Author name: Sabine Frid-Bernards

Handling Employee Concerns and Protests During the Pandemic: Federal Law on Interference with Operations

From the National Review Monday, April 20, 2020 Work stoppages and disruption of operations are consequences of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This GT Alert provides an overview of federal law regarding employee protections associated with work stoppages that protest safety in the workplace. Federal Laws That Protect Employees Who Stop Work or Interfere …

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Arkansas Times: Union complains state employers lack COVID-19 safety plans, PPE

From the Arkansas Times Leslie Newell Peacock | September 17, 2020 Union workers at the Jefferson County Department of Human Services, the Southeast Arkansas Human Development Center, the Arkadelphia Human Development Center and the state Agriculture Department have complained to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration that their requests for agencies’ OSHA-guided safety plans have gone unanswered …

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Non-Profit Hospitals Accountability Project

After extensive research into nonprofit hospitals in Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas, the Nonprofit Accountability Project has released our findings and recommendations in a paper, “Charity for Whom?“ On September 24, we went to hospitals in New Orleans (Ochsner), Little Rock (St. Vincent), and Houston (Methodist) to call attention to the lack of charity care given …

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Richard’s Disposal settles one dispute with New Orleans garbage workers; another roils on

Nola.com | July 2, 2020 | Anthony Mcauley Richard’s Disposal, one of the three firms that collect residential garbage in New Orleans, has agreed to bonus payments and other concessions for the workers it contracts to pick up curbside trash, settling one of several labor issues that have recently disrupted garbage collection in the city …

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