David Hogberg of the Washington Examiner reports on potential problems for federal regulators trying to enforce President Biden’s vaccine mandate. The Occupational Health and Safety Administration is likely to face…
I received a thought-provoking response to Lindsay Marchello’s Carolina Journal article on the N.C. Teacher Working Conditions Survey. Administrators usually make a big deal over teachers completing this survey. The K[indergarten]…
Bill McMorris of the Washington Free Beacon documents the Obama administration’s latest effort to appease unions and trial lawyers. American businesses are up in arms about a new labor rule…
The Bureau of Labor Statistics published the National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries in 2012, which shed good news for North Carolina and the country with a drop in fatal…
View in your browser. Following on from last week’s newsletter and approaching the Labor Day weekend, I wanted to continue the discussion of Labor. Another common conversation about labor is…
As many of you know, I experienced an industrial accident, and I was lucky to be surrounded by smart and caring people who acted fast. A couple days later, working…
NIOSH released what is probably the final report from the investigation into the fire that claimed the life of the Asheville Fire Department’s Captain Jeff Bowen. Failure to follow “air…
It is probably intended as a teaser. The Citizen-Times announced the NC Department of Labor has made several recommendations to the Asheville Fire Department following the death of Captain Jeffrey…
During the tomato harvest last year, 100% of farm operations investigated by the US Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division were found in violation of the law. Consequently, a…
Interesting comments from High Point City Manager Strib Boynton in response to sex discrimination allegations by Deputy Fire Chief Martha Younts. Boynton appears to back off on previous comments that…
The Rhino reports interim High Point Fire Chief Lee Knight’s command structure that will stay in place until a permanent chief is hired. But there are still issues. Deputy Chief…
George Will offers a suggestion in his latest Newsweek column: The costs of producing the coal that generates approximately half of America’s electricity also include the hundreds of other miners…