Climate Change Led to At Least 16,500 Heat Deaths in Europe This Summer September 18, 2025 By Emma Court Climate change fueled scorching summer temperatures that killed an estimated 16,500 people in European cities this summer, pushing overall heat...
SAIF in Oregon Declares $50 Million Dividend September 5, 2025 SAIF’s board of directors has declared a $50 million dividend for more than 50,000 workers’ compensation policyholders. In October, 50,757...
‘Urgent Action’ Needed to Protect Workers From Heat Stress in Warming World: UN August 22, 2025 Governments and employers should take urgent action to help protect the health of workers who are increasingly exposed to extreme...
Man Who Killed Idaho Firefighters Was Turned Away by Fire Department July 25, 2025 By Martha Bellisle The man accused of fatally shooting two Idaho firefighters before killing himself last month had tried to join the fire...
Labor Department Proposes Over 60 Rule Changes in Push to Deregulate Workplaces July 24, 2025 By Cathy Bussewitz The U.S. Department of Labor is aiming to rewrite or repeal more than 60 “obsolete” workplace regulations, ranging from minimum...
How Hot Can It Get? Scientists Are Struggling to Find an Answer July 17, 2025 By Eric Roston How hot can a heat wave really get? Before June 2021, scientists thought they knew. That’s when one of the...
MGA Nexus Underwriting’s CEO Rouse Faces Internal Investigation for ‘Offensive’ Email July 14, 2025 By L.S. Howard Nexus Underwriting, the London-based managing general agent, is investigating a “wholly inappropriate and offensive ” email sent by CEO Stuart...
Extreme Heat Is Killing European Workers Despite Government Efforts July 11, 2025 By Laura Millan Montse Aguilar was a healthy 51-year-old woman when she started her shift cleaning streets in Barcelona at around 2:30 p.m....
India’s Sigachi Factory Fire Death Toll Rises to 39; Cause Still Unknown July 1, 2025 By Rishika Sadam and Jatindra Dash HYDERABAD, India –– The death toll from the explosion and fire at Sigachi Industries’ chemical factory in southern India has...
Cal/OSHA Regulations Extended to Domestic Workers Starting July 1 July 1, 2025 Domestic workers employed by companies in California are now covered by state workplace safety and health laws under a new...