Ethical Practice
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OSHA Orders Burlington Northern to Pay Whistle-Blower $300,000
The agency said railroad managers followed the employee to the hospital and received an injury report, but later accused the worker of failing to furnish adequate information about the injury.
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OSHA to Strengthen Whistle-Blower Protections, Review Program
A provision in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act that gives financial incentives to corporate whistle-blowers could result in headaches for corporate directors and officers.
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Wedbush Ordered to Pay $3.5 Million for Reprehensible Failure to Compensate Worker
Financial regulatory panel says the brokerage stiffed a municipal sales trader who was owed years worth of incentive compensation.
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Firing of Tweeting Newspaper Reporter Upheld By NLRB
The National Labor Relations Board noted that even though the paper did not have an internal policy addressing social media communications, its actions were not illegal because the messages themselves were not protected by the law.
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Financial Advisers Get More Time to Work Up Bios of Staff
Part of their difficulty has been collecting the education, business background and disciplinary information about all the individuals.
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Lawsuit Against Co-Worker Not Barred By Workers Comp Law
The court case stems from alleged injuries Juana Fanders suffered when security guards were instructed by a human resources director to ‘86’ her, or remove her from the premises, after a dispute over her conduct at work, court records show.
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Retirement Issues Likely a Hot Topic in New Congress
Enforced savings at the workplace eyed by legislators as unemployment is linked to pension gap.
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Fatalities Decline Among Solid Waste and Recycling Firm Workers
Total fatalities for all waste management and remediation service employees—including collection, landfill workers and other jobs—fell from 74 to 43 from 2008 to 2009.
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Google to Reimburse Tax on Domestic Partner Benefits
To equalize benefits available to same-sex partners of employees, the technology firm also is eliminating a one-year waiting period to qualify for infertility benefits and including domestic partners in its family leave policy.
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Health Workers Disciplinary Actions in Databank
Information includes medical malpractice payments, license revocations, license suspensions, reprimands, adverse clinical privileging actions and more. The database is run through the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Reaction to New TSA Nominee Avoids Bargaining Issue
It’s not clear whether retired Army Gen. Robert Harding will support TSA collective bargaining, an issue that has become an important item on the organized labor agenda.
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Employees Texting While Driving Can Jeopardize a Business
According to risk prevention specialists at Zurich Services Corp., employers could be held ‘vicariously liable’ if they permit employees to use particular technologies while driving. This could include operating a company-owned cell phone or mobile device while driving.
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Social Media, E-Mail Remain Challenging for Employers
Although many organizations lack social networking policies, one-quarter of the nearly 800 compliance and ethics professionals surveyed said their organization has had to discipline an employee for activities on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn.
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Labor Department Proposes Historic $87.4 Million Safety Fine on BP
Labor Secretary Hilda Solis says the energy company has not done enough to improve safety since a 2005 explosion at its Texas City, Texas, refinery killed 15 people and injured 170.
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Observance of Wiccan New Year Ends in Religious Discrimination Suit
In a complaint filed in federal court in Connecticut, Gina Uberti alleges she was unfairly terminated for practicing Wicca, known as the largest of neopagan religions.
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McCain Delays Vote on Labor Board Nominee
The Arizona senator asserts that Craig Becker, currently the associate general counsel for the AFL-CIO and the Service Employees International Union, would try to circumvent labor law through NLRB rulings.
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Congress Takes Aim at Age Bias, Arbitration in Workplace
The Senate Judiciary Committee is examining two court rulings--one from the 2008-09 term that shifted the burden of proof in age discrimination cases from the employer to the employee and another from early in the decade that strengthened employment contract arbitration.
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Big Managers Raise Salaries to Make Up for Low Bonuses
The Heidrick & Struggles report is based on conversations with investment and sales and marketing executives, as well as interviews with corporate executives and human resources officials at money management firms.
