New Contractor Rule to Be Unveiled Soon That Could Upend Gig Economy January 9, 2024 By Daniel Wiessner and David Shepardson The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden will release a final rule as soon as this week that will make...
US Slips in Supply-Chain Ranks After Child-Labor Violations June 20, 2023 By Frances Schwartzkopff The US has joined a list of mostly emerging-market countries where ESG supply-chain risks are “high,” after the world’s richest...
California Restaurants Offered Priest to Extract Confessions of Workplace ‘Sins’ June 14, 2023 Federal wage and hour investigators say a northern California restaurant attempted to use an alleged priest to get employees to...
Philadelphia Home Care Agency Ordered to Pay $7M in Back Wages, Damages June 9, 2023 A federal court has ordered a Philadelphia home care agency and its owner to pay more than $7 million in...
Department of Labor Withdrawing Proposal to Revoke Approval of Arizona’s OSHA Plan February 14, 2023 The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that its Occupational Safety and Health Administration plans to withdraw a proposal to...
Key Biden Administration Labor Policies Will Face Legal Challenges in 2023 December 27, 2022 By Daniel Wiessner The Biden administration and a Democrat-led U.S. labor board will implement a series of major employment policies in 2023 but...
California Workers’ Comp Benefits to Increase in 2023 November 17, 2022 California’s State Average Weekly Wage rose by more than 5% in the year ending March 31, 2022, which will result...
Department of Labor Reopens Comment Period on Arizona’s OSHA Plan August 11, 2022 The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is reopening the comment period for an additional 60 days...
Department of Labor Eyeing Arizona OSHA Plan After ‘Pattern of Failures’ April 20, 2022 The U.S. Department of Labor announced a proposal to reconsider and revoke final approval of Arizona’s State OSHA plan, which...
Two Rhode Island Contractors Face $75K in Penalties for Worksite Cave-In Risks December 21, 2021 A federal inspection at a Warwick, Rhode Island, excavation found two area contractors ignoring cave-in risks and placing their workers...