The state says workplace deaths in Montana decreased last year. The Montana Department of Labor and Industry’s Research and Analysis Bureau says there were 34 workplace fatalities in 2012. That is down by 15 from the previous year. The agency …
Six lawsuits have been filed against Partnership Health Center in Missoula, Mont. by workers contending they were forced to work off the clock without pay, full-time workers being replaced with part-timers who don’t get benefits, and an abusive boss. The …
The Montana agency that responds to natural disasters and emergencies is a dysfunctional, divisive workplace with a climate of fear and the perception of bullying by some managers, according to an internal report conducted last year. The three-page report by …
A former administrative assistant for Bernalillo County Sheriff Dan Houston has filed a lawsuit in New Mexico claiming the sheriff created a hostile workplace for women. Deborah Garcia provided a copy of her Aug. 28 complaint to the Albuquerque Journal. …
About a month after Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon vetoed changes to Missouri’s workplace discrimination law, Republicans lawmakers are pushing a pair of scaled-back measures that could make it more difficult for workers to seek legal protection for reporting wrongdoing by …
Critics of a bill that would protect against workplace discrimination based on physical appearance told legislators that the anti-bullying components of the measure were too broad and could open the door to frivolous lawsuits against employers. State law currently bars …
A Wyoming legislative committee has killed a bill that would have barred employers in the state from prohibiting their workers from keeping guns in their vehicles at the workplace. The Senate Transportation Committee voted 5-0 on to defeat the workplace …
