EEOC Brings Disability Discrimination Lawsuit against KobeWieland
In a press release on August 17, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) stated that it was bringing a disability discrimination lawsuit against KobeWieland Copper Products. The claim...
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OSHA Files Suit Against Goodman for Misreporting Worker Injuries
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently charged Goodman Manufacturing Company a total of eighty-three citations for willfully failing to document, or...
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OSHA’s Interim Final Rules To Further Protect Workers’ Rights
This month the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration published final regulations to protect workers who voice misgivings about on-the-job safety, health and security....
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Experts Debate Washington Governor’s Workers’ Comp Proposals
As states face major budget shortfalls across the country, many state officials are proposing sweeping changes to established programs that directly affect workers and unions. Many of these proposals...
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Tucson Shooting Forces Discussion of Workers’ Comp Equality
By now the media has shifted its focus on to the uprising in Egypt and the Grammy Music Awards, but the tragic shooting of Representative Gabrielle Giffords and several others in Tucson continues to...
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Workers’ Comp Backlash? Sled Dog Scandal Provokes Discussion of Worker Rights
The now notorious slaughter of 100 sled dogs in Whistler last year has provoked a number of discussions focusing on animal cruelty and welfare. A worker received workers’ compensation benefits when he...
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Washington Workplace Bullying Legislation: An Expansion of Workers’...
Washington Legislators are taking another look at a little known aspect of unfair labor practices: workplace bullying. As unemployment soars and few jobs are being created, tensions in the workplace...
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Does Pro-Business Mean Anti-Labor? Labor & Industries in Oklahoma
As the Labor struggle in Wisconsin makes clear, the current recession has provided impetus for those Anti-Labor forces who want to quash collective rights won over years of labor rights struggles. And...
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Immigration and Worker’s Compensation: How will Labor & Industries Respond?
Although recent reports suggestthat the stream of immigration from latin and south american countries has decreased significantly, some political forces want to continue to draw attention to any...
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Labor Department Cracks Down on Businesses for Wage Theft
In a September 19 press release, the Labor Department announced that it has launched an aggressive new campaign to share information among nearly a dozen states and the IRS to identify and prosecute...
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