Safety Council Finds Employer Vaccine Mandates Boost Worker Vaccination Rate 20% January 7, 2022 The National Safety Council (NSC) released survey findings showing that employer vaccine requirements are driving higher vaccination rates among workers....
Transport Industry Expects Continued Staffing Woes as Concern Over Omicron Spreads January 7, 2022 By Ann Koh and K. Oanh Ha From seafarers refusing to get back on ships to truck drivers whose concern over Covid-related border closures trumps the lure...
Supreme Court Weighs Bids to Block Biden Vaccine Mandates Today January 7, 2022 By Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday is set to consider requests by Republican state officials and business groups to block...
Study Questions Link Between In-Person Schooling and COVID Infection Rates January 6, 2022 A new study shows that COVID-19 incidence rates were not statistically different in counties with in-person learning versus remote school...
Many Re/Insurance Buyers Are ‘Frustrated’ With Multiple Years of Price Rises January 5, 2022 By L.S. Howard Frustration is setting in for commercial insurance buyers subjected to multiple years of price rises, especially those that have improved...
COVID-19 Claims of $44B Are 3rd Largest Catastrophe Loss: Howden January 4, 2022 Insured losses of $44 billion from COVID-19 so far represent the third largest cost to insurers of any catastrophe, behind...
Russian Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Faces Big Hurdles Amid Ukraine Tensions December 29, 2021 By David McHugh and Vladimir Isachenkov FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) – The pipeline is built and being filled with natural gas. But Russia’s Nord Stream 2 faces...
Supreme Court to Take Up COVID Mandate Jan. 7 December 27, 2021 By ALEXANDRA JAFFE The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Jan. 7 on whether the Biden administration can order workers at private companies...
Berkshire’s Candymaker Must Face Worker’s Suit Over Husband’s COVID Death: California Court December 22, 2021 By Brendan Pierson A California candymaker must face a lawsuit by an employee who says she caught COVID-19 at work and gave it...
OSHA Sets Dates for Vaccine Mandate Penalties December 19, 2021 The Occupational Health and Safety Administration said Saturday that it would not issue citations tied to its coronavirus vaccination mandate...