way to helping to provide consistent products which are safe for both the retail and foodservice sector customers worldwide," said Roland Vaxelaire, chairman of the Global Food Safety Initiative.