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Louisiana Supreme Court Upholds Employer COVID Vaccine Mandate
Jan 10 2022 // The Louisiana Supreme Court on Jan. 7 unanimously upheld a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for the state’s largest healthcare system. The ruling was handed down the same day that the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments about...
New York City Sued by Business Over Workplace Vaccine Rule
Jan 10 2022 // A lawsuit has been filed in federal court challenging New York City’s sweeping mandate requiring nearly all private-sector businesses to ban unvaccinated employees from the workplace, asserting that the city’s...
Safety Council Finds Employer Vaccine Mandates Boost Worker Vaccination Rate 20%
Jan 7 2022 // The National Safety Council (NSC) released survey findings showing that employer vaccine requirements are driving higher vaccination rates among workers. According to the survey, employer vaccine requirement led to a 20%...
People Moves: Coalition in California Adds Livingstone; LP Names Cooper to Commercial Insurance Team
Jan 6 2022 // San Francisco, California-based Coalition named Jennifer Livingstone head of strategic agency management. Livingstone has more than 25 years of leadership experience in broker management, business development, marketing,...
How to Create a Hybrid Workplace and Office Culture
Jan 4 2022 // Businesses figured out how to work remotely on the fly when COVID-19 rapidly disrupted their ways of working. Those planning to adopt a hybrid work model when they return to the office still have time to prepare. But...
Massachusetts Care Facility Employers Fail to Comply With OSHA Subpoena
Dec 29 2021 // An October 21, 2021, decision by the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts ordered UHS of Fuller Inc. and UHS of Delaware Inc. to pay the U.S. Department of Labor $30, 515.63 in attorneys’ fees after...
Employers and Employees: How to Avoid a Burnout Crisis
Dec 28 2021 // In a more typical time, burnout is an exception. In the era of COVID, it almost feels like the norm. According to Jennifer Moss, organizations should take a hard look in the mirror for fostering cultures of overwork that...
Workplace Fatalities Fell 10.7% During Pandemic in 2020 But Severe Illness Cases Rose
Dec 27 2021 // During the pandemic, worker deaths decreased by 10.7% in 2020 compared to 2019, with 4,764 fatal workplace injuries, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics in its annual report on workplace fatalities for 2020. This...
Kansas Contractor Faces $223K in Penalties for Unsafe Workplace Exposures
Dec 22 2021 // A Kansas contractor faces $223,000 in penalties after a U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration found that the company exposes its workers to asbestos and other workplace hazards. The OSHA...
Arkansas Flooring Manufacturer Faces $204K in Proposed Fines for Unsafe Workplace
Dec 20 2021 // A knot saw operator suffered a partial amputation of an index finger in June 2021 when his hand came in contact with a rotating blade that lacked adequate machine guarding. A few weeks earlier, a similar saw at the Maxwell...
Vaccinated California Employees Face Workplace Restrictions
Dec 20 2021 // In a move criticized by business groups and hailed by labor advocates, California’s workplace regulators extended the state’s coronavirus pandemic regulations into next year with revisions that employers said...
Are Too Many Comp Claims Being Opposed? Some Major Employers Think So
Dec 20 2021 // Employers may be warming up to the idea that fighting some workers’ compensation claims and medical treatments can be counterproductive, and new emphasis should be placed on keeping injured workers happy — and...
Court OKs Biden Covid Vaccine Mandate for Employers; Supreme Court Appeal Likely
Dec 19 2021 // A federal appeals court panel on Friday allowed President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for larger private employers to move ahead, reversing a previous decision on a requirement that could affect some 84...
Update: After Latest Court Ruling, Must Employers Follow Biden’s Vaccine Mandates?
Dec 19 2021 // Tens of millions of workers across the U.S. are in limbo as federal courts have issued different rulings related to President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates for larger private companies, certain health care...
People Moves: Aon Recruits WTW’s James as Chief Broking Officer, Commercial Risk UK; Allianz’ Strong to WTW as Head of Environmental; AGCS Promotes Yee for TMT
Dec 17 2021 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Aon, Willis Towers Watson and Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS). A summary of these new hires follows here. Aon Recruits James from WTW as...
Fox Point Expands E&O Liability Program for Small Business Risks
Dec 16 2021 // Fox Point Programs is expanding its professional liability insurance offerings for small businesses in more than 2,000 professional categories through the introduction of its FoxPro Defender series errors and omissions...
Former Montana Mine Official Pleads Guilty to Workplace Accident Coverups
Dec 14 2021 // A former official for a central Montana coal mine plead guilty to conspiring with others to not make required reports about workplace accidents that injured employees, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Montana...
‘Catch-Up Care’ Helps Explain Rise in Employers’ Health Insurance Costs: Mercer
Dec 14 2021 // Health insurance costs for employers rose the most in over a decade this year as Americans resumed non-urgent procedures delayed earlier due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a survey published on Monday. The survey...
Are Too Many Comp Claims Being Opposed? Some Major Employers Think So
Dec 14 2021 // Employers may be warming up to the idea that fighting some workers’ compensation claims and medical treatments can be counterproductive, and new emphasis should be placed on keeping injured workers happy – and out...
Charles Taylor Accelerates Growth Course in the US as it Launches New Business Lines, Acquisitions and Attracts Top-Tier Talent
Dec 7 2021 // Achieving Rapid Growth in the US Since Rolling Out National Expansion Strategy NEW YORK, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 7, 2021 – Charles Taylor Adjusting and Technical Services, a leading global loss adjusting business, today...
