Tag: workplace safety

Workplace Safety Board Says Scaffold Design Led to Two Deaths at Quebec Paper Mill

September 28, 2022
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Quebec’s workplace health and safety board says design failures led to a scaffold collapse that killed two workers and injured several others at a western Quebec paper mill in October 2021. The Commission des normes, de l’équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail says in a report released today that an engineer…

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Newsom Signs Legislation to Protect Workers Who Use Cannabis Outside Work

September 22, 2022
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California employers will soon be prohibited to fire—or not hire—workers over their use of cannabis outside of their workplace and work hours. Gov. Gavin Newsom put his signature on Assembly Bill 2188 Sept. 18 to prevent employers from discriminating against a person in hiring, termination, or terms and conditions of employment based on a drug…

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Injuries at Amazon Warehouses Rose 38 Percent In 2021: Labor Activists

April 13, 2022
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Amazon.com Inc. warehouses in the United States, which employ millions of Americans, recorded a 38 percent rise in reported workplace injuries between 2020 and 2021, according to a new report released on April 12 by the Strategic Organizing Center (SOC), a labor activism group. Former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos pledged in a 2020 letter to…

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