High Court Nominee Seen as Business-Friendly on Labor, Workplace Issues February 8, 2017 By SAM HANANEL and LAURIE KELLMAN In a decade as a federal appeals court judge, Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch has criticized courts for giving too...
Missouri Utility Plans Appeal of $10.7M Award in Worker’s Lawsuit February 2, 2017 By JIM SUHR A Missouri-based utility said Tuesday it will appeal a state judge’s award of more than $10 million to a worker...
Oregon Enacts Stricter Fall Protections for Builders January 9, 2017 A state regulation that took effect Jan. 1 requires Oregon construction contractors to make sure workers are protected from falls...
United Baggage Handlers’ Stress Injury Suit Settled December 29, 2016 United Airlines has reached a settlement in a lawsuit over the working conditions for baggage handlers, the U.S. Department of...
Crushed Kentucky Miner Not Wearing Safety Device December 22, 2016 Federal investigators have concluded that a worker crushed to death by a machine at a Kentucky coal mine wasn’t wearing...
OSHA Inspections at Central Transport Terminals Reveal Hazards in 9 States December 20, 2016 For several years, inspections by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration identified a disturbing pattern of...
How Marijuana Affects Worker Rights, Workplace Safety December 5, 2016 By BOB SALSBERG Changing marijuana laws aren’t necessarily making weed more welcome in the workplace. For now, many employers appear to be sticking...
Hollywood Workplace Injury Statistics November 21, 2016 Things can go wrong on film and television sets: a foot slips off a ladder, a stunt goes awry, a...
Oklahoma Airport Shooting Likely Case of Workplace Revenge November 19, 2016 By TIM TALLEY A man who gunned down a Southwest Airlines employee outside of Oklahoma City’s airport likely did so in retaliation for...
Arkansas, Louisiana, and West Virginia Have Highest Rates of Workplace Deaths in Southeastern U.S. November 15, 2016 According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), researchers found that one U.S. region with a particularly...