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When it comes to keeping your staffers safe, now is not the time to let down your guard. Here’s why: The number of injuries among U.S. employees is on the rise. The recently released Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses from the U.S. …
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Overview: Two brothers decided to exact revenge against an employee who told federal officials about their scheme to hire illegal immigrants. The scenario: Shortly after he started working for Wolf Tree, a company that provides tree-trimming …
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“Listen, Tammy,” said George, the supervisor, “we did everything we could to make sure April was adequately trained before she began operating that utility vehicle. I can’t believe you’re now contending that our training was deficient.” “Whatever …
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When you consider that more than 50 million Americans suffer from allergies each year, you know there’s a pretty good chance someone on your crew is currently battling an allergy. There’s also a chance that an allergy sufferer will ask for a …
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Summary: A female crew member who’d reported breathing problems due to high levels of cannabis dust in her workplace ended up on life support in a hospital after she collapsed on the job. The incident: When Lorna McMurrey of West Springfield, MA, …
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The scenario: A U.S. citizen who was born in Mexico received mostly favorable performance reviews until new owners bought the company for which she worked. The new ownership group immediately noticed that most of the employees of the company they’d …
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