Senate Bill Would Grant Broad Coronavirus Liability Shield to Employers June 11, 2020 By Laura Litvan Senate Republicans are drafting legislation that would let employers choose which government coronavirus safety guidelines to follow in order to...
Amazon is Sued Over Warehouses After New York Worker Brings Coronavirus Home, Cousin Dies June 4, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK — Amazon.com Inc has been sued for allegedly fostering the spread of the coronavirus by mandating unsafe working...
Workers Hit McDonald’s With Class Action Over COVID-19 Safety May 20, 2020 By Tom Hals Five McDonald’s workers in Chicago filed a class action lawsuit against the chain on Tuesday, accusing it of failing to...
U.S. Issues First Coronavirus Workplace Guidance to Nursing Homes May 15, 2020 By Tom Hals The U.S. Department of Labor issued its first workplace guidance to nursing homes on Thursday since the COVID-19 pandemic swept...
Amazon Says It Will Risk Loss to Cover Jump in Pandemic Spending May 1, 2020 By Matt Day and Spencer Soper Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos normally uses the company’s earnings report to extol the virtues of Alexa or the benefits...
Tesla Sent Incomplete Injury Reports, California Regulator Says March 6, 2020 By Josh Eidelson and Dana Hull For years, Tesla Inc. has refuted concerns about worker safety at its main assembly plant by describing reviews from a...
Safety Violations Found After Attacks at Iowa Psych Hospital November 13, 2019 By Ryan J. Foley IOWA CITY, Iowa — Regulators have recommended a nearly $73,000 fine against the Iowa Department of Human Services after finding...
Warehouses Are Tracking Workers’ Every Muscle Movement November 5, 2019 By Joshua Brustein Every morning when he goes to work in the freezer room of a warehouse in eastern Pennsylvania, Jack Westley throws...
Fatal Lion Attack Nets 3 ‘Serious’ Violations for Center July 1, 2019 By Amanda Morris RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina labor officials have cited an animal sanctuary for safety violations after a lion fatally mauled...
Commission Ruling Adds to Pressure for National Workplace Violence Prevention Standard April 10, 2019 By Jim Sams A federal commission decision that an employer had a duty to protect a social services worker who was stabbed to...