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...
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....
Americans’ Mental Health Needs, Help Gap Worsen in COVID’s Second Summer August 12, 2021 By Alex Tanzi It’s been nearly a year since the U.S. Census Bureau started asking Americans about the mental-health effects of the pandemic...
Employers Get Religion With Vaccine Mandates August 12, 2021 By Tom Hals As coronavirus infections rise again, U.S. companies mandating vaccinations are confronting an uncomfortable question rarely asked by an employer –...
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...
London Is Struggling to Lure Back Workers, Says CEO of Legal & General August 5, 2021 By Benjamin Robertson and Mark Cudmore The head of one of the UK’s largest insurers and investors warned that the City of London is struggling far...
Pressure on Workers to Get Vaccine Grows as Patience Runs Thin for U.S. Employers July 28, 2021 By Elise Young As a resurgence in Covid-19 cases prompts more U.S. employers to require vaccinations, workers who object face a common response:...
London Staff Want Big Pay Raises Before Returning to Their Desks Full-Time: Survey July 23, 2021 By Eamon Akil Farhat London office workers want an average pay rise equivalent to the cost of some annual railway season tickets to return...
Pennsylvania USPS Facility Fined More Than $230K for Workplace Safety Violations June 30, 2021 A federal workplace safety inspection of a U.S. Postal Service location in Pennsylvania found employees exposed to potentially serious and...
EU to Update Workplace Safety Rules, Reflecting Shift to Home Working During COVID June 29, 2021 BRUSSELS – The European Commission plans to update its rules on worker safety to reflect the shift millions employees made...