OSHA Urges Employers to Require Vaccinated Workers to Wear Masks August 16, 2021 By Daniel Wiessner The U.S. agency that regulates workplace safety issued guidance on Friday urging employers to require many fully vaccinated workers to...
Safeway Faces $339.3K in Fines After Amputations at Denver Plant August 16, 2021 Federal work safety officials imposed more than $339,000 in penalties against Safeway Inc. after a worker at a Denver milk...
Overheated, Underprotected: Climate Change Is Killing U.S. Farm Laborers August 13, 2021 By Elizabeth Elkin Florencio Gueta Vargas showed up for his usual shift at a hops farm in Toppenish, Washington, on Thursday, July 29....
Amazon Loses Bid to Halt New York Warehouse COVID Safety Probe August 11, 2021 By Jonathan Stempel A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed Amazon.com Inc’s lawsuit to block New York’s attorney general from investigating the online retailer’s...
Staffing Crisis Hits Texas Hospitals as Burnout Depletes Workforce, Virus Surges August 6, 2021 By Karen Brooks Harper, The Texas Tribune Texas nurse Jenna Price gets half a dozen solicitations a day from hospitals and staffing agencies that want to pay...
New Hampshire Experiences Continued Stability in Workers’ Comp Market August 6, 2021 The New Hampshire Insurance Department (NHID) approved a rate proposal filed by the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) that...
California Landscaper Arraigned for Alleged Workers’ Comp Fraud August 4, 2021 Frank Simplicio, 45, of Porter Ranch, Calif., was arraigned on multiple felony counts of insurance fraud and perjury. A California...
AM Best Assigns Credit Ratings, Stable Outlook to Workers’ Comp Writer SUNZ August 3, 2021 AM Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” (Excellent)...
85% of Flight Attendants Report Incidents With Unruly Passengers July 30, 2021 Incidents with unruly passengers have become an everyday occurrence for flight attendants. A national survey of nearly 5,000 flight attendants...
Workers’ Compensation Research Study Shows No Treatment Delays Due to COVID July 26, 2021 By Jim Sams COVID-19 did not delay medical treatment for workers’ compensation claimants, but did decrease the amount of emergency care and other...