Employers May Exclude Payroll to Employees Not Working for Workers’ Comp: NCCI April 20, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson Businesses that have suspended operations due to COVID-19 but continue to pay employees who are at home but not working...
Businesses Fear Lawsuits from Sick Employees, Patrons After Reopening April 20, 2020 By Erik Larson, Edvard Pettersson and Christopher Yasiejko Whenever U.S. stores, restaurants and theaters reopen from coronavirus shutdowns, they may face an unexpected problem: lawsuits from sick patrons...
Florida Directs Workers’ Comp Insurers to Comply with COVID-19 Treatment Order April 20, 2020 The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has issued an informational memorandum to all insurers and entities authorized to write workers’...
South Dakota COVID-19 Cases at Meat Plant Top 1,000; One Worker Dies April 17, 2020 The number of people testing positive for the coronavirus in South Dakota has surpassed 1,100 and more than half of...
Coronavirus Confirmed on Offshore Oil Platforms in Gulf April 17, 2020 The new coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has been confirmed in more than two dozen people working on oil platforms in...
Tyson Foods: 2 Iowa Pork Plant Employees Dead After Virus Outbreak April 17, 2020 By Ryan J. Foley and David Pitt Two employees have died following a coronavirus outbreak that has sickened scores of Tyson Foods workers at a large pork...
Regulator: Thousands of Oil Wells Idled in North Dakota April 16, 2020 A top state oil regulator estimates that North Dakota producers have idled thousands of wells — amounting to more than...
OSHA Inspectors to Prioritize Health Facilities Over Other Sites During Coronavirus Crisis April 15, 2020 By Daniel Wiessner The U.S. agency that enforces workplace safety laws has said it will prioritize work site inspections of healthcare facilities over...
Iowa Beef Plant Suspends Operations Due to Worker Virus Infections April 15, 2020 A beef processing plant in one of Iowa’s coronavirus hot spots has suspended production after several workers have become infected....
Smithfield’s South Dakota Pork Plant Closed After 100s Test Positive for Virus April 14, 2020 Virginia-based Smithfield Foods announced Sunday that it is closing its pork processing plant in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, until further...