Obese workers may cost their employers more, filing more workers' compensation claims for injuries on the job, and then more frequently going on to become disabled. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

"Recent research shows it could be the grumpy workers who are actually a company's most creative problem-solvers" picked by Nick 3 years ago

An 84-year-old Florida woman said a crew of lawn maintenance workers lifted her car when she became pinned underneath it. picked by proverb 2 months ago

The Swiss city of Zurich has banned municipal workers from having overbearing body odour.

The ban is part of a draconian list of rules on behaviour and dress code issued by city officials, which includes bans on strong perfume and plunging necklines. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

Researchers at the University of Westminster have used a simple and convenient method for screening female commercial sex workers (CSW) for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) without the need for them to attend clinics. The women were given tampons that they could use to collect their own samples and post them to the laboratory. picked by suebe 8 months ago

The Department of Homeland Security is looking for more than 100 workers from Huntsville's Cinram plant who have turned up missing. The group of workers from Nepal simply disappeared without any warning, creating a potential security risk. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Four hospital workers abandoned a blind patient with diabetes at an Osaka park in September after his former wife refused to take him in. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Two Sikh sawmill workers have launched a complaint with the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal after they weren't allowed to work because they refused to wear hard hats over their turbans. picked by chinook 2 years ago

Japan is offering $3,000, plus $2,000 per dependent, to blue-collar workers of Latin American descent to leave the country.
The catch? They — and their kids — will not ever be allowed back. picked by lynxears 7 months ago

A court in N'Djamena, Chad, has sentenced six aid workers from the Zoe's Ark organisation to eight years of hard labour in relation to the kidnapping one hundred and three children and attempting to take them out of the country (mostly into Europe) picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that Latino workers' fatality rate was 21 percent higher than all workers in 2006. picked by RowanGrey 2 years ago

Sewer workers in New York took time out of their daily routine to showcase their work skills at the city's 20th annual Olympics of Sewage Treatment. Six teams competed Tuesday, with affectionate names like the Tallman Island Turd Surfers, and Bowery Bay Bowl Buster. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

...or so I've heard. picked by kxmk 3 years ago

You've been laid off, but you figure unemployment will get you through the time you need to find a job. That is true unless you work for a company that claims "religion" status. They don't have to pay the taxes everyone else does - including unemployment taxes which means you're out on the street. picked by 2manyusernames 6 months ago

Women should not feel obliged to wear high heels at work, trade unionists will argue at next month’s TUC conference.

A motion will demand instead that female workers should be free to wear flat shoes if they prefer. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

A group of office staff have discovered they work better together when they are NAKED.

Workers at design and marketing company onebestway in Newcastle upon Tyne stripped off at the encouragement of their boss, who thought the move would boost business. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

On second thought, maybe it was not a good idea to give an award for drinking to local government officials. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Workers at a General Motors Corp. factory in Parma, Ohio, have rejected a tentative contract reached earlier this month under the threat of a strike by the United Auto Workers.

The Parma factory had been the only one that had threatened a strike to reach a deal with the company. Now, that plant is back in play as GM faces a barrage of threats of and actual strikes. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Fourteen city workers and one retired city worker in the western Ohio town of Piqua claimed a $207 million 12-state lottery prize Wednesday. picked by Wags273 11 months ago

Iowa officials say 21 mentally disabled men were put to work at a meatpacking plant for decades and lived for 20 years or more in an old building with boarded-up windows and nothing but space heaters for heat. picked by suebe 10 months ago