Industry Needs to Address Gaps in Workers’ Compensation, AMCOMP Panelists Say October 25, 2016 By Elizabeth Blosfield At the American Society of Workers’ Compensation Professionals (AMCOMP) Fall Meeting held recently in New York, Mark Walls, vice president...
Feds go after Silicon Valley Firm over Alleged Hiring Bias September 29, 2016 By Brandon Bailey The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit accusing a fast-growing Silicon Valley software company of systematically discriminating against...
New Jersey Manufacturer Faces $56K in Fines for 10 Workplace Safety Violations August 19, 2016 National Manufacturing Co. Inc. of Chatham, N.J., was cited in July by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and...
OSHA Launches Expedited Whistleblower Review Pilot in Western Region August 17, 2016 The U.S. Department of Labor is launching a pilot process in its Western region called the “Expedited Case Processing Pilot,”...
DOL Sues U.S. Steel Corp. Over Injury Reporting Practices March 30, 2016 The U.S. Department of Labor recently announced that it has sued U.S. Steel Corp. for allegedly retaliating against two employees...
U.S. Labor Department Issues Joint Employer Liability Rules January 21, 2016 By Robert Iafolla More U.S. companies could be classified as “joint employers” of workers employed by a staffing agency or contractor and held...
Feds: Indiana Workplace Safety Agency Understaffed, Too Slow November 15, 2015 A federal review of Indiana’s workplace safety agency faulted it for having too few inspectors, slow responses to complaints and...
North Dakota Roofing Contractor Fined $105K in Worker Safety Probe November 3, 2015 Federal labor officials say a North Dakota roofing contractor has been cited as a result of a worker safety investigation....
Kansas Pharmaceutical Plant to Pay $400K to Settle Discrimination Case October 15, 2015 A central Kansas pharmaceutical plant accused of gender discrimination must pay about $400,000 in back wages and hire more women,...
Idaho Shop Owner Ordered to Pay 100K to Worker Fired After Safety Report October 8, 2015 By Rebecca Boone A judge ordered a northern Idaho gas station owner to pay $100,000 to a former employee who was fired after...