COVID Underscores Lack of Whistleblower Protections February 22, 2022 By Kristian Hernández FORT WORTH, Texas — Inside a partially completed Amazon warehouse here, workers last summer walked on conveyor belts four stories...
Nebraska Business Owners Sentenced, Fined for Safety Violations, False OSHA Documents January 19, 2022 Two owners of an Omaha company were sentenced Friday to federal prison for knowingly violating worker safety standards, leading to...
OSHA Opens Probe Into Amazon Warehouse Fatal Collapse in Illinois December 14, 2021 By Richa Naidu EDWARDSVILLE, Ill.–The U.S. workplace safety watchdog is investigating the circumstances around the collapse during Friday night’s storm of an Amazon.com...
Vaccine Mandates Are in Limbo While Employers Wait Out Biden Rules November 30, 2021 By Jeff Green Almost a third of companies say they will only impose a vaccine requirement for employees if President Joe Biden’s shot-or-test...
U.S. Govt. Asks Court to Immediately Lift Stay on COVID Vaccine Rule November 23, 2021 By Tom Hals The U.S. government asked a federal appeals court to immediately lift a court-ordered stay on a sweeping workplace COVID-19 vaccine...
Lawsuits Challenging Biden Workplace Vaccine Rule Sent to 6th Circuit November 17, 2021 By Tom Hals A judicial panel on Tuesday consolidated 34 lawsuits challenging the Biden administration’s workplace COVID-19 vaccine rule in the 6th U.S....
Whistleblowers to Play Key Role in Enforcing Vaccine Mandate November 10, 2021 By Paul Wiseman WASHINGTON (AP) — To enforce President Joe Biden’s forthcoming COVID-19 mandate, the U.S. Labor Department is going to need a...
US Mandates Vaccines or Tests For Big Companies by Jan. 4 November 5, 2021 By David Koenig Tens of millions of Americans who work at companies with 100 or more employees will need to be fully vaccinated...
After ‘Rust’ Shooting, a Look at Other Notable Set Accidents October 25, 2021 LOS ANGELES (AP) — The shooting death of a cinematographer on the set of the set of the Alec Baldwin...
Cadmium Spiked at Lead Factory, Workers Didn’t Get Help September 28, 2021 By Rebecca Woolington, Corey G. Johnson and Eli Murray TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — In June 2014, an air monitor strapped to a worker inside a Tampa lead factory picked...