State regulators in New York will soon draft rules that will require employers to protect workers from airborne infectious disease. A new state law tasks state labor and health officials with coming up with minimum workplace standards around things like …
Connecticut officials on Monday proposed an additional $280 million in funding for nursing homes in an effort to avoid strikes by nearly 4,000 health workers that are set to begin Friday if negotiations fail. Democratic Governor Ned Lamont’s budget director, …
A former Amazon warehouse worker has filed a complaint with the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment against Amazon over its COVID-19 policies and allegations that her firing was retaliatory. Linda Rodriguez alleged in her complaint filed last week that …
The U.S. auto insurance market experienced market disruption due to pandemic-related shopping volatility, an uptick in dangerous driving, policy renewal delays and fewer claims. But by the end of 2020, shopping volumes closed 5.3% higher than in 2019 and net …
LONDON – When much of the global economy locked down last year, insurers, facing estimated losses of more than $100 billion globally, reached straight for their red pens to strike pandemic cover from all new business policies. Denis Kessler, chairman …
A group of businesses has filed a lawsuit against Oregon Gov. Kate Brown over her recent extension of Oregon’s state of emergency because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Brown last week extended the state of emergency by 60 days, giving her …
Employers who require COVID-19 tests for applicants or workers would be required to pay for them under a bill heard by a New Hampshire House committee Wednesday. The bill would prohibit employers from requiring that an employee or job applicant …
Hispanic Americans have died of Covid-19 at a disproportionately high rate compared to whites because of workplace exposure to the virus, a new study suggests. Hispanics are over-represented among workers in essential industries and occupations ranging from warehousing and grocery …
COVID-19 may drive market corrections and insolvencies that could impact financial institutions’ balance sheets, increase exposures for directors and result in litigation. However, financial institutions are also facing many other risks in the areas of cyber, climate, compliance and corporate …
Employees of a vendor paid to conduct COVID-19 contact tracing in Pennsylvania may have compromised the private information of at least 72,000 people, including their exposure status and their sexual orientation, the state Health Department said. Workers at Atlanta-based Insight …
