There were plenty of questions after Yahoo announced its ban on employee telecommuting – some panned the decision as an affront to workers (particularly female employees) while others noted…
Internet giant Yahoo's new policy banning telecommuting is drawing fire and getting backlash across the web. Some are calling Yahoo's CEO, Marissa Mayer a hypocrite and charging that…
According to the Phildelphia Inquier, a A 50-year-old worker died after he fell into a sugar hopper Monday afternoon at an industrial plant in Bucks County, PA. Janio Salinas Valerda, of…
The University of Pennsylvania Health System has announced that beginning this July, it will no longer hire anyone who is a smoker or other tobacco user. The new policy is being to improve…
Power lines pose a serious danger to anyone working with or around construction equipment such as scaffolds, cranes, hoists, conveyors, and ladders. Accidentally coming into contact with…
A joint investigation by ProPublica and PBS' Frontline dug up a corporate culture of rampant neglect, workplace recklessness, shoddy planning, and, well, death. – Sam Biddle at…
Will Kraus is my state senator. I voted for Sen. Kraus in his contested primary where he defeated an incumbent who staunchly opposed justice issues. Writing as a constituent, I am deeply…
I read an article in The Texas Tribune about a doctor of Indian descent who filed a discrimination lawsuit against Citizens Medical Center located in Victoria, Texas. The doctor who filed the…
The arm of a 170-foot crane broke in half Tuesday, killing one and injuring four others at a subway construction site in Manhattan, N.Y. The New Times identified the dead construction worker…
Barberton subcontractor Russell Hirschfelt, 49, died Tuesday after being crushed between a backhoe and a stack of concrete slabs. The Lockhart Concrete construction worker was walking between the…
According to an AP report, BP and other companies involved have filed numerous motions to block the testimony of two expert witnesses in the trial over Deepwater Horizon explosion of April…
On January 11, 2012, Sen. Carroll and Rep. Fischer introduced SB 12-003 – Concerning the use of consumer credit information by employers. This proposed law would establish the purposes for…
