Supreme Court Case Tests Limits of Privacy and Background Checks March 09, 2010 -- The Supreme Court has decided to hear a case testing whether a federal contractor's employees in "low risk" positions can be required to undergo extensive background checks.
Did Employer Violate His USERRA Rights? March 09, 2010 -- A patrolman who also serves in the Army Reserves challenged his employer’s policy on military leave. Did his employer retaliate against him when it reprimanded him and investigated him for using excessive force?
Union Claims W. Virginia OSHA Is Ineffective March 10, 2010 -- A field organizer for West Virginia Public Workers Union UE Local 170 says the state OSHA program has conducted no routine safety inspections since 1995. The Charleston Gazette reports that organizer John Thompson based his conclusions on state data collected under a Freedom of Information Act request.
OSHA Notifies 15,000 Workplaces of High Injury and Illness Rates March 10, 2010 -- OSHA surveys employers to collect workplace injury and illness data it uses to identify employers whose injury and illness rates are considerably higher than the national average. A letter has been sent to about 15,000 workplaces with the highest numbers of injuries and illnesses resulting in days away from work, restricted work activities or job transfers, known as the DART rate.
