California officials and a Los Angeles company were alerted last year that lunch boxes the firm imported from China contained high amounts of lead, an environmental group said. The state Department of Public Health warned consumers on Thursday not to …
A South San Francisco company has recalled multiple lots of its Soy Deli-brand tofu after a package tested positive for a bacteria that can cause serious infections in children and the elderly, California health officials said. Quong Hop and Co. …
New data from Towers Perrin indicate that the average corporate health benefit expenditure in 2008 will be $9,312 per employee — an increase of 7 percent over 2007. According to Towers Perrin’s annual Health Care Cost Survey, the 7 percent …
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott reached a settlement with Wyndham Hotel Management Inc., on behalf of The St. Anthony, a Wyndham Historic Hotel Inc., and Wyndham International Inc., as the result of an investigation into price-gouging consumers during Hurricane Rita, …
Seasonally adjusted nonfarm jobs in Louisiana added 56,300 workers between August 2006 and August 2007, bringing the total number of jobs in the state to 1,926,000, according to the Louisiana Department of Labor. Louisiana’s unemployment rate for August 2007 was …
The Federal government is suing Illinois over a new state law it says complicates federal efforts to crack down on illegal immigration. The Illinois law would prevent employers from participating in a federal program that verifies whether workers are legally …
The state’s labor department says job-related fatalities decreased 12 percent in Virginia last year after rising for three straight years. The Virginia Department of Labor and Industry says there were 164 occupational fatalities in the state in 2006, down from …
Tavern on the Green, one of New York’s most popular restaurants, has violated federal law for at least eight years by sexually and racially harassing its employees, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charged Monday. In a federal lawsuit, the …
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined an aluminum manufacturing company $155,585 for alleged health and safety violations. Signature Aluminum Inc. was fined $112,500 for failing to establish and maintain adequate energy control procedures for workers using a cutoff …
A series of tornadoes swept through parts of England Monday, tearing off roofs and bringing down trees, the national weather office and authorities said. Homeowners in the counties of Warwickshire, Bedfordshire and Hampshire reported damage to houses caused by the …