Rincon, GA (WorkersCompensation.com) – A Lowe’s employee, fired after being attacked by three shoplifters, has been rehired as the last suspect in the incident has been arrested.   According to the Rincon, Ga., Police Department Takyah […]

Tampa, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – A former NFL wide receiver is one of several employees who were injured or killed in industrial accidents across the country over the past two weeks.   Officials said former Tampa Bay […]

Sacramento, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) – As retailers grapple with how to protect employees from shoplifters, legislators are working on bill that would protect workers from workplace violence due to theft. Legislators in the California Assembly nixed […]

Atlanta, GA (WorkersCompensation.com) – The National Transportation Safety Board said it is looking into what have caused the turbulence that sent four crew members and several passengers to the hospital on August 28. The Delta […]

Farmersville, TX (WorkersCompensation.com) – A UPS driver and a Kroger warehouse worker are the latest casualties in American workers’ long, hot summer. In Farmersville, Texas, a UPS driver is dead after telling his supervisors he […]

Chesapeake, VA (WorkersCompensation.com) – Chesapeake, Va.-based Dollar Tree Inc. and its subsidiary Family Dollar will pay a $1.35 million fine and make operational changes as part of its settlement with the U.S. Department of Labor’s […]

Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) – A provision of one of the Aviation Reauthorization bills pending in Congress would provide flight attendants with training to protect themselves from attacks. While attacks on flight attendants have increased since […]

Tacoma, WA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries has cited an Amazon fulfillment center in Spokane for unsafe working conditions. The online retailer faces $85,800 in fines for “knowingly putting workers […]