Syracuse,NY ( WorkersCompensation.com)  – On Nov. 29, 2021, a supervisor at McDowell and Walker Inc. – a manufacturer and supplier of grains, feeds and other agricultural products – told an untrained employee to enter a […]

Boston, MA (WorkersCompensation.com) – An employer may be able to defeat a failure to accommodate claim by highlighting the disconnect between an employee’s disability and the accommodations she sought.  That’s what occurred in Desai v. University […]

 posted on the slaughter of kids and Black Americans a couple weeks ago; David Vittoria, Carisk’s Chief Behavioral Health Officer sent this in as a comment  – it is well worth your time. (lightly edited; highlights are mine. Carisk […]

Swainsboro,GA ( WorkersCompensation.com)  – A Swainsboro pillow manufacturer whose history of safety and health violations includes three different incidents related to workers suffering amputation injuries is once again the focus of a federal workplace safety […]

Gainesville,GA (WorkersCompensation.com) - Larry Steven Grogan has been charged by a federal grand jury with the murder of U.S. Postal Service mail carrier Asa Wood, Jr. In connection to the murder, Grogan is also charged […]

Oakland, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) – New data from the California Workers’ Compensation Institute (CWCI) shows the types of drugs used to treat injured workers in California, and the distribution of payments for those medications, has shifted […]

Springfield,IL ( WorkersCompensation.com) – The Illinois Department of Labor’s (IDOL) Division of Occupational Safety and Health released its report following the investigation of an apartment fire that left three firefighters seriously injured. The report aims […]

Park Ridge,IL ( WorkersCompensation.com)  — The American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) welcomes Doug Parker, assistant secretary of labor for occupational safety and health, to a special general session at Safety 2022 in Chicago. Parker […]