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Legislators Propose Bills to Address Employee Injury Due to Shoplifting
Legislators Propose Bills to Address Employee Injury Due to Shoplifting

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 […]
Flight Crew Members Injured in Approach to Atlanta, NTSB Says
Flight Crew Members Injured in Approach to Atlanta, NTSB Says

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 […]
Workers Die in Heat
Workers Die in Heat

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 […]
Dollar Tree, Family Dollar Agree to Pay $1.35 million in OSHA Fines
Dollar Tree, Family Dollar Agree to Pay $1.35 million in OSHA Fines

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 […]
Aviation Bill Would Provide Flight Attendants to Train for Self-defense at Airlines’ Expense
Aviation Bill Would Provide Flight Attendants to Train for Self-defense at Airlines’ Expense

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 […]
Washington L&I Cites Amazon for Unsafe Conditions
Washington L&I Cites Amazon for Unsafe Conditions

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 […]
Bus Driver Deaths, Injuries Pepper Back-to-School Weeks
Bus Driver Deaths, Injuries Pepper Back-to-School Weeks

Little Rock, AR (WorkersCompensation.com) – As children head back to school, the adults who drive them and protect them from drivers once again face hazards on the road. Over the past two weeks, several bus […]
U.S. Supreme Court Blocks Purdue Pharma Opioid Settlement
U.S. Supreme Court Blocks Purdue Pharma Opioid Settlement

Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) – Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked Purdue Pharma from going forward with its bankruptcy proceedings, a move President Joe Biden said would offer the Sackler family protections from opioid-related civil […]