Meat Plant Closures, Absenteeism Rise With Workers’ Fear of Coronavirus, Lack of Safety April 15, 2020 By Tom Polansek and Rod Nickel CHICAGO/WINNIPEG, Manitoba — At a Wayne Farms chicken processing plant in Alabama, workers recently had to pay the company 10...
Cyber Criminals Increasingly Will Target Top Executives in Ransomware Attacks: Report April 14, 2020 Senior executives increasingly will be targeted by cyber criminals looking for ways to steal money from large corporations, according to...
Warehouse Workers Risk COVID-19 Shipping Knick-Knacks, Luxury Goods April 14, 2020 By Chris Kirkham, Reade Levinson and Nandita Bose As U.S. authorities ordered shutdowns of non-essential businesses to fight coronavirus, retailer Nordstrom Inc. closed hundreds of stores and gave...
P/C Insurance Is Industry Least Likely to Default Due to Coronavirus: S&P Credit Analysis April 13, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson Compared to others, the property/casualty insurance industry is weathering the coronavirus crisis rather well. The property/casualty insurance is the least-impacted...
How P/C Insurance Industry Can Maximize Its Response to Coronavirus: Crisis Manager April 13, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson “I’m shocked, just shocked that you’re suggesting that during a crisis that insurance companies might in fact be considered the...
Lessons on Trade-Offs From the 1918 Influenza Pandemic: Viewpoint April 9, 2020 By John Kemp LONDON — Lockdowns have brought most of the world’s advanced economies to a near standstill as policymakers fight the coronavirus...
Amazon Tests Hospital Workplace Safety Idea With Disinfectant Fog at Warehouse April 9, 2020 By Jeffrey Dastin Amazon.com Inc. is testing the use of disinfectant fog at a warehouse in Staten Island, New York starting on Tuesday,...
How Agencies Can Manage Employees Working from Home During Coronavirus Crisis April 8, 2020 By Amy O'Connor Millions of Americans are currently subject to shelter-in-place or stay-at-home orders as efforts to slow the spread of the current...
Van Gogh Theft Focuses Attention on Empty Museums’ Security During COVID-19 Crisis April 8, 2020 By Katya Kazakina, Tom Metcalf and Amanda Gordon The break-in lasted just minutes. At 3 a.m. on Monday, a thief — or thieves — forced open the glass...
Passenger Sues United Airlines Over Refusal to Refund Airfare Despite U.S. Order April 7, 2020 By Chris Dolmetsch United Airlines Holdings Inc. was sued by a passenger for refusing to issue refunds for canceled flights, three days after...