Amazon N.Y. Warehouse Workers’ Covid Suit Tossed by Judge
A federal judge dismissed New York warehouse workers’ lawsuit against Amazon, ruling that their allegations about the company’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic should have been brought to the...
View ArticleFired Amazon Worker Files Discrimination Lawsuit Over Pandemic Conditions
NEW YORK — A former Amazon.com Inc worker who protested conditions at his New York City fulfillment center sued the retailer on Thursday, accusing it of discrimination for firing him and for putting...
View ArticleFarm Industry Braces for Tougher Eye on Practices Under Biden
American agriculture is bracing for tougher scrutiny of practices from environmental protections to workplace safety in the transition from the anti-regulatory regime under President Donald Trump to...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Restaurant Owners, Workers Clash Over COVID Safety
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Restaurant owners, who have seen their capacity and hours limited by government entities, are struggling to keep the doors open, while their staff, often in a very public-facing...
View ArticleFlorida Advances Bill to Shield Businesses from COVID-19 Lawsuits
Florida businesses would be protected from coronavirus lawsuits if they made a good effort to follow state-issued guidelines to prevent the spread of COVID-19 under a proposal approved Monday at its...
View ArticleProbe Focuses on Chicken Conveyer in Deaths at Georgia Plant
ATLANTA (AP) — Problems with the operation of a conveyer belt system that transported chicken for freezing appear to be the cause of a liquid nitrogen release that killed six workers at a Georgia...
View ArticleMost U.S. Firms Hit With Covid-19 Safety Fines Aren’t Paying Up
U.S. workplace safety regulators have announced more than $4 million in penalties on more than 300 employers they say put workers at risk during the COVID-19 pandemic. But about two-thirds of these...
View ArticlePork Processor Seeks To Delay Court Decision Limiting Slaughter Speeds
CHICAGO — U.S. pork processor Seaboard Foods wants to pursue a 10-1/2-month delay to a federal court decision that would force it to slow the speed of hog slaughtering at a massive Oklahoma pork plant,...
View ArticleWalmart Sales Soared, Essential Workers Got Scant Protection
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Sandra Kunz had been worried for her safety while working as a cashier at a Walmart in Aurora, Colorado, during the pandemic, said her sister, Paula Spellman. The 72-year-old...
View Article5th Circuit: Cal-OSHA Has Jurisdiction Over Texas Trucking Co. for Work...
A federal appellate court rejected a Texas trucking company’s attempt to force a California state agency to pursue a $6,180 fine for workplace safety violations in a Texas court. Bulkley &...
View ArticleAnglo American Exposed Coal Miners to Excessive Risk, Inquiry Finds
MELBOURNE — An Australian inquiry into a blast at an Anglo American coal mine in Queensland state that seriously injured five workers found that the miner repeatedly produced more methane gas than it...
View ArticleViewpoint: How Zoom and the ‘Quarantine 15’ Created a Perfect Storm for Soft...
In a normal year, work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), also known as soft tissue injuries, account for roughly 34% of lost work-days in the U.S. and one-third of the dollars spent on workers...
View ArticleInsurers Worry About COVID-19 Discrimination Claims as Workers Return
LONDON — Liability insurers on both sides of the Atlantic are scaling back the cover they offer companies ahead of an expected wave of discrimination claims as employers call staff back to their desks...
View ArticleFines Appealed After Nitrogen Kills Six at Georgia Plant
GAINESVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Three of four companies are appealing federal workplace safety fines following a January liquid nitrogen leak that killed six workers at a Georgia poultry processing plant. The...
View ArticleSmall Agency, Big Job: Biden Tasks OSHA With Vaccine Mandate
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration doesn’t make many headlines. Charged with keeping America’s workplaces safe, it usually busies itself with tasks such as setting and...
View ArticleBiden Administration Unveils Plan to Address ‘Silent Killer’ Extreme Heat
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is moving to protect workers and communities from extreme heat after a dangerously hot summer that spurred an onslaught of drought-worsened wildfires and...
View ArticleCalifornia Governor Signs Legislation to Protect Warehouse Workers
California Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday signed a bill that limits warehouse employers like Amazon.com Inc from setting productivity quotas, the first legislation of its kind in the United States....
View ArticleCadmium Spiked at Lead Factory, Workers Didn’t Get Help
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — In June 2014, an air monitor strapped to a worker inside a Tampa lead factory picked up an unmistakable red flag. The level of cadmium, a toxic metal known to cause cancer, had...
View ArticleClaim For Fatal Heat Stroke Barred by Missouri Ruling on Co-Employee Lawsuits
Tyler Scott Halsey worked himself to death trimming trees in 96-degree heat, his parents say. They alleged in a lawsuit against his employer, Townsend Tree Service, that his supervisor did not offer...
View ArticleAssault at Job Covered by Workers’ Comp, Mississippi Supreme Court Rules
A man gets assaulted at work by two co-workers. Is the man’s recourse for his injuries limited only to the exclusive remedy of the workers’ compensation system? The Mississippi Supreme Court this month...
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