Assaults Are Among Most Common Cause of Workplace Injuries for Women March 20, 2019 Women suffer 70 percent of all nonfatal assault-related injuries involving days away from work and are disproportionately impacted by other...
Facing Bias Claims, Facebook Will Revamp Its Platform for Housing, Jobs, Credit Ads March 20, 2019 By Katie Paul Facebook Inc has agreed to change its paid advertising platform as part of a wide-ranging settlement to prevent discriminatory and...
Another Jury Finds Roundup Weed Killer Causes Cancer in First Phase of Trial March 20, 2019 By Jim Christie and Tina Bellon A U.S. jury on Tuesday found Bayer AG’s glyphosate-based Roundup weed killer caused cancer, a blow to the company eight...
Alliant to Offer AmWINS Program for Waste Operators, Haulers March 20, 2019 AmWINS Group, Inc., a global distributor of specialty insurance products and services, has partnered with Alliant Insurance Services to service...
Why Drivers, Like Pilots, Should Be Trained to Use Autonomous Features March 20, 2019 Should drivers using vehicles with autonomous features be trained on those features before they get behind the wheel? A new...
Regulators Wonder If One Farm’s Tainted Milk Is Isolated Case or Broader Problem March 20, 2019 By Richard Valdmanis and Joshua Schneyer For Maine dairy farmer Fred Stone, the discovery in 2016 that his cows were producing tainted milk has since brought...
U.S. Safety Agency Weighs Bids for Putting Automated Vehicles on Roads March 20, 2019 The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Friday it was seeking public comment on General Motors’ 15-month-old petition seeking...
Brightway Insurance Independent Agent Program Kicks Off in 6 States March 20, 2019 Brightway Insurance has kicked off its new Independent Agent Program with its first group of seven new Independent Agent Owners....
Supreme Court Finds Manufacturers’ Duty to Warn Sailors Where Asbestos Added Later March 19, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson Manufacturers have a duty to warn about potential dangers of parts with asbestos that were later added onto their products...
Tesla Defends Factory Worker Safety as Injury Days-Off Rise March 19, 2019 By Josh Eidelson and Dana Hull Tesla Inc. factory employees spent almost three times as many days off the job because of work-related injuries and illness...