Workplace safety
Of job holders in the United States, 58% the equivalent of 92 million people say they can work remotely at least part of the time
With more people working from home, workers compensation has become a 24-hour exposure for employers, some experts say.
With more people working from home, workers compensation has become a 24-hour exposure for employers, some experts say.
An Oregon State University study found an association with increasing temperatures and increased rates of injury claims that were more pronounced among workers in the agricultural and construction sectors.
An Oregon State University study found an association with increasing temperatures and increased rates of injury claims that were more pronounced among workers in the agricultural and construction sectors.
The Department of Industrial Relations Division of Workers Compensation and its Anti-Fraud Unit suspended 178 medical providers during the first eight months of 2022.
The Department of Industrial Relations Division of Workers Compensation and its Anti-Fraud Unit suspended 178 medical providers during the first eight months of 2022.
An appeals court in Texas on Wednesday ruled that a military contractor must prove a worker was an employee to avoid a substantial jury award over negligence stemming from a workplace accident in 2016.
A Florida company was sentenced in federal court on a criminal charge related to an explosion at a coal-fired power plant in 2017 that caused the death of five workers.
A Florida company was sentenced in federal court on a criminal charge related to an explosion at a coal-fired power plant in 2017 that caused the death of five workers.
A roofing and siding contractor with a history of safety violations faces $1.3 million in penalties after the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigated a fatal fall the second in three years involving a company employee.
A roofing and siding contractor with a history of safety violations faces $1.3 million in penalties after the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigated a fatal fall the second in three years involving a company employee.
A bill that would give more workers a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is job-related is up for a third and final vote in the California Assembly after spending the last year on the lower chambers inactive file.
A bill that would give more workers a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is job-related is up for a third and final vote in the California Assembly after spending the last year on the lower chambers inactive file.
A Florida appellate court on Wednesday overturned a denial of benefits to a sheriffs deputy for heart disease, finding his failure to follow a course of treatment for conditions that were risk factors did not override the statutory presumption that his ailment was work-related.
A Florida appellate court on Wednesday overturned a denial of benefits to a sheriffs deputy for heart disease, finding his failure to follow a course of treatment for conditions that were risk factors did not override the statutory presumption that his ailment was work-related.
A federal judge in Maine on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit filed by a group of health care workers in Maine who said they were unfairly discriminated against for being forced to get the COVID-19 vaccine requirement or lose their jobs.
A federal judge in Maine on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit filed by a group of health care workers in Maine who said they were unfairly discriminated against for being forced to get the COVID-19 vaccine requirement or lose their jobs.
A California appellate court on Tuesday ruled that a legal doctrine barred an effort by the parents of a construction worker to pursue a wrongful death claim against a general contractor that had hired their sons employer to clean out a sump pump.
The California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board is set to meet Sept. 15 to hear public comments on extending the states COVID-19 workplace safety standard, put in place in 2020 and set to expire Dec. 31.
The California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board is set to meet Sept. 15 to hear public comments on extending the states COVID-19 workplace safety standard, put in place in 2020 and set to expire Dec. 31.
A California appellate court on Tuesday ruled that a legal doctrine barred an effort by the parents of a construction worker to pursue a wrongful death claim against a general contractor that had hired their sons employer to clean out a sump pump.
Michigan lawmakers may add former firefighters as qualified recipients for benefits under the states 2014 firefighter cancer presumption law, less than one year after lawmakers made volunteer firefighters eligible.