OSHA has cited a Missouri auto parts manufacturer for failing to implement and enforce coronavirus protections, which ultimately lead to an employee’s death. The details, from OSHA’s news release. Two machine operators … who jointly operated a press tested positive for the coronavirus just two days apart, in late August 2020. The two workers typically labored for hours at a time less than two feet apart; neither wore a protective facial mask consistently. Ten…

Last year I nominated Tyson Foods for 2020’s Worst Employer because some of its managers started a cash buy-in betting pool on which of its employees would fall ill with COVID-19. This past weekend, John Oliver did a scathing indictment of Tyson Foods and others for their health and safety record during the pandemic and otherwise. If doing the right thing by your employees isn’t enough for you to take health and safety seriously during…

The headline reads, “Ex-Manager Sues Ample Hills in Lawsuit Alleging Harassment and Unsafe COVID-19 Protocols” (emphasis mine). Here’s the lede: Bryce Mottram, a former general manager at one of quirky ice cream purveyor Ample Hills’ scoop shops, has filed a lawsuit in New York Eastern District Court alleging that he was fired from the company in retaliation for speaking up about instances of sexual harassment and unsafe COVID-19 workplace protocols at the company. I firmly…