Meat Plant Closures, Absenteeism Rise With Workers’ Fear of Coronavirus, Lack of Safety April 15, 2020 By Tom Polansek and Rod Nickel CHICAGO/WINNIPEG, Manitoba — At a Wayne Farms chicken processing plant in Alabama, workers recently had to pay the company 10...
Warehouse Workers Risk COVID-19 Shipping Knick-Knacks, Luxury Goods April 14, 2020 By Chris Kirkham, Reade Levinson and Nandita Bose As U.S. authorities ordered shutdowns of non-essential businesses to fight coronavirus, retailer Nordstrom Inc. closed hundreds of stores and gave...
How Shaming Works to Improve Workplace Safety: Viewpoint March 10, 2020 By Cass R. Sunstein, Bloomberg View Can a press release save lives? No doubt about it. At least if it comes from the Occupational Safety and...
Bill to Make Healthcare Facilities Safer Places to Work Passes Oklahoma Senate March 5, 2020 The Oklahoma Senate has passed legislation that strengthens laws related to workplace safety in hospitals and other healthcare facilities. Senate...
Employers Taking Proactive Health Steps to Prevent Costly Employee Injuries October 24, 2019 By Beth Pinsker A job does not have to be physically demanding to literally be a pain in the neck, or knee, or...
OSHA’s Top 25 Enforcement Cases Based on Total Penalty October 22, 2019 These are the 25 biggest workplace safety and health violation enforcement actions by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration....
Workplace Quality, Not One Factor, Determines Worker Health, Job Safety: Study October 3, 2019 The terms and conditions of employment — including pay, hours, schedule flexibility and job security — influence employees’ overall health...
Everest Insurance Buys Remaining Shares of Canadian IT Consulting Firm Salus Systems September 26, 2019 Everest Insurance announced it has purchased all outstanding remaining shares of its joint venture partner, Victoria, Canada-based Salus Systems LLC....
Amazon Under Scrutiny Over Claims of Unsafe Conditions for Delivery Drivers September 16, 2019 Three U.S. senators on Thursday said Amazon.com Inc should stop working with delivery contractors that violate labor laws by imposing...
How Small Businesses Are Training for Active Shooters August 27, 2019 By Joyce M. Rosenberg At a four-hour meeting last month, Michelle Abdow’s staffers got to experience some of the sights, sounds and even smells...