Employment laws that govern disabilities in the workplace can also apply to workers compensation claims, sometimes adding more complexity to an already-challenging situation.

An administrative law judge affirmed citations and proposed fines issued against a Massachusetts roofing contractor who failed to show at his scheduled safety commission hearing.

The National Football League has written a letter to the National Football League Players Association offering to work with the players’ union on studying marijuana as a pain management tool.

Employers can do more to prevent fatal struck-by injuries in the construction sector, according to a report released Wednesday.

Dilated pupils, red eyes, anxiety and paranoia are some of the signs employers in Maine are being told to watch for in training offered by the state’s labor department.

Missouri will soon join the other 49 states that already have prescription drug monitoring programs that aim to combat the opioid crisis, but the program has restrictions that will limit its effectiveness, experts say.

An administrative law judge of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission has upheld citations against a Cameron, West Virginia-based Davis H. Elliot Co. Inc. after an electric shock resulted in the death of an employee.

California regulators have cited and fined an aircraft parts manufacturer $87,500 for numerous workplace safety and health violations.