Walmart Sales Soared, Essential Workers Got Scant Protection May 14, 2021 COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Sandra Kunz had been worried for her safety while working as a cashier at a...
Confusion Reigns as Companies Try To Navigate COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout December 22, 2020 By Tina Bellon NEW YORK — U.S. companies and industry groups trying to move their workers to the front of the line for...
Meatpacking Workers Get Priority for Vaccine Under CDC Guideline December 22, 2020 By Mike Dorning Meatpacking and poultry processing workers should be among front-line workers next in line for coronavirus vaccines under guidelines approved by...
Tyson Suspends Managers Accused of Covid Betting Pool November 20, 2020 By Mike Dorning Tyson Foods Inc. said it has suspended managers at an Iowa meatpacking plant accused in lawsuits of betting on how...
Virus Hits Frontline Workers in Taxed Public Health System July 22, 2020 By Laura Ungar As a veteran public health worker, Chantee Mack knew the coronavirus could kill. She already faced health challenges and didn’t...
No Guarantee of Workers’ Comp Benefits For Essential Workers July 13, 2020 By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar WASHINGTON — Lauded for their service and hailed as everyday heroes, essential workers who get the coronavirus on the job...
Federal Lawmakers Propose Heroes Compensation Act For Essential Worker Comp May 15, 2020 By Susanne Sclafane A bipartisan group of federal lawmakers on Thursday unveiled a plan to compensate essential workers who fall sick of die...
Trump’s Slaughterhouse Order a Blunt Tool Against Political Risk May 4, 2020 By Mike Dorning and Polly Mosendz President Donald Trump’s unprecedented order to keep U.S. slaughterhouses running is a blunt instrument to stave off a catastrophe threatening...
Analyst Projects COVID-19 Presumption for Work Comp Will Cost $10 Billion April 27, 2020 By Susanne Sclafane While the potential cost of relaxing a tenet of the workers compensation system to deal with extraordinary circumstances of COVID-19...