Workplace Safety

In January, President Joe Biden promised to provide state and local health officials a three-week window into how many vaccine doses were on the way. “Until now we’ve had to guess how …

California Governor Gavin Newsom was asked on Wednesday if he thinks the entire state might be out of the most restrictive purple tier of his Blueprint for a Safer Reopening by the first …

When the COVID-19 pandemic swept the nation last March, many large food retailers increased their frontline workers’ pay by several dollars an hour. Dubbed ‘hero pay,’ the programs have since …

Los Angeles County will again reserve the majority of its available Covid-19 vaccinations again next week to provide second doses for those ready to receive them, with county-operated large-scale sites exclusively …

Following in the footsteps of the city of Long Beach, the cities of Montebello and Oakland have passed premium-pay ordinances mandating additional pay for certain grocery store and drugstore employees. Premium …

On Sunday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health tallied 3,123 new Covid-19 cases and 89 new deaths. The lower number of deaths and cases may reflect reporting delays over the weekend. …

During the early days of the pandemic, the prospect of workers suing businesses for not protecting them from the virus was so great that many corporations lobbied for tort protection, …

Withdrawing threats to lock out educators who refused to work in person Monday, Chicago Public Schools and city officials called for a two-day “cooling-off” period during which educators will be …

The industry groups that recommended a production pause amid California’s COVID-19 surge in early January have lifted it. The groups said the move, which will take effect Monday, was in …

With more than a dozen projects from studios like Warner Brothers, Disney, Universal and CBS resuming shooting or planning to do so in February, industry sources are quick to point …