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...
Washington Troopers, Workers File Suit over Vaccine Mandate September 15, 2021 Washington state troopers, prison correctional officers, ferry workers and other public sector employees have filed a lawsuit to try to...
Oregon Workers’ Comp Costs to Drop for 9th Year September 9, 2021 Oregon employers will pay on average less for workers’ compensation coverage in 2021, the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business...
Worker Death Leads to $11K Fine for Oregon Winery August 10, 2021 Oregon’s Occupational Safety and Health Agency said this week it has fined a Dundee, Ore., winery $11,100 for alleged violations...
California Requiring Vaccine or Testing for State Workers July 28, 2021 By Kathleen Ronayne and Janie Har California will require millions of health care workers and state employees to show proof of a COVID-19 vaccination or get...
OSHA Cites Missouri Grain Facility $215K Following Dust Explosion That Severely Injured Worker July 2, 2021 OSHA has cited a Missouri grain-handling facility for one willful and six serious safety violations, and proposed penalties of $215,525....
Ruling Limits Safety-Based Drug Testing at Iowa Warehouses June 30, 2021 By Ryan J. Foley The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled that employers cannot subject all warehouse employees to random drug testing by designating them...