McDonald’s Franchise Settles Workers’ COVID-19 Lawsuit August 13, 2021 By Daniel Wiessner A McDonald’s Corp. franchise in Oakland, California, has agreed to take steps to protect workers from COVID-19 to settle a...
Federal Employees Allowed to Return to Offices Without Vaccinations June 14, 2021 By Daniel Wiessner U.S. government employees should not be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before returning to their workplace or made to...
Labor Department Eyes Simpler Rule for Classifying Independent Contractors September 23, 2020 By Daniel Wiessner The U.S. Department of Labor on Tuesday said it would soon propose a rule that could make it easier to...
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...