Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) - A new rule issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) will make transit workers safer, officials said. The first-of-its-kind rule establishes minimum standards for rail transit agencies […]

Labor Landscape Long Island, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – Seven current and former employees with the Long Island Rail Road have sued the transit agency over on-the-job attacks. The six conductors and one station cleaner filed suit […]

Kansas City, MO (WorkersCompensation.com) – A TV news reporter was struck by a candidate’s bullet Tuesday while covering a campaign event. KSHB reporter Ryan Gamboa was covering a shooting range event for Democrat Lucas Kunce […]

Survey data released this month by the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) unveils high levels of harassment and physical violence against reporters nationally.  The report notes that most of the staggering threats come when reporters […]

Case File Brooklyn, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In New York, when a workplace injury is caused by an employee’s intoxication, the injury may not be compensable under the Workers’ Compensation Act. A case involving an employee […]

Honolulu, HI (WorkersCompensation.com) – A 22-year-old Wendy’s employee is dead after being stabbed by a customer of the restaurant where he worked. Kashka Otto, of Honolulu, died after a confrontation with 60-year-old Reynaldo Cheney, officials […]

Beaumont, TX (WorkersCompensation.com) – A 36-year-old Texas construction worker is dead after falling some 70 feet, police said. His death was one of incidents where employees died in industrial accidents on the job over the […]

Can You Believe It? Tempe, AZ (WorkersCompensation.com) – The union representing workers at Wells Fargo is questioning how a dead employee went unnoticed for four days. Sixty-year-old Denise Prudhomme died while working for Wells Fargo […]