Agricultural exceptionalism is a term used to describe the special status awarded to employers and firms involved in agriculture, according to a recent Pump Handle post written by Celeste Monforton, a professor at the George Washington University School of Public Health.
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division has announced a 14-day extension of the comment period for its proposed rule to provide minimum wage and overtime protections for nearly 2 million workers who provide in-home care services.
The United Steelworkers (USW) and Materion Brush have reached agreement on a model Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) beryllium standard and have sent it to the agency as a joint recommendation.
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health is making available a series of bulletins designed to help home health care workers stay safe and healthy on the job.
A new study by the RAND Corporation reports that California's longstanding injury and illness prevention program (I2P2) succeeds in protecting workers when coupled with effective enforcement practices.
U.S. employees’ confidence in their ability to retire comfortably is rebounding from a post-recession lows last year, according to a new survey by global professional services company Towers Watson.
Abusive bosses who'd like to stop stressing out their subordinates should exercise more. That's the finding of a new study reported in the latest issue of Journal of Business and Psychology.
