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6 days agoSplit Court of Appeals denies workers compensation for MTA workers, teacher for PTSD from working during COVID-19 pandemic | amNewYork
Court of Appeals ruled pandemic-related mental anguish and PTSD for MTA workers and a teacher were not sufficiently extraordinary for workers' compensation eligibility.
New York City
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1 month agoMore than 700 construction workers to share $1.4M settlement secured by AG James, who says fed indictment is not a distraction | amNewYork
Alba Services will pay $1.5 million and implement reforms after widespread workers' compensation violations, retaliation against injured employees, and failure to prevent sexual harassment.
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1 month agoDemolition firm agrees to pay $1.5M to settle claims it hid workplace injuries, ignored sexual harassment reports
A demolition company has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle claims that it repeatedly flouted New York's workers' compensation laws, retaliated against injured workers and failed to address reports of sexual harassment. Alba Services, a nonunion demolition subcontractor, must pay $1.4 million to nearly 700 current and former employees, as well as $100,000 to a settlement administrator who will coordinate those payments to employees, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Tuesday.
New York City
California
fromThe Mercury News
1 month agoWalters: California businesses, lawmakers turn up heat in battle over workplace temperatures
AB 1336 would presume work-related heat illness merits workers' compensation when employers fail to follow heat-safety standards; Gov. Newsom's signature remains pending.
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1 month agoWalters: California businesses, lawmakers turn up heat in battle over workplace temperatures
In political jargon, heat means pressure on politicians to do something they may be reluctant, for whatever reason, to do. But heat itself high temperatures, sometimes in triple digits, that afflict inland California each summer is a political issue with life-and-death consequences. Assembly Bill 1336, now awaiting Gov. Gavin Newsom's signature or veto, is the latest skirmish in a decades-long conflict over protecting workers from heat effects on their health, whether they work outdoors or inside.
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