Report: Trump Officials, Meat Companies Knew Workers at Risk
Emails also show the companies submitted a draft of the executive order Trump issued to keep meatpacking plants open as critical infrastructure. read more >
Emails also show the companies submitted a draft of the executive order Trump issued to keep meatpacking plants open as critical infrastructure. read more >
OSHA said it still strongly encourages workers to get vaccinated. read more >
Businesses still need to be mindful of state and federal regulations. read more >
The rule took effect Monday but the governor said businesses should not comply. read more >
Justices began hearing oral arguments Friday. read more >
Tens of millions of workers across the U.S. are in limbo as federal courts have issued different rulings related to the mandate. read more >
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge said she would ask the U.S. Supreme Court to block the order. read more >
OSHA cited the company for willful and serious violations. read more >
The measure extends spending to Feb. 18 and includes $7 billion to support Afghanistan evacuees. read more >
The Arkansas congressman weighs in on President Biden's workplace vaccine mandate and its possible effect on the economy. read more >
The Biden administration says it's confident that the requirement will withstand legal challenges. read more >
The Republican governor said the mandate will “create hardship on people, business and our efforts to get people back to work." read more >
Tyson Foods says employee vaccinations are up 30% since it announced a mandate in August. read more >
Walmart Inc. of Bentonville, the nation’s largest private employer, provides a window into the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's performance during the pandemic. read more >
In working conditions that stress a quick turnaround and have close contact between employees, workers said they were put at risk for catching COVID-19, and legal-aid attorneys and worker-advocacy groups said the state regulatory structure was overwhelmed by the pandemic. read more >
Federal inspectors have fined Tyson Foods more than $263,000 for safety violations at an East Texas poultry plant where a worker's finger was amputated when it became stuck in a conveyor belt. read more >
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration in Little Rock has fined Nucor-Yamato Steel Inc. $56,000 after an employee died in April at the Blytheville plant. read more >
Welspun Tubular LLC in Little Rock has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor for exposing workers to possible amputation hazards, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed fines totaling $77,000. read more >
A Crossett trucking company faces more than $100,000 in penalties after the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety & Health Administration cited it for 11 safety and health violations Monday. read more >
A federal safety agency has levied $175,000 in fines against a crane company, Entergy and other firms over a fatal crane accident at Arkansas Nuclear One in Russellville. read more >
