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Delta to Reinstate Privileges to Mask Violators, Keep Ban on Violent Passengers
Delta to Reinstate Privileges to Mask Violators, Keep Ban on Violent Passengers

Atlanta, GA (WorkersCompensation.com) – Passengers who violated mask mandates on Delta Air Lines could see their flight privileges reinstated, the company said Wednesday.   The move comes as a federal judge struck down a Center for […]
Judge Overturns Mask Mandate on Planes; Biden Administration Says it will Appeal
Judge Overturns Mask Mandate on Planes; Biden Administration Says it will Appeal

Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) – The administration of President Joe Biden said it will appeal a decision by a federal judge in Florida that struck down the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) extension of […]
Transportation Worker Unions Call for More Protections, Banned Passenger List
Transportation Worker Unions Call for More Protections, Banned Passenger List

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – Transportation workers’ unions are applauding changes in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) that will provide them with more protections, but some would still like to see national banned […]
FAA Levies Largest Fine to Date, as Congressmen Push for End to Mask Mandates
FAA Levies Largest Fine to Date, as Congressmen Push for End to Mask Mandates

Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) – The Federal Aviation Administration levied its largest fines ever, nearly $160,000, against two women arrested as “unruly passengers” in 2021.  The proposed fines are just the latest in an estimated $2 […]
DeFazio, Payne Urge FRA to Minimize Worker Fatigue
DeFazio, Payne Urge FRA to Minimize Worker Fatigue

Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) – U.S. Reps. Peter DeFazio, D-Or., and Donald Payne, D-N.J., are urging the Federal Railroad Administration to finalize decades late final rule on fatigue risk management, citing the need to reduce railroad […]
Employees Killed, Injured in Attacks by Co-workers
Employees Killed, Injured in Attacks by Co-workers

Philadelphia, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) – Three men are dead, and others injured after being attacked by their co-workers in separate incidents during the end of March.    Last Wednesday, police in Philadelphia reported that a man stabbed […]
Transit Company Denies Comp to Bus Driver Attacked at Work
Transit Company Denies Comp to Bus Driver Attacked at Work

Richmond, VA (WorkersCompensation.com) – A transit company in Virginia has apologized for suspending a bus driver after he was attacked on the job, but they say they’re still denying his workers’ compensation claim.  Greater Richmond […]
Legal Pot Shop Workers Face Added Dangers Due to Banking Issues
Legal Pot Shop Workers Face Added Dangers Due to Banking Issues

Tacoma, WA (WorkersCompensation.com) – The latest in a string of violence toward legal pot shop employees has left one worker dead.  Officials say the nature of pot shops – as cash only businesses – are […]