ALBANY, N.Y. — Employees who work in distribution centers or warehouses now have protections in place in New York State. New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced Monday that legislation is now in ...
Seyfarth Synopsis: On December 21, 2024, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the State’s new Worker Injury Reduction Program into law, which requires covered employers to establish a program to ...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — Gov. JB Pritzker vetoed a plan Friday that would have created new protections for exploited warehouse workers. The Illinois Warehouse Worker Protection Act could require ...
Workers sort packages at the Amazon AGS5 facility on October 27, 2022, in Appling, Georgia. Two U.S. Senate Democrats plan to introduce a bill to address quota systems they say lead to injuries for ...
New York warehouse workers at risk for musculoskeletal injuries and disorders could get increased protections through the Warehouse Worker Injury Reduction Act, which was passed by both the Senate and ...
Legislation introduced last Thursday in Congress, the Warehouse Worker Protection Act, contains misguided policy ideas that will ultimately harm workers. It would pave a pathway for unions to ...