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Texas Congresswoman Wants Legal Status for Migrant Construction Workers

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Texas Congresswoman Wants Legal Status for Migrant Construction Workers

U.S. Rep. Monica De La Cruz promised to explore new ways for migrants to work legally in the construction industry. The Edinburg Republican announced on Monday her plans to meet with the U.S. Department of Labor, after South Texas builders voiced frustration with how immigration arrests at construction sites were negatively impacting their industry. De […]

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Illinois USPS Employee Indicted for Alleged Workers’ Comp Fraud

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Illinois USPS Employee Indicted for Alleged Workers’ Comp Fraud

A United States Postal Service employee has been indicted on federal fraud charges for allegedly collecting augmented workers’ compensation benefits to which she was not entitled, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Illinois announced last month. Graciela Venegas, 66, began receiving workers’ compensation benefits in 2012 for an injury she sustained in the performance

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Stonetrust Workers’ Comp Expands Into North Carolina

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Stonetrust Workers’ Comp Expands Into North Carolina

Stonetrust Commercial Insurance, a workers’ compensation carrier based in Louisiana, has expanded into North Carolina, bringing to 13 the number of states in the Southeast and Midwest the company writes in. Stonetrust said in a statement that it is now accepting submissions from appointed independent agencies for accounts in North Carolina, with effective dates of

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Contractor Again Exposed Workers to Cave-In, Excavation Hazards: OSHA

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Hundreds May Have Been Exposed to Rabies in Grand Teton National Park Cabins

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration reported that it has again cited an Easton, Connecticut concrete and earthwork contractor for willfully failing to protect workers from cave-in and excavation hazards OSHA has proposed more than $1.2 million in fines after a follow-up inspection uncovered numerous willful violations at Sound Construction Inc.. In December 2023, OSHA

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AI Threatens to Displace Workers, Bank of England’s Bailey Warns

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AI Threatens to Displace Workers, Bank of England’s Bailey Warns

Artificial intelligence is likely to displace British workers even as it makes the country more productive, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said in his most stark warning yet on the technology’s impact. Bailey said on Friday that the UK needed to prepare for workers being pushed out of jobs amid fears that it is

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UPS Ripped Off Seasonal Workers With Unfair Pay Practices, Lawsuit Alleges

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UPS Ripped Off Seasonal Workers With Unfair Pay Practices, Lawsuit Alleges

UPS stole tens of millions of dollars in pay from seasonal workers who help the shipping giant deliver packages during the busy holiday season, forcing some to clock in well after their shifts started and deducting pay for lunch breaks they never took, New York Attorney General Letitia James alleged in a lawsuit Monday. Filed

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Connecticut Builder Charged With Being Workers’ Compensation Scofflaw

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Connecticut Builder Charged With Being Workers’ Compensation Scofflaw

The owner of a Connecticut construction firm has been arrested and charged with failing to provide the required workers’ compensation insurance coverage for employees as required by law. According to the state’s Division of Criminal Justice, Lou Milardo, , the owner of Lou Builders, LLC and J&L Milardo, LLC, located in Haddam, was arrested on

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Education Dept. Workers Targeted in Layoffs Return to Tackle Civil Rights Backlog

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Education Dept. Workers Targeted in Layoffs Return to Tackle Civil Rights Backlog

The Trump administration is bringing back dozens of Department of Education staffers who were slated to be laid off, saying their help is needed to tackle a mounting backlog of discrimination complaints from students and families. The staffers had been on administrative leave while the department faced lawsuits challenging layoffs in the agency’s Office for

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New York Workers’ Comp Board to Require Video for All Testifying in Virtual Hearings

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Hundreds May Have Been Exposed to Rabies in Grand Teton National Park Cabins

Beginning February 2, 2026, all claimants and lay witnesses testifying in virtual hearings before the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board will be required to appear and testify by video with their faces fully visible on screen, and not just by voice over a device, the board announced today. Attorneys and legal representatives are already

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Dunkin’ Cashier in Georgia, Stabbed by Rapper, Can’t Claim More Than Workers’ Comp

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Dunkin’ Cashier in Georgia, Stabbed by Rapper, Can’t Claim More Than Workers’ Comp

A Dunkin’ Donuts cashier who was stabbed by an Atlanta-area rapper has only the workers’ compensation remedy, even if the incident seems far outside the scope of work duites, the Georgia Court of Appeals has decided. “In this case, the trial court erroneously concluded that (victim Mekia) Bryant’s injuries did not arise out of her

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