Currently head of the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce, Cheryl Stanton was named last year in a lawsuit alleging she failed to pay her house cleaners.
Workers’ Rights
In the ceaseless push for profits, corporate accountability and safety often take a back seat.
Posted inBorder Patrol, National Security, The Trump Era, Workers’ Rights
Trump proposes dumping protections for shipyard, construction workers
President Donald Trump’s Labor Department has proposed scrapping key protections intended to protect shipyard and construction workers from exposure to beryllium, a toxic mineral that can cause deadly lung disease.
Posted inInequality, Workers’ Rights
Timeline of Uber troubles traces CEO’s downfall
Amid the cascade of Uber scandals, it’s hard to keep track of them all. Little ones get lost – like the time, last year, when a federal judge berated Uber for using unlicensed private investigators to fraudulently dig up dirt on a conservationist who had sued the company. To help keep track of the mess, here’s a timeline of Uber’s more recent troubles.
Posted inWorked Over, Workers’ Rights
Senators want probe of Labor Department secrecy and policy delays
Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Patty Murray and other lawmakers have called on the Labor Department’s inspector general to investigate why the agency stopped posting press releases about major workplace safety violations after President Donald Trump took office.
Posted inTechsploitation, Workers’ Rights
Objecting to sexual harassment got me fired, says ex-Uber employee
A former Uber employee claimed he was fired last year after sticking up for female colleagues facing sexual harassment, according to a formal complaint that has not previously been made public.
Posted inImpact, The Trump Era, Workers’ Rights
OSHA to companies: Don’t send us your employee injury logs
The agency stated this week that it “is not accepting electronic submissions of injury and illness logs at this time, and intends to propose extending the July 1, 2017 date by which certain employers are required to submit the information.”
Posted inInequality, Workers’ Rights
‘This is a man’s job’ remark leads to settlement, but manager stays
The manager still works at Automation Personnel Services, a Alabama-based temp agency, where rampant discrimination was found in a Reveal investigation.
Posted inAccountability, The Trump Era, Worked Over, Workers’ Rights
Will Trump’s policies affect your work safety? We want to hear about it
We’re collecting your responses and tips to this question: Does the Trump administration stand to have an effect on your workplace safety?
Posted inInequality, Religion, Religion and Government, Workers’ Rights
Can faith-based groups hire and fire based on their beliefs?
Not long after the election, Congress is expected to tussle over an amendment that would allow religious organizations receiving federal dollars to discriminate against workers based on their beliefs.
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The feds plan to fight discrimination by temp agencies
The temp industry is about to get some probably-unwanted attention from the federal agency in charge of cracking down on job discrimination.