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Boston contractor extensive violation history fined $1.3M for two workers killed
20/08/2021 Comments Off on Boston contractor extensive violation history fined $1.3M for two workers killed
BOSTON – A contractor with an extensive history of workplace safety violations faces $1.3 million in fines after two workers were killed. On Feb. 24, 2021, at a sewer repair worksite on High Street in downtown Boston, Jordy Alexander Castaneda Romero, 27, and Juan Carlos Figueroa Gutierrez, 33, died after a dump truck struck and […]
Continue reading …California jobless rate steady at 7.6%, but experts say labor market picking up steam
20/08/2021 Comments Off on California jobless rate steady at 7.6%, but experts say labor market picking up steam
(CN) — California’s unemployment rate remained at 7.6% in July, with employers adding 114,400 payroll jobs. That rate remains above the national 5.4% unemployment rate, according to numbers released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the California Employment Development Department. July’s numbers mirror the state’s unemployment rate for June, which was initially […]
Continue reading …US Department of Labor proposes $1.3M in penalties for contractor with extensive history of violations after two workers die at Boston dig site
18/08/2021 Comments Off on US Department of Labor proposes $1.3M in penalties for contractor with extensive history of violations after two workers die at Boston dig site
August 18, 2021
Continue reading …US Department of Labor cites Colorado home manufacturing company for continuing to expose workers to falls at Pueblo facility
16/08/2021 Comments Off on US Department of Labor cites Colorado home manufacturing company for continuing to expose workers to falls at Pueblo facilityAugust 16, 2021 US Department of Labor cites Colorado home manufacturing company for continuing to expose workers to falls at Pueblo facility
Continue reading …U.S. Department of Labor issues updated guidance on protecting unvaccinated and other at-risk workers from the coronavirus
13/08/2021 Comments Off on U.S. Department of Labor issues updated guidance on protecting unvaccinated and other at-risk workers from the coronavirusAugust 13, 2021 Contact: Office of Communications Phone: 202-693-1999
Continue reading …US Department of Labor partners with Dimeo Construction, Connecticut OSHA, New Haven Building Trades to promote workplace safety
13/08/2021 Comments Off on US Department of Labor partners with Dimeo Construction, Connecticut OSHA, New Haven Building Trades to promote workplace safetyAugust 13, 2021
Continue reading …Amid recent trench collapses, US Department of Labor reminds South Dakota employers, workers of excavation hazards
12/08/2021 Comments Off on Amid recent trench collapses, US Department of Labor reminds South Dakota employers, workers of excavation hazardsAugust 12, 2021
Continue reading …Alibaba Rape Allegation Reveals China Tech’s Seamy Side
12/08/2021 Comments Off on Alibaba Rape Allegation Reveals China Tech’s Seamy Side
Sexually suggestive office games, boozy dinners and a culture of ignoring problems have long plagued the industry. Changing it will still be hard.
Continue reading …How Facebook Failed to Stem Racist Abuse of England’s Soccer Players
11/08/2021 Comments Off on How Facebook Failed to Stem Racist Abuse of England’s Soccer PlayersFor more than two years, soccer officials pushed the social network to limit the invective. As a new season begins, the hate continues.
Continue reading …Views Of Workplace Sexual Harassment Amid NY Gov. Cuomo’s Resignation, Pew Research
11/08/2021 Comments Off on Views Of Workplace Sexual Harassment Amid NY Gov. Cuomo’s Resignation, Pew Research
Workplace sexual harassment is once again front and center with the resignation of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo amid allegations he sexually harassed at least 11 women. New York’s attorney general alleges Cuomo violated federal and state laws. The PEW Research Center took surveyed Americans regarding workplace sexual harassment three years ago just as the […]
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