Lawsuit Over Worker Safety at Smithfield’s Missouri Pork Plant Dismissed May 7, 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,...
Trump Administration Defends Workplace Safety Record During Coronavirus Crisis 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...
OSHA Inspectors to Prioritize Health Facilities Over Other Sites During Coronavirus Crisis April 15, 2020 By Daniel Wiessner The U.S. agency that enforces workplace safety laws has said it will prioritize work site inspections of healthcare facilities over...
Estate of Walmart Employee Who Died From COVID-19 Sues for Wrongful Death April 8, 2020 By Daniel Wiessner The family of a Walmart Inc. employee in Illinois who died after contracting COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel...
Board Finalizes Rule Scaling Back Joint Employer Liability for Franchisees, Contractors February 25, 2020 By Daniel Wiessner A U.S. labor board on Tuesday finalized a rule that will make it more difficult to hold companies liable for...
Employee Lawsuit Claims McDonald’s Fails to Address Sexual Harassment November 13, 2019 By Daniel Wiessner and Jonathan Stempel Mc Donald’s Corp. was sued on Tuesday by workers in Michigan who accused the fast-food chain of allowing pervasive sexual...
National Labor Board Memo Says Uber Drivers Are Contractors, Not Employees May 15, 2019 By Daniel Wiessner Drivers for ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc. are independent contractors and not employees, the general counsel of a U.S. labor...
Feds Issue Proposal to Ease Franchisor Liability April 15, 2019 By Daniel Wiessner By Daniel Wiessner The U.S. Department of Labor issued a proposal that would make it more difficult to prove companies...
Labor Department Moves to Ease Franchisor Liability April 2, 2019 By Daniel Wiessner The U.S. Department of Labor on Monday issued a proposal that would make it more difficult to prove companies are...
Trump Administration Unveils Higher Threshold to Expand Overtime Pay March 8, 2019 By Daniel Wiessner The U.S. Department of Labor issued a long-awaited proposal on Thursday to extend mandatory overtime pay to a million more...