/tags/workplace-safety Workplace Safety en-US Copyright Fri, 14 Aug 2020 16:18:16 GMT /law/2020-08-14/ncs-anti-retaliation-law-for-workers-is-not-working North Carolina’s 1992 Retaliatory Employment Discrimination Act (REDA) is intended to protect workers from retaliation when they file complaints related… Fri, 14 Aug 2020 16:18:16 GMT /law/2020-08-14/ncs-anti-retaliation-law-for-workers-is-not-working Stacia Brown, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2020-08-14/ncs-anti-retaliation-law-for-workers-is-not-working North Carolina’s 1992 Retaliatory Employment Discrimination Act (REDA) is intended to protect workers from retaliation when they file complaints related… Fri, 14 Aug 2020 16:18:16 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-08-14/ncs-anti-retaliation-law-for-workers-is-not-working Stacia Brown, Frank Stasio /business-economy/2019-01-22/worker-dead-in-raleigh-construction-accident One worker was killed and two more were injured at a Raleigh construction site Tuesday morning.A wall collapsed near Triangle Town Center shopping mall in… Tue, 22 Jan 2019 21:15:11 GMT /business-economy/2019-01-22/worker-dead-in-raleigh-construction-accident Jason deBruyn /science-technology/2018-06-20/how-sexual-harassment-affects-women-in-stem The number of women in STEM is growing, but large barriers remain. A new study shows that experiences of sexual harassment in the workplace have a… Wed, 20 Jun 2018 18:48:48 GMT /science-technology/2018-06-20/how-sexual-harassment-affects-women-in-stem Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2018-06-20/how-sexual-harassment-affects-women-in-stem The number of women in STEM is growing, but large barriers remain. A new study shows that experiences of sexual harassment in the workplace have a… Wed, 20 Jun 2018 18:48:48 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2018-06-20/how-sexual-harassment-affects-women-in-stem Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio /business-economy/2017-01-31/workplace-fatalities-hit-six-year-high Workplace fatalities in North Carolina hit a six-year high, according to preliminary data released by the N.C. Department of Labor.The department reported… Tue, 31 Jan 2017 21:16:56 GMT /business-economy/2017-01-31/workplace-fatalities-hit-six-year-high Jason deBruyn, Will Michaels /health/2015-02-18/nursing-injuries-in-asheville A little-known epidemic has swept through hospitals across the country: thousands of nursing staff suffer debilitating back and arm injuries every year.… Wed, 18 Feb 2015 17:09:40 GMT /health/2015-02-18/nursing-injuries-in-asheville Frank Stasio, Laura Lee /show/the-state-of-things/2015-02-18/nursing-injuries-in-asheville A little-known epidemic has swept through hospitals across the country: thousands of nursing staff suffer debilitating back and arm injuries every year.… Wed, 18 Feb 2015 17:09:40 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2015-02-18/nursing-injuries-in-asheville Frank Stasio, Laura Lee /health/2014-10-16/just-in-case-officials-want-north-carolinians-to-practice-earthquake-drills Earthquakes are rare in North Carolina, but they happen. So the North Carolina Department of Public Safety is asking businesses and schools across the… Thu, 16 Oct 2014 12:49:39 GMT /health/2014-10-16/just-in-case-officials-want-north-carolinians-to-practice-earthquake-drills Rebecca Martinez /health/2013-04-26/workers-who-died-on-the-job-remembered Friends of workers who died on the job honored their memory in Raleigh. An observance of what they're calling Workers' Memorial Day included people… Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:13:59 GMT /health/2013-04-26/workers-who-died-on-the-job-remembered Gurnal Scott