California Workers’ Comp Bureau Chief Addresses COVID’s Impact on System May 15, 2020 By Don Jergler Bill Mudge has been put in a unique position during the pandemic. He’s got a sizeable workforce he’s had to...
Man Dies in Fall at South Dakota Construction Site May 15, 2020 A 24-year-old man died on May 12 in a fall at a downtown Sioux Fall, South Dakota, construction site, police...
Kansas Sausage Making Plant with COVID-19 Cases Shuts Down May 15, 2020 By John Hanna and Heather Hollingsworth A Kansas plant that makes sausage shut down on May 13 after employees tested positive for the coronavirus, and an...
Workers Protesting the Virus May Be Just the Start: Opinion May 15, 2020 By Stephen Mihm, Bloomberg Opinion In recent weeks, employees at sites as diverse as Amazon warehouses, meat-processing plants and emergency rooms have raised the alarm...
Washington Mandates New Farmworker Housing Emergency Rules for Pandemic May 13, 2020 New emergency rules adopted on Wednesday regarding temporary farmworker housing are designed to help increase worker safety and reduce the...
Workers Protest Virus Outbreak at Minnesota Poultry Plant May 13, 2020 Workers have protested what they consider dangerous working conditions at the Pilgrim’s Pride chicken processing plant in the central Minnesota...
Debate Over Business Liability in Pandemic Turns to OSHA Regulation, CDC Guidelines May 13, 2020 By Ben Brody Congressional Republicans have made liability protection for employers a nonnegotiable demand in any new coronavirus stimulus, but Senator Lindsey Graham,...
Workers’ Comp May Need Backstop as Presumptions Push Claim Costs into Billions May 12, 2020 By Jim Sams An executive order by California Gov. Gavin Newsom last week is the most aggressive yet among the directives issued by...
Indiana Too Quick to Clear Amazon in Worker’s Death, Report Finds May 11, 2020 Indiana’s safety agency prematurely released Amazon from citations and fines in the death of a warehouse employee who was crushed...
Houston Confronts One-Two Punch of Coronavirus and Oil Bust May 8, 2020 By Juan A. Lozano When you’re known as the energy capital of the world, oil busts are nothing new. But Houston now finds itself...