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Brazil Rejects Vale, BHP Settlement Offer for Deadly 2015 Mining Disaster Brazil and the state of Espirito Santo have rejected a proposal by miners Vale and BHP regarding reparations for the deadly 2015 Mariana tailings dam burst, the federal government said on Friday. The statement did not include Minas Gerais state, …
POSTED MAY 06, 2024 8:25 AM |
Southern Brazil Hit by Worst Floods in Over 80 Years, Killing at Least 39 People Heavy rains in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul killed 39 people, with another 68 still missing, the state civil defense agency said Friday, as record-breaking floods devastated cities and forced thousands to leave their homes. It …
POSTED MAY 06, 2024 7:50 AM |
GSK, Boehringer Put Profits Over User Safety, Zantac Jury Told Drugmakers GSK Plc and Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH prioritized profits over consumer safety by hiding the cancer risks of their once-blockbuster heartburn drug Zantac, according to lawyers representing a Chicago woman in the first of thousands of such claims to go …
POSTED MAY 06, 2024 6:03 AM |
Biden Vetoes Bid to Repeal US Labor Board Rule on Contract, Franchise Workers President Joe Biden followed through on Friday on his vow to veto a Republican-backed measure that would have repealed a U.S. labor board rule treating companies as the employers of many of their contract and franchise workers and requiring them …
POSTED MAY 06, 2024 5:12 AM |
Florida Saw Jump in Workers’ Comp Cost per Claim in 2022-23, WCRI Report Shows Call it the effects of wage creep during the pandemic, along with a little bit of creep in the duration of benefits. Employers and insurers in Florida saw a 7% increase in total cost per workers’ compensation claim in 2022 …
POSTED MAY 06, 2024 5:01 AM |
Maryland Hospitality Firm Settles Employee Pregnancy Discrimination and Retaliation Suit Savage River Lodge and Little Crossings will pay $150,000 and furnish equitable relief to settle federal charges that they discriminated against an employee because of her pregnancy and then fired her. The Frostburg, Maryland businesses, part of Fronterra Resources, offer …
POSTED MAY 06, 2024 5:00 AM |
Hub Acquires Williams Insurance Services in California Hub International Ltd. acquired Merriwether & Williams Insurance Services Inc. Merriwether & Williams has locations in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California, The firm provides contractor development abd bonding programs, aligned risk management and special project consulting, and insurance brokerage …
POSTED MAY 06, 2024 5:00 AM |
New York Restricts Sale of Weight-Loss and Muscle-Building Supplements to Minors It’s now illegal to sell weight-loss and muscle-building supplements to minors in New York, under a first-in-the-nation law that went into effect this week. Experts say loose federal regulation of dietary supplements has resulted in these products sometimes including unapproved …
POSTED MAY 06, 2024 5:00 AM |
New Vehicle Registrations in California Rose, While Tesla Registrations Dropped Again The first quarter of the year saw the sixth straight quarterly increase (.7%) in overall registrations in California in the first quarter from the same period last year, while the state’s love affair with Tesla’s may be getting old, the …
POSTED MAY 06, 2024 5:00 AM |
Inszone Insurance Acquires Tri-Cities Insurance Professionals in Washington Inszone Insurance Services acquired Tri-Cities Insurance Professionals LLC, a multi-member managed broker agency in Pasco, Washington. Tri-Cities Insurance Professionals was founded by Craig Baumgartner, Gerald Tobias, Darwin Walter, and Jorge Torres. Sacramento, California-based Inszone is an insurance brokerage firm that …
POSTED MAY 06, 2024 5:00 AM |
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