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North America Meat Plant Workers Fall Ill, Walk Off Jobs

At a Wayne Farms chicken processing plant in Alabama, workers recently had to pay the company 10 cents a day to buy masks to protect themselves from the new coronavirus, according to a meat inspector. In Colorado, nearly a third …

Absenteeism Rises When Popular Medications Leave the Market

A little pill can have a big effect on worker absenteeism, according to a recent study from the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business. When a popular pain reliever was taken off the market, the consequences for absenteeism were …