Workplace Safety Tips and Statistics
Just about every job has some risk that comes along with it.
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Your Workplace Rights During Natural Disasters and Emergencies
Many federal employment laws that are in place to guide employers and their employees regarding rights and responsibilities when disaster strikes.
Thank You to Outten and Golden
Outten and Golden, LLP, a law firm dedicated to employees’ rights, is sponsoring an upcoming event for Workplace Fairness.
How Managers Can Advocate for Their Warehouse
The protection of blue-collar workers is just as important as that of office workers, and it should be at the forefront of advocacy efforts.
Working at Home Accidents – Who is Liable?
In many countries, the number of people working from home has doubled since the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic. While many businesses take reasonable care and responsibility for their employees’ safety in the workplace, many are asking what the regulations are for remote workers. In this article, we will be discussing accidents when working at …
Biden Has Abandoned His Covid Worker Safety Pledge
Biden’s much-anticipated workplace safety rule excludes most workers—and some in the labor movement are not happy. Until she got her first Pfizer shot on July 16, Cindy Cervantes toiled in the Seaboard Foods pork processing plant in Guymon, Oklahoma for most of the pandemic without a vaccine—working unprotected in an industry devastated by Covid-19 illnesses and deaths. “In one …
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From Carl’s Jr. to a gay club, Oregon workers suffered in the heat, this week in the war on workers
Workers suffered during recent heat waves around the country, and hitting the Pacific Northwest especially hard. We’ve talked about the need for heat protections for farmworkers, but they’re not the only ones. HuffPost’s Dave Jamieson looks at the heat complaints to Oregon OSHA, finding that restaurant workers were hit particularly hard. According to a complaint from a …
Historic heat wave highlights the need for farmworker protections
Summer heat is a danger for farmworkers every year, with heat deaths happening steadily. But with climate change and heat waves like the one that hit the Pacific Northwest in recent weeks becoming more frequent, the need for legal protections for farmworkers is becoming more urgent. At least one worker died during that heat wave. California farmworkers have a right to shade when …
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Black-owned distillery embraces its workers’ union, this week in the war on workers
When workers at Du Nord Craft Spirits decided to form a union, joining UNITE HERE Local 17, the company voluntarily recognized them without any delay and in fact publicized the occasion itself. Du Nord bills itself as the first Black-owned distillery in the United States. “The production staff of Du Nord Craft Spirits chose to form a union …
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Amazon makes tiny tweak to ‘time off task’ policy following report on high injury rates
Immediately following a report that Amazon’s workplace injury rates were significantly higher than those of its top rivals, the online retail giant announced a tweak to its notorious “time off task” metric, which workers and advocates say is responsible for the punishing pace that leads to many injuries. The Washington Post looked at Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) data and …
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