A Tennessee McDonald’s franchisee is in trouble with the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) for a burn injury suffered by a teen worker. The 15-year-old employee was removing food from a manual deep fryer when they suffered burns from the hot oil. Wage and Hour Division investigators found that the teen was illegally allowed to […]
South Carolina is suing the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) over a requirement that would force the state’s State OSHA Plan to increase its maximum civil penalties for workplace safety violations. The state filed a lawsuit March 14 challenging the requirement, which has State Plan states increase their civil penalties to be in line with […]
Can a New York Labor Law claim stemming from an employee’s fall from a wet ladder succeed despite some inconsistencies between what he wrote on an incident report and his testimony in court? New York’s Appellate Division, First Department found that the employee was entitled to partial summary judgment since his supervisor witnessed the fall […]
New York’s Warehouse Worker Protection Act (WWPA) has seen some significant amendments to several of its provisions and has had its official effective date pushed back. The WWPA, which was signed into law Dec. 21, 2022, will now go into effect on June 19, 2023, rather than the previous date of Feb. 19, 2023. Several […]
Three warehouse employees who survived a workplace mass shooting can’t pursue a lawsuit against their employer despite an appeals court’s finding that workers’ compensation exclusivity didn’t apply to the case. The Appellate Court of Maryland found that the employer wasn’t protected by the exclusivity provisions of the state’s Workers’ Compensation Act and the lawsuit couldn’t […]
The owner of a large San Francisco-based janitorial company was sentenced to jail and ordered to pay more than $8 million in restitution for a workers’ compensation fraud scheme. Gina Gregori, owner of GMG Firenze and Billings DBA Apex, was sentenced to six years in jail and ordered to repay $8,382,788 in premiums owed to […]
Following a 69% increase in child labor violations since 2018 and the resolution of one of the largest child labor cases in history at Packers Sanitation Services Inc., the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced new enforcement efforts to protect teen workers. The DOL is teaming up with the Department of Health and Human Services […]
California employers now have clarification on how close they must keep water provisions to work areas to prevent heat illness thanks to a ruling by the state’s Occupational Safety and Health Appeals Board (OSHAB). OSHAB’s Feb. 6 precedential decision affirmed that water provisions must be “as close as practicable to the areas where employees are […]
A Florida construction company owner pleaded guilty in a $21 million workers’ compensation fraud scheme. Ramon Paz is facing a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. A sentencing date hasn’t been set at this time, according to the U.S. Department of […]
