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Protecting Construction Workers From Hazards, New OSHA Animated Educational Videos Show How
01/12/2011 Comments Off on Protecting Construction Workers From Hazards, New OSHA Animated Educational Videos Show How
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has released 12 educational videos about potential hazards in the construction industry. The educational videos are easy to understand, short segments and geared to employers and workers. Each year, nearly 800 construction workers die on the job; one in every five workplace fatalities occurs within the construction industry. The […]
Continue reading …Database of Fatal Accidents Incomplete OSHA Acknowledges
01/12/2011 Comments Off on Database of Fatal Accidents Incomplete OSHA Acknowledges
By Chris Hamby, iWatch News,Center for Public Integrity — At an Ohio chemical plant, an explosion launched pieces of metal that struck and killed a worker. At a Pennsylvania steel mill, equipment crushed a worker to death. At an Oklahoma oil refinery, a flash fire fatally burned a worker. Each death occurred at a plant deemed a […]
Continue reading …An OSHA of Contradictions: ‘Model Workplaces’ Not Always So Safe
01/12/2011 Comments Off on An OSHA of Contradictions: ‘Model Workplaces’ Not Always So SafeBy Chris Hamby, iWatch News First in a series, “Model Workplaces, Imperiled Workers,” by the Center for Public Integrity’s iWatch News In October 2005, a spark triggered an explosion at a Tropicana juice processing plant in Bradenton, Fla. Flames engulfed mechanic Rob Hackley and burned a co-worker who came to his aid. For weeks, Hackley clung […]
Continue reading …Citigroup SEC Settlement Trashed By Federal Judge
29/11/2011 Comments Off on Citigroup SEC Settlement Trashed By Federal Judge
By Marian Wang, ProPublica – When the Securities and Exchange Commission struck a deal with Citigroup over a failed security that the bank sold to investors, we asked whether regulators had handed Citigroup too sweet a deal. Today [28 Nov. 2011] in Manhattan, U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff appeared to reach that very conclusion: “If the allegations of the Complaint […]
Continue reading …OSHA Quick Links OSHA Training Requirements How to Find Outreach Training How to Obtain Replacement Outreach Training Program Cards Training FAQs Worker Training Through the Outreach Training Program and the OTI Education Center Program, OSHA offers a broad selection of occupational safety and health classes designed for workers and employers. 10-Hour & 30-Hour Worker […]
Continue reading …OSHA Cites Animal Feed Processor in Worker’s Fatal Fall in Silo
28/11/2011 Comments Off on OSHA Cites Animal Feed Processor in Worker’s Fatal Fall in Silo
Following the May 11 death of an employee who was engulfed by cotton seed stored in a silo, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Utica, N. Y., animal feed processor Harbor Point Mineral Products for 21 violations of workplace safety standards. An inspection by OSHA’s Syracuse Area Office found that employees had not been […]
Continue reading …2011 Record Year For EEOC Complaints, Settlements
28/11/2011 Comments Off on 2011 Record Year For EEOC Complaints, Settlements
It was a record year for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and it could be said the EEOC became more efficient despite receiving the most workplace discrimination complaints in its 46-year history.. The EEOC received a record 99,947 charges of discrimination in fiscal year 2011, which ended 30 Sept. 2011. Despite this, The EEOC […]
Continue reading …Employment Discrimination: Answers to Your Questions
27/11/2011 Comments Off on Employment Discrimination: Answers to Your Questions
By Elizabeth L. Riles By law, your employer may not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age (over 40), citizenship, pregnancy, or disability. The California Fair Employment and Housing Act and Title VII of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibit discrimination based upon these factors. In California, the […]
Continue reading …Employer-Employee Contracts and At-Will Employment Defined
27/11/2011 Comments Off on Employer-Employee Contracts and At-Will Employment Defined
By Mark Dacanay Employer-employee relations are guided by the terms and conditions of the employment contract. An employment contract is a legal agreement that is agreed upon by both the employer and the employee. An employment contract usually contains the following: • Name of the employer • Name of the employee • Job title and […]
Continue reading …Minnesota Agencies Pay $574,000 For Age Bias In EEOC Suits
22/11/2011 Comments Off on Minnesota Agencies Pay $574,000 For Age Bias In EEOC Suits
Three federal judges have ordered three Minnesota state agencies to pay damages to settle age discrimination charges filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). U.S. District Court judges ordered the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, the Minnesota Department of Commerce and the Minnesota Department of Public Safety to pay damages to claimants who […]
Continue reading …- Celebrating the Resilience of Low-Income Women
- 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