Shell Oil recently announced a land-option agreement with Horsehead Corporation to evaluate a Beaver County site for a potential petrochemical complex, including an ethane cracker facility, according to a news release issued by Pa. Gov. Tom Corbett’s office. Corbett said in the release that the Shell plant, if constructed, has…
A new study by the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition has linked employee burnout to overeating, according to an article on CNN.com. The study involved 230 working women. Even after 12 months, those who were experiencing workplace burnout at the beginning of the study were more likely to have emotional…
The state attorney general’s public corruption unit arrested a supervisor in the Pennsylvania workers’ compensation program and charged with bribery. His wife was also arrested and charged with conspiracy. The man is an auditing supervisor and state employee with the State Workers’ Insurance Fund (SWIF), a state agency. The SWIF…
Reuters.com recently posted an article focused on what employers need to do when an injured worker returns to his or her job. We thought it was important information to pass along to you, too. Each state has different laws when it comes to workers’ compensation. However, there are 3 things…
According to a news release issued by the state’s Department of Labor and Industry, L&I is partnering with the U.S. Department of Treasury to reclaim the benefits collected by means of fraud by way of federal tax refunds. The federal Treasury Offset Program allows Pennsylvania to intercept the tax refunds…
Site Selection Magazine, which specializes in corporate real estate and economic development, ranked Pennsylvania third in the nation with 453 new or expanded corporate facilities in 2011. “This new national recognition verifies that we are moving in the right direction,” Governor Tom Corbett said in a recent news release. The…
According to a February news release, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Exel Inc. Palmyra and SHS Staffing Solutions, Lemoyne for workplace safety and health violations. Exel, owned by Hershey Co. has been hit with proposed penalties of $283,000 while SHS, the agency that hired…
According to a recent article in The New York Times, federal charges were filed against Gary May a superintendent of the West Virginia coal mine where an explosion killed 29 workers in 2010. The charges, filed in federal court in West Virginia, include conspiracy to defraud the United States by…
Today the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a warning after 13 deaths were linked to the use of a chemical found in paint-removers used to strip bathtubs. Those who died were workers using products containing methylene chloride, an industrial degreaser. According to the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality…
Work is underway to help prevent flooding along Swatara Creek in Pine Grove Borough and recently unemployed workers are doing much of the work. According to WNEP.com a federal grant is paying to remove debris from the creek to allow the water to run more smoothly during periods of heavy…