Biden, Sworn in, Unveils Political Hires at Labor Department (2)
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More than a dozen states at the start of the 2021 legislative season are renewing a push to shield businesses from lawsuits over customers’ or employees’ Covid-19 exposure.
Federal worker safety rules don’t compel a security company transporting cash to require its guards to wear bulletproof vests, the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission unanimously decided.
The Biden transition team plans to install former United Steelworkers safety official Jim Frederick as acting chief of the Labor Department’s workplace safety agency on Inauguration Day, part of a team of interim leaders who will help jump start the new administration’s labor and employment agenda.
Meatpacking workers and their employers are pushing to the front of the line for coronavirus vaccinations as state governments roll out their distribution plans to combat the pandemic.