Trump Administration Defends Workplace Safety Record During Coronavirus Crisis May 1, 2020 By Daniel Wiessner and Tom Hals U.S. Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia on Thursday defended his department’s handling of workplace safety during the coronavirus pandemic, saying “the...
Consumer Groups Oppose Immunity for Businesses From Coronavirus Lawsuits April 30, 2020 By Tom Hals and Alison Frankel U.S. consumer advocates are urging Congress to resist growing demands by companies for protections from coronavirus-related lawsuits as states start...
Unions Push Back on Trump Plan to Order Meat Processing Plants to Stay Open April 29, 2020 By Jeff Mason and Tom Polansek President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered meat-processing plants to stay open to protect the food supply in the United States,...
U.S. Issues New Coronavirus Safety Guidance for Meat, Poultry Plants April 27, 2020 By Jan Wolfe The U.S. Labor Department issued new guidelines on Sunday for U.S. meatpacking and meat-processing plants that have seen a rash...
Get Too Close, Get Buzzed. Ford Tests Wearables to Keep Workers at Safe Distances. April 17, 2020 By Keith Naughton A dozen Ford Motor Co. workers are experimenting with wearable social-distancing devices that could be deployed more widely once the...
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...
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...
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...
How Shaming Works to Improve Workplace Safety: Viewpoint March 10, 2020 By Cass R. Sunstein, Bloomberg View Can a press release save lives? No doubt about it. At least if it comes from the Occupational Safety and...
Bill to Make Healthcare Facilities Safer Places to Work Passes Oklahoma Senate March 5, 2020 The Oklahoma Senate has passed legislation that strengthens laws related to workplace safety in hospitals and other healthcare facilities. Senate...