Reg review skeptics appeal to AG
A top-to-bottom review ordered by Gov. Charlie Baker of the state's maze of regulations continues to generate pushback from a number of outside groups despite the administration's attempts to ease their concerns.
Some Disfigured Employees Not Compensated for Scarring in Massachusetts
By Justine Hofherr @Jhofherr29 Boston.com Staff | 04.10.15 | 2:37 PMSylbert Stewart lives in a state of constant pain. If he were asked to rate his agony on a scale of one to 10, he says it would be well past 11. Day-to-day life is very hard, Stewart said. I cant walk down the stairs.
Why Workers Won't Unite
Why Workers Wont Unite GLOBALIZATION AND TECHNOLOGY HAVE GUTTED THE LABOR MOVEMENT, AND PART-TIME WORK IS SABOTAGING SOLIDARITY. IS THERE A NEW WAY TO CHALLENGE THE POLITICS OF INEQUALITY?
A Broken Compensation System Is Leaving the Most Vulnerable Workers in Pain
A Broken Compensation System Is Leaving the Most Vulnerable Workers in Pain By Michelle Chen In the toughest industries, the cardinal rule of prevention, safety first, often gets papered over by an unspoken law of the workplace: the most dangerous jobs are done by those who cant afford safety.
5th Annual Safe Jobs for Youth Poster Contest Winner Announced
With the latest state data showing that from 2007-2011, Massachusetts teens under the age of 18 required 2,291 Emergency Department visits for work-related injuries, teen labor leaders and state officials announced the winners of the statewide 5th annual Safe Jobs for Youth poster contest March 12, at the Massachuse...
As Workers' Comp Varies From State To State, Workers Pay The Price
At the time of their accidents, Jeremy Lewis was 27, Josh Potter 25. The men lived within 75 miles of each other. Both were married with two children about the same age. Both even had tattoos of their children's names.
'Grand Bargain' In Workers' Comp Unravels, Harming Injured Workers Further
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Some call it a grand bargain in the American workplace - if you're injured on the job, you're supposed to get guaranteed medical care and money to live on. Employers and their insurance companies pay for that and in return employers don't get sued for workplace accidents.
Snow-related Worker Deaths and Injuries Prompt Calls for Employer Precautions
With over 100 inches of snow falling in parts of Massachusetts in less than a month, companies and officals have been racing to clear snow from roads and roofs, and in the process, requiring their workers to complete extremely dangerous tasks with fatal results.
Record snow-related worker deaths and injuries prompt immediate calls for employer precautions.
2/24/2015 BOSTON With over 100 inches of snow falling in parts of Massachusetts in less than a month, companies and officals have been racing to clear snow from roads and roofs, and in the process, requiring their workers to complete extremely dangerous tasks with fatal results.
Teens Take Hold of Their Futures
MassCOSH Teens Lead @ Work (TL@W) peer leader Tiana Golding has seen the data and knows that young people suffer higher rates of injury on the job than adults.
An Act to further define Standards of Employee Safety Fact Scheet
An Act to further define Standards of Employee Safety (HD 2433; SD 235) Lead sponsors: Rep. James ODay and Senator Marc Pacheco Background: Public employees repair our roads, remove our trash and recyclables, care for our disabled and provide needed services for residents of the Commonwealth.
An Act to Prevent Wage Theft and Promote Employer Accountability Fact Sheet
Click here to read more about an Act to Prevent Wage Theft and Promote Employer Accountability
Workers’ comp: benefits for permanent functional loss & disfigurement (fact sheet)
An Act providing benefits for permanent functional loss and disfigurement under the Workers Compensation Act. Docket numbers: HD 1922; SD 1551) Lead sponsor: Rep. Sean Garballey, Sen.
Protecting workers will be a key role for new state labor secretary
In Baker names Democrat as secretary of labor (Metro, Dec. 13), the Globe highlights the pressing need for a well-run workforce development program within the Baker administration and the strong experience that Ronald L. Walker II brings as incoming secretary of labor and workforce development.
At Hearing, Advocates Urge State to Avert Worker Death
At a public hearing before the state’s Department of Labor Standards, safety experts and labor representatives urged the administration to move forward with proposed regulations on state employee safety, ensure that the labor agency has sufficient resources to enforce the law, and strengthen whistleblower provisions...
