Showing posts with label Washington. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Washington. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 30, 2014

House Passes Wasserman Schultz Longshore Harbor Workers' Compensation Clarification Act: Protecting Jobs and Keeping Workers Covered

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Washington, D.C. – The Longshore Harbor Workers’ Compensation Clarification Act, introduced by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23), and ...
Sunday, July 20, 2014

Using Mobile Technology for Work Linked to Higher Stress

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Today's post was shared by Work Org and Stress and comes from www.gallup.com Heavier users carry more stress , but also rate live...
Thursday, January 16, 2014

Supreme Court case highlights U.S. labor agency political divide

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Today's post was shared by Steven Greenhouse and comes from www.reuters.com WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - When the U.S. Supreme C...
Saturday, December 14, 2013

AIA to Urge Renewal of TRIA to Workers Compensation

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The American Insurance Association (AIA) will highlight the importance of renewing the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) at the Nationa...
Monday, December 9, 2013

Tech Giants Issue Call for Limits on Government Surveillance of Users

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Surveillance of workers is a two-way sword. As companies complain about it, they employ surveillance against their own workers to deny wo...
Sunday, November 24, 2013

Social Security’s Job

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The Social Security system is an "unfair" benefit distribution plan according to some authorities. Compounding this issue is th...
Thursday, November 21, 2013

Draft Current Intelligence Bulletin “Update of NIOSH Carcinogen Classification and Target Risk Level Policy for Chemical Hazards in the Workplace”

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Today's post was shared by Safe Healthy Workers and comes from www.federalregister.gov The National Institute for Occupational Sa...
Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Redefining the Minimum Wage

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Today's post was shared by Steven Greenhouse and comes from www.nytimes.com Business has been brisk at the Seattle-Tacoma Interna...
Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Calling America: Hello? Hello? Hello? Hello?

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Today's post was shared by Steven Greenhouse and comes from www.nytimes.com SINGAPORE — HAVING lived and worked abroad for many ...
Monday, November 4, 2013

The End of the Class-Action Carnival

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Class actions have been a major vehicle to creating safer workplace in the past. It is imperative that the people have their day in cou...
Monday, October 28, 2013

Miners’ deaths aren’t a theme-park thrill

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Today's post was shared by Jordan Barab and comes from www.washingtonpost.com “Alone in the darkness . . . the only sound is the p...
Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Jersey City Mayor Signs Country’s Seventh Paid Sick Days Law

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Today's post was shared by Steven Greenhouse and comes from thinkprogress.org On Monday morning, Jersey City, NJ Mayor Steve...