Los Angeles City Controller Wendy Greuel said this Wednesday that the city pays more for workers on disability and has the worse tracking of overpayments to workers than most other government agencies in California. Greuel, referencing an audit of part of the city’s...
Circuses can be places of interesting performances and daring feats by very talented individuals. Like any other place of work and perhaps even more so, though, circuses can be subject to accidents and injuries, sometimes quite serious. A recent circus accident in...
When a construction accident occurs, it is important to investigate the incident in order to determine the possible causes. This is particularly important when injuries have occurred in California or in any other state. Finding out the causes of construction workers’...
Everybody is aware that certain professions are more risky than others. Logging and trucking, for instance, are more fraught with risk of injury than accounting and retail sales. It may also be the case that certain types of workers are more at risk for injury....
According to a recent study that looked at data from the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor statistics, California is among the states that have an above average number of workplace injuries involving days of job transfer or restriction. The report highlights not...
A spokesperson for the California Department of Occupational Safety and Health issued a statement regarding a tragic, fatal accident resulting in the death of a worker. The incident, occurring in the morning, was immediately reported to the San Leandro headquarters of...
California, as our Los Angeles readers may know, is a national leader in terms of the number of car washes and employees employed by car washes. According to estimate, there are over 1,600 car washes throughout the state that employ more than 22,000 people. One of the...
Nearly 10,500 California nurses at 27 different facilities, and an additional 1,200 nurses in Nevada, recently struck an agreement with San Francisco-based Dignity Health. Negotiations on the contract were reportedly aimed at balancing the needs of employees with the...
Los Angeles readers may have heard about a fatal rail accident earlier this month involving a Bay Area Rapid Transit train that killed two workers. The individuals were reportedly struck by a train doing maintenance and training activity. The driver responsible for...
Back pain is ubiquitous in the United States, and most people–about 80 percent according to some estimates–end up complaining about such problems at some point in their lives. The discomfort can involve a variety of causes, though, so it isn’t always an easy thing to...