Employers Fear Long-Term Liability From ‘Take-Home’ COVID-19 Lawsuits January 12, 2022 By Tom Hals As COVID-19 cases surge in the United States, businesses say they fear a California court ruling has increased the likelihood...
Labor Group Calls for Probe of Amazon’s Reporting of Covid Cases at Facilities December 1, 2021 By Spencer Soper Amazon.com Inc. provided “misleading or grossly incomplete” data about the number of Covid-19 infections potentially spread in its U.S. facilities,...
Report Finds Meat Plant Workers’ COVID Cases Much Higher Than Previous Estimates October 28, 2021 By Leah Douglas Workers at the leading U.S. meatpacking plants experienced cases and death from COVID-19 that were up to three times previous...
Employers Get Religion With Vaccine Mandates August 12, 2021 By Tom Hals As coronavirus infections rise again, U.S. companies mandating vaccinations are confronting an uncomfortable question rarely asked by an employer –...
London Is Struggling to Lure Back Workers, Says CEO of Legal & General August 5, 2021 By Benjamin Robertson and Mark Cudmore The head of one of the UK’s largest insurers and investors warned that the City of London is struggling far...
London Staff Want Big Pay Raises Before Returning to Their Desks Full-Time: Survey July 23, 2021 By Eamon Akil Farhat London office workers want an average pay rise equivalent to the cost of some annual railway season tickets to return...
Workers’ Compensation Numbers Indicate Strong Performance During 2020 Pandemic May 12, 2021 Because of job losses and shrinking payrolls during the pandemic recession, the workers’ compensation industry’s net written premium dropped 10%...
Democratic House Chairs Urge N95 Mask Requirement for Meatpacking Plant Workers March 2, 2021 By Mike Dorning Key Democratic House Committee chairs asked the Biden administration to require N95 air filtration masks to protect against the spread...
Viewpoint: Post-Pandemic: Will Employers or Workers Have Upper Hand? February 16, 2021 By John Graham It’s been a year now since we came under the relentless domination of the coronavirus. After all this time, the...
How COVID Effect on Workers’ Compensation Claims Has Varied by State, Industry January 14, 2021 The percentage of COVID-19 claims among all workers’ compensation paid claims has varied greatly among states and occupations, as has...