Heat Wave Tests Oregon Workplace Safety Rules
From today’s Oregon Public Radio: Skyler Fischer is forklift driver at a Fred Meyer distribution center in the town of Clackamas. He’s been working there for 12 years and works…
How Dobbs Threatens to Torpedo Privacy Rights in the US
From today’s Wired Magazine: A READER OF the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization could understandably conclude that the Constitution’s protection of privacy was a relatively short-lived experiment, beginning…
Five U.S. Employment Laws Job Market Entrants Should Know
From today’s CNBC Online: Millions of young people attend college every year, most with the hope of gaining more job opportunities as a result. Nearly 16 million people were enrolled in undergraduate…
Are You Happy? Your Boss Is Asking
From today’s New York Times: Garry Ridge, who runs the chemical company WD-40, has a leadership style guided by two sources — Aristotle, and the BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink.…
Workers in Richmond Go on strike at California Refinery Owned by Chevron
From today’s Associated Press: More than 500 workers at a Chevron Corp. refinery in the San Francisco Bay Area went on strike early Monday over safety concerns and to demand…
A Surprise Billing Law May Have Unintended Effects on Health Care
From today’s NPR News Online: Patients are months away from not having to worry about most surprise medical bills — those extra costs that can amount to hundreds or thousands…
Unions Fighting Vax Mandates Endanger Public Health & Economic Recovery
From today’s New York Times: As New York pushes forward with some of the toughest and farthest-reaching vaccine mandates in the nation, thousands of health care workers in the state…
Families Harmed By SoCal Gas Methane Leak Reach $1.8 Billion Settlement
From today’s NPR News Online: Thousands of families sickened and forced from their Los Angeles homes after the nation’s largest-known natural gas leak have reached a settlement of up to $1.8 billion…
California should pass AB1119 to protect the work rights of family caregivers
From today’s Los Angeles Times: As travel ground to a halt in April 2020, the janitorial staff at a hotel chain were furloughed. When business resumed, everyone was called back…
Health Advocate or Big Brother? Companies Weigh Requiring Vaccines
From today’s New York Times: As American companies prepare to bring large numbers of workers back to the office in the coming months, executives are facing one of their most…