This week, J.C. Penney announced it was cutting 2,000 jobs and closing 33 stores, including one in Hazleton in the Laural Mall. A total of 3 stores will be closed here in Pennsylvania, including a store in Exton and another in Washington, PA. According to an article on CNN.com, the…
Over a year after it closed, 84 former employees of Saint Catherine Medical Center in Fountain Springs received 60-day severance checks totally $400,000. The employees are members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) union. According to an article on the RepublicanHerald.com, the severance checks represents…
If you’re a Pennsylvanian who has a debit card for receiving your workers’ comp benefits or unemployment benefits, your information may have been accessed by hackers. According to an article on NBCPhiladelphia.com, the Pennsylvania Treasury Department said that hackers accessed the personal information of nearly 26,000 people who use debit…
Carneys Point Care Center in Carneys Point Township, NJ, has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for serious violations involving workplace hazards. According to an article on NJ.com, the nursing home underwent an OSHA inspection in May. Now they are facing ten…
A recent article on Finance.Yahoo.com listed the 14 most stressful jobs in America according to a career information expert. He developed this list by comparing the stress levels of over 700 occupations listed by the U.S. Department of Labor. Factors include how often an employee faces stressful situations, the consequences…
Last week, federal workplace regulators said that “deliberate neglect” by 2 Philadelphia contractors caused the collapse of a building in Center City that killed 6 people in June. According to an article on Philly.com, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) brought fines of nearly $400,000 against the two companies.…
A new report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has found that nursing homes had the highest rate of workplace injury and illness in 2012. The percentages are really very surprising. According to an article on McKnights.com, the BLS report shows that the illness and injury rate for…
We read an article in the Pennsylvania Record (pennrecord.com) last week about a Chester County woman who is suing her ex-employer for wrongful termination after she believes that she was fired following a slip and fall incident where she injured her foot leaving work. The woman was leaving her work…
Over a 7-year period, more than 5,000 workers in Ohio suffered amputation injuries, according to statistics from the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation. In an article by the Associated Press, statistics show that there were 5,405 compensation claims for amputation injuries in Ohio from 2006 through 2012. Although amputations may…
In early October, the Hazleton Workers’ Compensation Office of Adjudication, located in Hazle Township, was closed by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry. According to the deputy press secretary for the department, the closing was done in an effort to balance workloads and assure more efficient adjudication. As of…