British oil giant BP has been hit with a record US fine of 87.4 million dollars for safety violations at a Texas refinery ...
Children are used to produce everything from pornography in Ukraine to fireworks in the Philippines and diamonds in Sierra Leone, the US Department ...
Construction slowdown, safety improvements cited as reasons by experts Nevada had the second sharpest decline in workplace fatalities in the nation last year, a drop that experts attributed to the slowdown in construction and a renewed emphasis on safety in that industry. ...
Number of workplace suicides rose 28 percent last year as overall fatalities declined Workplace suicides surged 28 percent last year, the Labor Department said Thursday, as anxious workers dealt with a struggling economy and watched colleagues depart in a rash of layoffs. ...
Labor Secretary Solis green jobs hiring will pick up soon, become bigger slice of work force Hiring in the alternative energy industry will pick up in the next 12 months, though it will take more time before so-called green-jobs will become a ...
