Illinois Overhauls Child Labor Law, Expands Protection for Minors
Illinois is overhauling its child labor law and providing more labor protections for minors, under a bill that will mostly go into effect on Jan. 1, 2025.
Illinois is overhauling its child labor law and providing more labor protections for minors, under a bill that will mostly go into effect on Jan. 1, 2025.
US Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch said Americans are getting “whacked” by too many laws.
Mosaic Co. has had “serious” safety incidents and is trying to improve the fertilizer company’s safety culture for its workers, CEO says on earnings call.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz brings to the Democratic ticket some wins on labor-policy priorities such as paid family leave and workplace safety laws, eliciting praise from labor unions and consternation from business groups.
Picking the right court has never been more key to challenging agency rules, thanks to a pair of Supreme Court rulings. For a preview of how a forum shopping strategy will play out post-Loper Bright and Corner Post, the US Chamber of Commerce’s shift to Texas from the D.C. Circuit is instructive.
Dozens of Filipino nurses are fighting to extricate themselves from employment contracts proffered by international hospital staffing agencies. They are battling training repayment agreements and provisions (sometimes called TRAPs by regulatory agencies) dating back to 2019.
The Fifth Circuit Tuesday certified a question to Texas’ highest court on whether a plaintiff can recover in the state on a negligent undertaking claim where the plaintiff couldn’t bring a premises liability case.
There are more ways that certain plastic chemicals may get into people’s bodies and harm children than the EPA has recognized in a draft analysis, according to scientists advising the agency.
A Texas contractor has been cited with four violations of federal safety standards after a trench collapsed and killed an employee, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced Thursday.
A railroad engineer can keep his $11.6 million verdict against his former employer for injuries sustained after his cab overheated because of a faulty air conditioning unit, after a federal appeals court ruled that the case properly went to trial.
As employers are making plans to return to their workplaces. How quickly they succeed will likely depend on how many of their employees get vaccinated.
Employer contests a four-item serious citation in 11 parts and $53,976 fine. The serious citation includes the alleged violation of 29.C.F.R. 1910.134(c)(1), for failure to establish and implement a written respiratory protection program with worksite-specific procedures; 29.C.F.R. 1910.134(e)(1), for failure to provide a medical evaluation to determine an employee’s ability to use a respirator before the employee was required to use the respirator in the workplace; and 29.C.F.R. 1910.134(f)(2), for failure to ensure that an employee using a tight-fitting face-piece respirator was fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator. (20-0329)
Employer contests a three-item serious citation and $6,998 fine and a repeat citation and $8,906 fine. The serious citation includes the alleged violation of 29.C.F.R. 1926.102(a)(1), for failure to ensure that eye and face protective equipment was used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury; 29.C.F.R. 1926.1053(b)(1), for failure to secure portable ladders used to access an upper landing surface against displacement; and 29.C.F.R. 1926.1053(b)(13), for failure to ensure that the top step of a stepladder was not used as a step. (20-0330)
Employer contests a two-item serious citation and $12,337 fine and a two-item other-than-serious citation with no fine. The serious citation includes the alleged violation of 29.C.F.R. 1910.36(d)(1), for failure to ensure that employees were able to open exit route doors from the inside at all times without keys, tools, or special knowledge; and 29.C.F.R. 1910.178(l)(4)(iii), for failure to conduct an evaluation of each powered industrial truck operator performance at least once every three years. The other-than-serious citation includes the alleged violation of 29.C.F.R. 1910.157(e)(3), for failure to perform annual maintenance checks on fire extinguishers. (20-0317)
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