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 2 years ago

City workers with political clout claim to be injured at a rate that far exceeds any occupation tracked by the U.S. Department of Labor. picked by hypnotode 2 years 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 10 months ago

"Recent research shows it could be the grumpy workers who are actually a company's most creative problem-solvers" picked by Nick 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 8 months ago

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) thousands of workers are dying each year from cancer related to WHAT? The answer is asbestos, tobacco smoke, benzene, and other carcinogens. picked by AutumnLotus 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 1 year 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 11 months ago

The Long Island Rail Road has an outrageous number of retires that claim and get disability (97% in one year). They get full pay and benefits. They are fully able the day before they retire and magically become disabled the day they retire. picked by bernardblack 2 months ago

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that Latino workers' fatality rate was 21 percent higher than all workers in 2006. picked by RowanGrey 9 months 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 2 years ago

Creationist claims are numerous and varied, so it is often difficult to track down information on any given claim. Plus, creationists constantly come up with new claims which need addressing. This site attempts, as much as possible, to make it easy to find rebuttals and references from the scientific community to any and all of the various creationist claims. It is updated frequently picked by 2manyusernames 5 months ago

British troops executed as many as 20 Iraqi prisoners after a gun battle in May 2004, lawyers claim. Some alleged survivors of the gun battle near the southern Iraqi town of Majar al-Kabir also claim corpses were mutilated by UK military personnel. picked by mahler87 9 months ago

Nicolas Sarkozy tries to cut off Early Retirement benefits to a small group of public sector workers.
French public transportation stops.
Someone will surrender before the week is finished. picked by Bandit 1 year ago

A bald high school teacher has lost a court case because the judge ruled that his lack of hair was not a disability - despite his pleas to the contrary. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

Maybe they can outsource some of the work to America. picked by gnikgnok 2 years ago

An Israeli judge has ordered the country's prison authority to pay an inmate over $1,000 (488 pounds) in compensation after he complained of having to share a cell with cockroaches. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

A U.S. tourist who had been partying at the nightclub last weekend decided to round out a night of generosity by giving club employees a tip of $12,250 to split. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

They believe that providing sexual pleasure is also much like providing any other form of entertainment, which relaxes people’s mind and body. picked by suebe 2 years ago

On second thought, maybe it was not a good idea to give an award for drinking to local government officials. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago