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Caregivers and Work: More working people provide full- or part-time caregiver duties for a loved one than ever before. Here’s a look at some facts about this major life responsibility and the realities of the working world. Facts About Caregivers o Two-thirds are women. o Studies show female caregivers are more likely than males to […]
Continue reading …Caregiver Protection Laws And State Employer Polices Need Improvement: AARP
12/09/2012 Comments Off on Caregiver Protection Laws And State Employer Polices Need Improvement: AARP
Caregiver protection laws are rare. As of 2012, only four states—Alaska, Connecticut, New Jersey and Oregon, plus the District of Columbia—have laws over and above federal laws protecting family caregivers and those proving elder care. The AARP report says additions to workplace discrimination laws are necessary to help family caregivers. The AARP recommends the following changes […]
Continue reading …Study Finds Workplace Discrimination Against Caregivers Growing
12/09/2012 Comments Off on Study Finds Workplace Discrimination Against Caregivers Growing
Workplace discrimination against caregivers is becoming commonplace as more employees must care for aging parents, a new report from the AARP, an advocacy group of older Americans. The report, “Protecting Family Caregivers from Employment Discrimination,” identifies workplace discrimination against workers with elder care responsibilities as an emerging trend. The report also highlights the limited legal […]
Continue reading …OSHA Cites Tyson Foods Neb. Beef Facility After Mechanic Crushed
07/09/2012 Comments Off on OSHA Cites Tyson Foods Neb. Beef Facility After Mechanic Crushed
A mechanic working at Tyson Foods Inc. Dakota City, Neb., beef slaughterhouse died after a piece of equipment, secured only a chain, fell and on him. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Tyson Foods Inc. for seven safety violations after an inspection at the company’s Dakota City beef processing facility, where a mechanic was […]
Continue reading …OSHA Cites Plains Gas Solutions After Explosion Severely Injures Worker
07/09/2012 Comments Off on OSHA Cites Plains Gas Solutions After Explosion Severely Injures Worker
An explosion and fire at a liquid natural gas processing plant that seriously burned a worker could cost Plains Gas Solutions a $110,000 fine under a proposed settlement Occupational Safety and Health Administration, OSHA. OSHA cited Plains Gas Solutions in Eunice, La., on 27 August 2012 for one willful and seven serious violations involving OSHA’s […]
Continue reading …EEOC: Fry’s Fined $2.3 Million For Sexual Harassment, Sexting Manager
06/09/2012 Comments Off on EEOC: Fry’s Fined $2.3 Million For Sexual Harassment, Sexting Manager
Ignoring sexual harassment and then retaliating against employees who report it can be very expensive. Just look at the example of retailer Fry’s Electronics. In one of the largest fines in suit of this type, Fry’s Electronics has greed to pay $2.3 million to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment […]
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By MARGARET HEFFERNAN– Despite high-profile fraudsters like former traders Jerome Kerviel and Nick Leeson, a recent survey by KPMG challenged the stereotype of the fraudster that is young, eager, and just out of his depth. In fact, fraudsters are most likely to be in senior management positions and to have been employed by their firm […]
Continue reading …South Africa Could Do More For Miners, Says ILO Mining Specialist
29/08/2012 Comments Off on South Africa Could Do More For Miners, Says ILO Mining Specialist
South Africa could do more for the nation’s miners, says the International Labour Organization’s mining industry specialist. ILO News – South Africa has taken significant steps since the end of apartheid to address working conditions in the mining industry, but there is still a lot of room for improvement, said International Labour Organization mining specialist […]
Continue reading …Tuesday 17 April Is Equal Pay Day For U.S. Women
17/04/2012 Comments Off on Tuesday 17 April Is Equal Pay Day For U.S. Women
Tuesday, 17 April is Equal Pay Day. This date symbolizes how far women in the United States must work into 2012 to earn what men doing similar work earned in 2011. When the President Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act in 1963, women were earning an average of 59 cents on the dollar compared to […]
Continue reading …Large India Outsourcing Firms Accused Of U.S. H-1B Visa Fraud
14/04/2012 Comments Off on Large India Outsourcing Firms Accused Of U.S. H-1B Visa Fraud
Trouble is brewing over allegations that large information technology outsourcing firms from India have attempted subvert U.S. immigrations laws. Indian software giant Infosys Technologies has been sued by a human resources manager who says he refused to help the outsourcer get temporary U.S. B-1 visas for some workers under false pretenses. A former human resources […]
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- CEOs Get to Retire Comfortably. Workers Like Me Deserve the Same.
- Jobs Increased 339,000 In May, Unemployment Up 0.3% To 3.7%
- The decline of job creation at new establishments
- Contractor faces 2 serious citations after US Department of Labor finds safety failures led to welder’s death at Bonner Bridge demolition project
- Investigation into worker’s severe arm injury finds Cusseta auto parts manufacturer, supplier willfully ignored safety precautions
- ‘It’s a sweat factory’: Instacart workers ready to strike for pay and conditions
- Ships backed up outside US ports pumping out pollutants as they idle
- Privacy fears as Moscow metro rolls out facial recognition pay system
- ‘We are not machines’: Hollywood workers poised to strike for better conditions
- Boeing pilot indicted for allegedly deceiving US regulators over 737 Max
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Over 10,000 John Deere workers strike over ‘years’ of poor treatment
- Corporations are pledging to be ‘water positive’. What does that mean?
- US Department of Labor investigation of crane collapse, double fatality on Interstate 10 finds Lufkin company failed to assemble crane properly
- For the 6th time in 7 years, federal inspectors find Illinois contractor putting construction workers at risk of industry’s deadliest hazard
- US Department of Labor proposes $83K in fines to healthcare facility for failing to protect workers from coronavirus hazards
- Facebook says it will do more to prevent online hate, harassment
- As U.S. prepares to reopen border, some urge Canada to relax testing requirement
- Biden orders companies to ease supply chain bottlenecks or he’ll ‘call them out’
- What is the ‘new model’ the EU is proposing for Northern Ireland?
- Apple to make 10 million fewer iPhones due to microchip shortage
- US Department of Labor, Mexican Consulate in Boston enter alliance to promote workplace safety, health among New England’s workers
- US Department of Labor sues Austin luxury car dealer that retaliated against employee who raised concerns of coronavirus hazards
- Vaccine hesitant New Yorkers consider leaving the city as mandates take effect
- Carbon emissions ‘will drop just 40% by 2050 with countries’ current pledges’
- House passes bill to raise US debt ceiling through early December
- ‘The stakes couldn’t be higher’: GE urged to invest in green US jobs
- Zellers returns — kind of — but the lowest price isn't quite the law
- Cement makers across world pledge large cut in emissions by 2030
- India faces electricity crisis as coal supplies run critically low
- California justice department to investigate enormous oil spill