After suffering severe injuries in an on-the-job all-terrain vehicle (ATV) accident, a Nebraska man is suing his employer and a staffing agency in an attempt…
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently cited Design Roofing LLC for failing to adequately protect their employees at residential construction sites in Scott…
Approximately 8,900,000 U.S. employees (six percent of the workforce) sustain workplace injuries and illnesses each year, according to data compiled by the National Safety Council…
Thinking you can save a few bucks by settling your workers comp case without a lawyer? Buyer beware! The North Carolina Court of Appeals reminds…
Despite efforts to better protect the health of coal miners, recent scientific evidence shows that “black lung disease” is on the rise. Researchers from the…
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Texas had the highest number of fatal work accidents in the U.S. in 2016, and of the 545 reported, many occurred in the construction industry,…
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recently published a new study in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine. According to the study,…
On April 26, 2018, the AFL-CIO released their annual report on the state of safety and health protections for America’s worker. Entitled “Death on the…
After the $7.8 billion settlement with BP for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill concluded, some plaintiffs found out too late that they had to pay…
In a shocking blow to workers' rights across the United States, including those involved in the #MeToo movement, the U.S. Supreme Court held on May 21, 2018 that individual employees can be forced to use arbitration instead of the courts to bring wage and hour cases.
