Amazon Cited for Unsafe Work Practices at Washington Fulfillment Center March 24, 2022 Amazon is facing a willful serious violation and a $60,000 fine for knowingly putting workers at risk of injury at...
Montana Coal Mine Hit with $1M Fine over Safety Violations February 7, 2022 A central Montana coal mine must pay a $1 million fine for violating environmental and employee safety regulations by failing...
California Considers Giving 500K Fast Food Workers More Power February 4, 2022 By Don Thompson California’s more than half-million fast food workers would get increased power and protections under a first-in-the-nation measure approved by the...
Foxconn India Restarts Production at iPhone Plant After December’s Worker Protests January 13, 2022 By Sudarshan Varadhan CHENNAI – Apple Inc supplier Foxconn restarted production at its plant in southern India on Wednesday, a company official said,...
Washington Roofers Face $750K in Fines for Putting Workers at Risk January 13, 2022 The Washington Department of Labor & Industries issued a combined $768,000 in fines against three Washington roofing companies for reportedly...
Foxconn Unlikely to Reopen India iPhone Manufacturing Facility Until Jan 7: Official January 4, 2022 By Sudarshan Varadhan Apple Inc supplier Foxconn is unlikely to reopen its shuttered iPhone manufacturing facility in southern India until Jan. 7, a...
Indian iPhone Plant Workers Became Ill From Tainted Food. Then a Rare Protest Began. January 3, 2022 By Sudarshan Varadhan, A. Ananthalakshmi and Ahmed Farhatha SRIPERUMBUDUR, India — For women who assembled iPhones at a Foxconn plant in southern India, crowded dorms without flush toilets...
Apple Puts India iPhone Supplier, Foxconn, on Probation for Labor Violations December 29, 2021 By Debby Wu and Ganesh Nagarajan Apple Inc. put Foxconn Technology Group’s factory in southern India on probation following worker protests and an investigation that revealed...
Utility Worker in California Electrocuted in Underground Vault November 8, 2021 A Los Angeles utility worker was electrocuted while working in an electrical vault, authorities said. The accident occurred shortly before...
Temporary Total Disability Rates in California for 2022 to Remain Unchanged September 15, 2021 The Division of Workers’ Compensation in California announced that the 2022 minimum and maximum temporary total disability rates will not...