U.S. Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Over Worker Safety at Smithfield Pork Plant May 6, 2020 By Daniel Wiessner A U.S. federal judge has dismissed a worker advocacy group’s lawsuit accusing Smithfield Foods Inc, the world’s largest pork processor,...
U.S. Labor Secretary Defends Workplace Safety Record During Pandemic May 1, 2020 By Daniel Wiessner and Tom Hals U.S. Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia on Thursday defended his department’s handling of workplace safety during the coronavirus pandemic, saying “the...
Consumer Groups Urge Lawmakers Against Shielding Businesses From Coronavirus-Related Lawsuits April 30, 2020 By Tom Hals and Alison Frankel U.S. consumer advocates are urging Congress to resist growing demands by companies for protections from coronavirus-related lawsuits as states start...
OSHA Cites Companies in Deadly New Orleans Hotel Collapse April 6, 2020 A federal agency has issued citations against a dozen companies in connection with last fall’s deadly partial collapse of a...
FDA to Hold Public Meeting on Testing for Asbestos In Talc February 4, 2020 By Chad Terhune and Lisa Girion SILVER SPRING, Md., — For the first time in nearly 50 years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will examine...
Idaho Supreme Court Sides with Family of Worker Killed December 24, 2019 The Idaho Supreme Court on Friday issued a ruling allowing the family of a Caldwell worker who died on the...
McDonald’s Workers Sue Over ‘Daily Risk of Violence’ From Customers November 21, 2019 By Josh Eidelson Current and former workers from 13 Illinois restaurants are suing McDonald’s Corp. for failing to adequately protect employees from customers...
Long Trend of Declining Workplace Accident Rate Stalls in 2018 November 13, 2019 By Jim Sams The workplace injury rate for private-sector workers has been dropping year after year for decades. But 2018 was not one...
Conference: California Workers’ Comp Should Embrace Innovation September 16, 2019 By Don Jergler The workers’ compensation market apparently needs to do some catching up where it concerns technology. “Historically we’ve been really slow...
Dallas Crane Collapse Victim Identified as 29-year-old Woman June 12, 2019 By Jake Bleiberg and Clarice Silber DALLAS — Residents in North Texas began to come to grips Monday with the widespread damage left after a sudden...