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A fruit grower and processor outside Yakima, Washington is the latest agricultural company in the state to face steep fines for ignoring COVID-19 workplace safety and health rules multiple t...
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Washington state investigators have handed out a growing number of hefty fines to businesses violating COVID-19 safety rules designed to protect employees and customers. But none of them eve...
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As Washington enters a statewide lockdown on Nov. 17 to curb a record spike in coronavirus cases, employers will face new restrictions and come under extra scrutiny to ensure that workers...
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Workers who were exposed to toxic substances at the Hanford Nuclear Site in central Washington state may finally have a clearer path to workers’ compensation benefits, if newly proposed fede...
While the evolving set of state and federal worker safety guidelines and recommendations during the COVID-19 pandemic are not legally enforceable, the consequences of not following them in some cases are likely to be settled in court.
At least six workers in a Long Island, New York, warehouse have ...
The Tyson Fresh Meats plant in Wallula, WA. (Greg Lehman / Walla Walla Union-Bulletin).
For some essential workers, the flurry of government guidelines being issued to protect them against COVID-19 weren't implemented in time to prevent workplace outbreaks.
That’s the case at the Tyson Fresh...
When was the last time someone at work complained about getting "too much sleep?" We know the answer to that one: never. Over the past decade Fast Company has posted thousands of articles on every topic about productivity. The one issue that comes up more than any other is sleep. In fact, it lie...
AR-15s don’t mesh with a dating app that prides itself on being “rooted in kindness and respect.” In the aftermath of the Parkland shooting that left 17 students and teachers dead, Bumble released a statement that it will no longer permit members to post any photos featuring guns or other...
Goldman Sachs just issued an office policy that would be standard practice almost anywhere else (at least any workplace outside the elite, high-pressure world of investment banking): Interns are longer permitted to work between midnight and 7 a.m. The policy shift was reported by Reuters, and cam...
There are multiple reasons why most American workers don’t stay home when they get sick. During cold and flu season this year, make sure that pressure from your boss isn’t one of them!
Spreading illness at work can wreak havoc on your work environment. Yet for a variety of reasons, nearly 90% o...