California Orders Workers’ Comp Carriers to Return Premiums Due to Stay-At-Home Orders June 17, 2020 California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara today issued an order adopting emergency workers’ compensation regulations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic....
Study: Sick Workers Are a Top Workplace Safety Concern in Wisconsin June 15, 2020 Employees who come to work even though they are sick are a top concern for workers in Wisconsin, according to...
Absenteeism at Meatpacking Plants Tied to Workplace Safety Concerns June 15, 2020 By Tom Polansek and Andy Sullivan Smithfield Foods Inc. is missing about a third of its employees at a South Dakota pork plant because they are...
Senate Weighs Broad Coronavirus Liability Shield for Employers June 11, 2020 By Laura Litvan Senate Republicans are drafting legislation that would let employers choose which government coronavirus safety guidelines to follow in order to...
A.M. Best Affirms North American Casualty Group Companies’ Ratings June 10, 2020 Ratings issuer A.M. Best said it has removed from under review with negative implications and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating...
Facing Workers Compensation Challenges During the Pandemic: NCCI June 9, 2020 By Bill Donnell The COVID-19 pandemic has upended lives, families, business routines, and the economy. Today, despite an uptick in May, 21 million...
Iowa Chemical Plant to Pay $80K for 2019 Spill that Hurt Worker June 8, 2020 A Waterloo, Iowa, chemical plant will pay a nearly $80,000 civil penalty to settle violations of federal Clean Air Act...
Court Allows Lawsuit over Iowa Amusement Park Death to Proceed June 8, 2020 By David Pitt The wife of a central Iowa amusement park employee killed in an accident at the park in 2016 can proceed...
Amazon’s Heavily Automated, Frugal HR Leaves Sick Workers in Limbo June 8, 2020 By Matt Day Tony Banks told Amazon.com Inc. right away when he tested positive for Covid-19. More than a month later, he’s on...
Union: 44 COVID-19 Deaths Among Meatpacking Workers June 5, 2020 At least 44 meatpacking workers in the U.S. have died from the new coronavirus and another 3,000 have tested positive,...