A construction industry captive insurer along with three construction contractors have filed a lawsuit alleging a massive New York fraud scheme involving staged workplace accidents and bogus workers’ compensation and personal injury lawsuits backed by complicit lawyers and medical providers. …
A proposal from the federal government to make more specific workplace safety data available online could violate individuals’ privacy and embarrass employers and workers, Maine officials said this week. Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s administration is pushing back against the U.S. …
New York’s Scaffold Law doesn’t improve workplace safety and diverts millions of dollars to litigation and insurance, that’s according to a study released earlier this month by researchers at the University at Albany and Cornell University. Labor Law 240 imposes …
If Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signs recently passed legislation legalizing medical marijuana, some say it will raise serious questions on everything from the hiring and firing of job applicants to the use of a federally controlled and illegal substance in …