BNSF Signs Anonymous Federal Safety Hotline for Workers May 1, 2024 By Josh Funk OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — BNSF will become the second major freight railroad to allow some of its employees to report...
Price or Safety? Priorities Change for Small Businesses After a Workers Comp Claim April 26, 2024 Previous workers’ compensation claims can present an opportunity for agents serving small-business clients. The Hanover’s “2024 Small Business Risk Report:...
Workers’ Comp Apportion Evals Must be Well-Reasoned, WV Supreme Court Says April 24, 2024 By William Rabb West Virginia law, like statutes in a number of states, allows employers to try and apportion contributions to a worker’s...
TN VW Employees Vote Overwhelmingly to Join United Auto Workers Union April 22, 2024 By Kristin Hall and Tom Krisher CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Employees at a Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, overwhelmingly voted to join the United Auto Workers...
Once Praised, Settlement to Help BP Oil Spill Workers Leaves Most With Nearly Nothing April 22, 2024 By Travis Loller and Michael Phillis When a deadly explosion destroyed BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, 134 million gallons of crude...
DeSantis Signs Bill Barring Local Worker Heat Protection Measures April 12, 2024 Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis this week signed into law a prohibition on local governments requiring worker protections from heat exposure,...
SC High Court Strikes ‘Troubling’ Denial of Comp Claim, Says Can’t Be Based on Stats April 12, 2024 By William Rabb An employer cannot use an ergonomics report, showing that a work injury is statistically unlikely, to deny a workers’ compensation...
Federal Investigation Begins into Fatal Crane Collapse in Fort Lauderdale April 9, 2024 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Federal job safety officials began their investigation Friday into the collapse of a crane in...
Violence Against Nurses Climbed 5% Last Year, Report Shows April 9, 2024 Reported assaults on nurses jumped 5% across the United States in 2023, according to a new report, raising questions for...
South Florida Crane Collapse Kills 1 Worker, Injuries People on Bridge April 5, 2024 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports A construction worker was killed and three other people were injured when a crane section fell onto a bridge in...