A Global Health Star Under Fire
The leader of a global campaign to prevent tuberculosis has been accused of bullying and harassing employees, and creating a poisonous work environment especially for...
Tag : Workplace Hazards and Violations
How Companies Are Getting Speedy Coronavirus Tests for Employees
As businesses try to recover from the pandemic’s economic blow while ensuring the safety of workers and customers, many have complained of two obstacles: access...
Under Trump, OSHA’s Covid-19 Response Is Failing Workers
Just $15,615. That’s how much a $52 billion meatpacking company was fined by the federal government for unsafe conditions that led to the deaths of...
‘Covid Will Not Win’: Meet the Force Powering Brooklyn Hospital
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Refinery29 Finds Next Top Editor at Facebook
Refinery29, a fashion and beauty site whose previous top editor resigned under pressure in June, has a new global editor in chief: Simone Oliver, who...
Investigations at Essence Find No Evidence of Abusive Work Culture
Investigations by two law firms have determined that the leaders of Essence Communications, including its owner, Richelieu Dennis, did not engage in behavior that contributed...
Could Many Coronavirus Deaths in Nursing Homes Have Been Avoided?
Jose Velasquez, a 79-year-old father from Bexar County, Texas, tested positive for the coronavirus on March 26 and died on April 17. During those weeks,...
Stiffing Workers on Wages Grows Worse With Recession
Fredy Moreno had been working as a house painter for a few weeks in March when he began to suspect that his boss had no...
Preaching Equality, Start-Up Didn’t Practice It With Employees
SAN FRANCISCO — Onstage at an industry conference last year, Henry Ward, chief executive of the financial technology start-up Carta, described his vision for transforming...
A Novel Way to Combat Covid-19 in Nursing Homes: Strike Teams
HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. — The coronavirus entered Cherry Springs Village quietly, then struck with force. Nearly every staff member and resident of the long-term care facility...