BP Closing the Door on Worker Injury Reports
The Guardian news outlet in the UK reports that oil giant BP is planning to close its Office of the Ombudsman and will no longer take complaints from injured workers after June of 2011. Employees at...
View ArticleNon-Profit Asks OSHA to Regulate Resident Physician Work Hours, Cites Safety...
Resident physicians are subjected to working intensely long hours as they train to become doctors. In the United States, they are permitted to work 80 hours a week, with 30 hours as the maximum...
View ArticleIs Limiting Attorney Fees in Florida Workers’ Compensation Cases Constitutional?
The long-running debate about whether an injured worker should have equal access to the courts to right a wrong may head back to the Florida Supreme Court. The issue is whether or not attorneys’ fees...
View ArticleOn Workers Memorial Day, OSHA Honors Workers Killed On-the-Job
You may not have noticed that Thursday, April 28 was Workers Memorial Day, a day to remember workers who have died on the job. It’s estimated more than 4,000 workers were killed at work last year and a...
View ArticleACLU Sues Florida Governor Scott Over State Worker Drug Testing
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Florida announced on Wednesday, June 1, that it plans to file a lawsuit to block an order by Gov. Rick Scott requiring state workers take a drug test. The...
View ArticleFinancial Changes Forcing Florida Teachers to Leave Jobs, Retire Early
Teachers in Hillsborough County are fleeing their chosen profession at an alarming rate, reports TampaBay.com due to the financial changes imposed following the 2011 Florida legislative session and...
View ArticleFlorida Fifth Worst in the Nation for Jobs
Florida’s Governor Rick Scott is taking whatever good news he can get out of the latest job numbers in the state. Florida was ahead of the rest of the states by adding more than 23,000 jobs in August...
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