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COVID Underscores Lack of Whistleblower Protections
Originally posted on Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts. Inside a partially completed Amazon warehouse here, workers last summer walked on conveyor belts four stories high without ...
Supreme Court Halts OSHA Vaccine/Test Mandate; Allows Rule on Health Workers
A divided U.S. Supreme Court blocked the centerpiece of President Joe Biden's push to get more people vaccinated amid a COVID-19 surge, rejecting an Occupational Safety and Health Administration rule ...
U.S. Govt. Wants Appeals Court to Immediately Lift Stay on COVID Workplace Vaccine Rule
The U.S. government asked a federal appeals court to immediately lift a court-ordered stay on a sweeping workplace COVID-19 vaccine rule to avoid "enormous" harm to public health, or alternatively to ...
OSHA Urges Employers to Make Fully Vaccinated Workers Wear Masks
The U.S. agency that regulates workplace safety issued guidance on Friday urging employers to require many fully vaccinated workers to wear masks to protect unvaccinated colleagues and customers, ...
Federal Judge Dismisses Amazon Warehouse Workers’ COVID-19 Safety Lawsuit
A federal judge dismissed New York warehouse workers' lawsuit against Amazon, ruling that their allegations about the company's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic should have been brought to the ...
Amazon Warehouse Workers Injured More than Industry Average: Report
Amasdfdfdfdfdfcompany's progress. But internal data revealed that not only did Amazon fail to meet its own targets, but that the injury rate ticked up. Amazon told workers the robots would make their ...
Employer Cash Flow Affects Workplace Safety: Study
More than 3.5 million workplace injuries and illnesses occur each year in the United States, costing an estimated $250 billion annually. It turns out employer cash flow affects whether those costs go ...
Industry Groups Vow to Fight New OSHA Rule for Silica Exposure Limits
Capping a decades-long effort, U.S. workplace regulators on Thursday announced a final rule to boost protections against occupational exposure to crystalline silica, a carcinogenic dust ubiquitous in ...