Workers compensation in Western Australia: the shifting landscape of workers' rights.
ABSTRACT In 2004 and 2005 the West Australian Labor Government significantly amended the Workers Compensation and Injury Management Act 1981 (WA) (the Act). These amendments followed over a decade of shifting power plays and uncertainty for the many stakeholders in the system. The significance of these state-based...

Injured workers retain rights to employment.
Byline: Jamie Carlton Oregon Bureau of Labor & Industries For The Register-Guard The Bureau of Labor and Industries Technical Assistance for Employers unit receives a number of inquiries from employers about injured workers. Below is the first of two columns with answers to your most frequently asked...

Ill wind on sick, family-leave policy; Union claims workers cheated.
Byline: Nick Kotsopoulos WORCESTER - When Fire Lt. Donald Courtney had an operation last year and was out of work for six weeks, he was told upon his return that he had used half of the family medical leave to which he was entitled. What...

Workplace deaths in 2007 among lowest on record.
Byline: Sherri Buri McDonald The Register-Guard They don't have their own reality show, like the loggers of "Ax Men," but construction workers actually had the deadliest job in Oregon last year, according to the state Department of Consumer & Business Services. The agency released figures...

Immigration and the workplace.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Twenty states passed laws last year directed at both immigrant workers and employers. Federal law already prohibits employers from hiring unauthorized workers. It requires employers to verify the identity and the work status of prospective employees. The law established a voluntary Internet-based pilot program to...

CALENDAR.
Byline: The Register-Guard Brownsville Today Central Linn School District Board - 7 p.m., District Office, 331 E. Blakely Ave. Covered playground project, health curriculum, executive (nonpublic) session to consider student expulsion. (541) 466-3105. Coburg tuesday City Council...

Amendment-free meeting backs schools.
Byline: Michael Kane BOYLSTON - After hearing lengthy explanations from town officials and being prohibited from making amendments to articles, voters at special town meeting approved transferring $158,000 to the schools from other departments' budgets Monday with few questions. Officials did face more scrutiny later in the...

Publix VP to Retire, Replacement Announced.
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-12 May 2008-Publix VP to Retire, Replacement Announced(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com After 50 years of dedicated service, Publix Super Markets Vice President of Risk Management Ed Shivers announced his decision to retire effective June 16. Shivers began his Publix career in...

Economic impact of the mushroom industry in Chester County, PA.
Pennsylvania mushroom farming is essential to the state's agricultural economy as its largest cash crop. Pennsylvania is also the leader in mushroom production for the entire United States. Since 1980, Pennsylvania mushroom growers dominated the domestic industry by consistently accounting for more than half of total mushroom production. Chester...

CALENDAR.
Byline: The Register-Guard Brownsville MONDAY Central Linn School District Board - 7 p.m., District Office, 331 E. Blakely Ave. Covered playground project, health curriculum, executive (nonpublic) session to consider student expulsion. (541) 466-3105. Cottage Grove MONDAY City...