Posted on · The groups say the rule forces employees to choose between their jobs and getting vaccinated, and would ultimately force many workers to quit large firms to take jobs at smaller construction companies.
Posted on · The lawsuit came one day after the White House’s announcement of an OSHA rule implementing the vaccine or testing mandate first announced in September.
Posted on · Companies with at least 100 employees must ensure their workers get a COVID-19 vaccine or undergo weekly testing. Some 17 million health care workers face a vaccine mandate, with no testing option.
Posted on · It’s far from clear whether House Speaker Dade Phelan will force through a bill that would ban businesses from requiring their employees get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Posted on · New measures come a month after Columbia Journalism Investigations-NPR revelations on rising worker heat deaths.
Posted on · Without a legal standard setting out what must be done to prevent heat deaths, workplace regulators have a hard time making violations stick.
Posted on · A slate of proposed revisions to federal chemical safety rules could have prevented the leaks, but the changes have been stalled for years.
Posted on · The City of Deer Park says water is safe to drink, but residents who use wells north of Texas State Highway 225 should have it tested. The Deer Park, La Porte and Pasadena school districts have canceled classes for Friday.
Posted on · New findings from the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board suggest the accident occurred after workers removed pipe from the well
Posted on · Galveston County deputies reportedly found the man with severe burns
Posted on · Back in May (May 19, 2016), we spoke with Houston Chronicle reporters Matt Dempsey and Mark Collette about the first installment in an extensive series called Chemical Breakdown, looking at chemical facilities in the Houston region. In the initial piece, Dempsey and Collette looked at chemical inventories for 2,500 businesses in the Houston area and, […]
Posted on · The goal is to inform all workers about labor laws and rules in the United States, regardless of immigration status.
Posted on · In 1990, Vanilla Ice was on the charts, Ghost was a hit movie, and OSHA – the Occupational Safety and Health Administration – raised the amount of their penalties for employers who commit safety violations. Why is that important? Well, it would be the last time those fines changed for 25 years — until now. […]
Posted on · Texas has always had a bit of a contentious relationship with the federal government — especially lately. One report says that, since Pres. Obama took office in 2009, his administration has been sued by the state at least 43 times. One of the most recent lawsuits deals with transgender children and bathrooms in schools, and […]
Posted on · Oil worker Dustin Bergsing, 21, was found dead on top of a North Dakota oil tank in 2012. A journalist and a doctor looking into the death found a pattern of similar fatal accidents.