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North Carolina Labor Chief Faces Backlash Over Response to New COVID Rules

North Carolina worker and civil rights advocates are unhappy with the outgoing state labor commissioner’s refusal to put more regulations upon employers they say will protect employees from COVID-19. Representatives of the groups that petitioned Commissioner Cherie Berry unsuccessfully this …

Questions Arise Over Reporting of North Carolina Workplace Deaths

North Carolina authorities have praised a sharp decline in workplace deaths over the past few years, but what Labor Commissioner Cherie Berry hasn’t said is the state changed the criteria for the deaths it reports. Berry reported just 23 deaths …