Investigation Blames California Zip-line Worker Fatality on Safety Failures March 14, 2022 A federal workplace safety investigation found that a 34-year-old worker’s fatal fall might have been prevented had the operator of...
Dollar General Cited for More Workplace Hazards February 28, 2022 It’s more bad news for Dollar General stores, one of the largest food and household goods retailers in the country....
OSHA Cites Connecticut Manufacturer for 48 Safety Violations After Fatality January 25, 2022 After an employee of a Watertown, Connecticut metal fabrication company was electrocuted on July 14, 2021 while repairing a portable...
Foxconn India Restarts Production at iPhone Plant After December’s Worker Protests January 13, 2022 By Sudarshan Varadhan CHENNAI – Apple Inc supplier Foxconn restarted production at its plant in southern India on Wednesday, a company official said,...
Canada’s Insurers and Banks Rethink Return-to-Office Plans Amid Omicron Concerns January 7, 2022 Canada’s top health official Theresa Tam has warned that COVID-19 cases in the country could jump in coming days, due...
Foxconn Unlikely to Reopen India iPhone Manufacturing Facility Until Jan 7: Official January 4, 2022 By Sudarshan Varadhan Apple Inc supplier Foxconn is unlikely to reopen its shuttered iPhone manufacturing facility in southern India until Jan. 7, a...
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...
Workplace Fatalities Fell 10.7% During Pandemic in 2020 But Severe Illness Cases Rose December 27, 2021 During the pandemic, worker deaths decreased by 10.7% in 2020 compared to 2019, with 4,764 fatal workplace injuries, according to...
Vaccinated California Employees Face Workplace Restrictions December 20, 2021 By Don Thompson In a move criticized by business groups and hailed by labor advocates, California’s workplace regulators extended the state’s coronavirus pandemic...