Federal Judge Dismisses Amazon N.Y. Warehouse Workers’ COVID-19 Lawsuit November 3, 2020 By Josh Eidelson A federal judge dismissed New York warehouse workers’ lawsuit against Amazon, ruling that their allegations about the company’s handling of...
The Coronavirus Pandemic and The Great Workplace Debate: Viewpoint October 30, 2020 By John Kemp, Reuters Columnist Decisions on where and how to work are embodied in trillions of dollars of investment worldwide, including the siting of...
How Auto Workers Are Keeping Factories Running and Masks On October 27, 2020 By Joseph White When the coronavirus pandemic slammed the United States in March, the Detroit Three automakers shut their plants and brought their...
As Employees Have Stressed Out During Pandemic, Many Employers Have Stepped Up October 21, 2020 The coronavirus pandemic has put millions of Americans out of work. But many of those still working are fearful, distressed...
Crisis Within a Crisis: How COVID-19 Is Driving the Opioid Epidemic October 13, 2020 By Elizabeth Blosfield While the current national health conversation has largely centered on the COVID-19 pandemic, which has resulted in more than 200,000...
Firms’ Employee Benefit Offerings Reflect Pandemic-Reshuffled Priorities October 9, 2020 By Chris Taylor During the past year, there is a good chance that you and your priorities changed significantly. The things you used...
Amazon Reveals 19,000 Frontline Workers Contracted Coronavirus October 2, 2020 By Jeffrey Dastin Amazon.com Inc. on Thursday said more than 19,000 of its U.S. frontline workers contracted the coronavirus this year, or 1.44%...
Meat Plant Workers Being Denied Workers’ Compensation for COVID-19: Reuters September 29, 2020 By Tom Hals and Tom Polansek Saul Sanchez died in April, one of six workers with fatal COVID-19 infections at meatpacker JBS USA’s slaughterhouse in Greeley,...
Coronavirus Safety: U.S. Behind Global Rivals in Protecting Meat Plant Workers September 22, 2020 By Mike Dorning, Brian Parkin and Ainslie Chandler The U.S. government is falling behind global rivals when it comes to protecting meatpacking workers from Covid-19 infections, even though...
Startups Developing Technologies to Clean Air in Workplaces of Coronavirus September 21, 2020 By Larissa Zimberoff Smithfield Foods Inc. thought it was doing great. In the first quarter of this year, the pork giant’s earnings were...