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Hostess, the maker of Twinkies, faces a near $300,000 fine after a worker severed their fingertip on the job
Federal investigators said Hostess Brands failed to provide employees with proper training and that…
Charles R. Davis
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A Texas farm owned by one of the US' biggest potato growers paid over $1.3 million in back wages to workers after denying them overtime pay
Larsen Farms didn't pay overtime premiums to almost 500 warehouse workers, and also didn't properly…
Grace Dean
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A Florida security contractor fired a worker via Signal chat 10 minutes after they raised concerns about COVID-19 safety, lawsuit says
The US Department of Labor said Monday it's suing the company for violating the Occupational Safety…
Grace Dean
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Dollar General investors vote to probe worker safety, after years of employee complaints
Dollar General shareholders approved an audit of the company's safety policies and practices for wo…
Alex Bitter
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OSHA scraps its vaccine mandate for large employers after the Supreme Court dealt the requirement a mortal blow
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court blocked the mandate while challenges to its legality worked t…
Rebecca Cohen
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An employee died Wednesday at Tesla's factory hub in Fremont, California
The name and cause of death of the deceased employee has not yet been released. Cal-Occupational Sa…
Áine Cain
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2 lawyers arguing against Biden's vaccine mandate before the Supreme Court will have to do it remotely after testing positive for COVID-19
The Supreme Court on Friday is set to review challenges to the Biden administration's federal vacci…
Jake Epstein,Oma Seddiq
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OSHA will begin fining businesses that violate the federal vaccine mandate on January 10
The mandate requires that businesses with 100 or more employees ensure the workers are vaccinated a…
Connor Perrett
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Biden extends deadline for businesses to meet COVID-19 vaccine-or-test requirement
The Labor Department won't take any action on testing requirements until February 9, over a month a…
John L. Dorman
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OSHA is investigating the Amazon warehouse collapse where 6 workers were killed
The Occupational Health and Safety Administration can issue citations and fines if workplace safety…
Dominick Reuter
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Conservative Republicans are threatening a government shutdown in 2 days to nix funding for Biden's vaccine mandate — which isn't even in effect yet
Ted Cruz and Marjorie Taylor Greene are among the lawmakers who want to strip funding in a spending…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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Airline staffers won't have to be vaccinated before the holiday travel season - but tension and uncertainty remain in wake of extended vaccine deadline
Employment lawyers told Insider that airlines may jeopardize future government contracts if they do…
Thomas Pallini
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A worker's leg had to be amputated after he fell into an industrial blender, the labor department says
The 29-year-old temporary worker suffered "critical injuries" after getting caught in the blender's…
Grace Dean
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For employers, the devil will be in the details of Biden's new vaccine mandate, an employment law expert explains
"For the OSHA rule to be enforceable, employers need to be given time, and they're going to need cl…
Azmi Haroun
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Dollar General enters the retail 'labor hoarding' war with a $100 million investment to boost scheduled hours for employees
CEO Jeff Owen said hourly wages are up 23% over the past three years, and the focus is now on incre…
Dominick Reuter,Alex Bitter
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The GOP is threatening to sue over Biden's 'unconstitutional' vaccine mandate, but legal experts say it will likely fail
The RNC and some state governors said on Thursday they would sue the administration, but experts sa…
Marianne Guenot
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How OSHA, the agency tasked with enforcing Biden's vaccine mandate, works - and how it'll go about making companies with more than 100 employees require vaccines
If OSHA were to inspect every workplace under its jurisdiction, it would take 129 years to complete…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Some Republicans urge companies to 'openly rebel' against a new OSHA rule requiring large employers to mandate workers get vaccinated or face weekly testing
Biden announced on a new rule on Thursday requiring large employers to mandate that their workers b…
Bryan Metzger
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Viral TikTok of Lowe's employee screaming for help prompts debate among current and former workers about safety training at the home-improvement chain
Some Lowe's workers applaud the company's safety-training practices; others say they get "lost in t…
Ben Tobin
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Dollar General's stores are so overrun with merchandise that fire marshals are closing them
Dollar General stores in Virginia and North Carolina were forced to temporarily close because store…