About: Breck Rice

It has been a decade since Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. closed its Chicago chewing gum factory, but former employee Gwendolyn Carter lives with a constant reminder of the years she spent at Ashland Avenue and 35th Street, according to a recently filed lawsuit. Read more......

Just over a year ago, Walgreens and Prime Therapeutics, the nation’s fourth largest pharmacy benefit manager, formed a new retail pharmacy network. The venture combined Walgreen’s “brick and mortar” pharmacies with Prime’s mail-order network. In a press release issued at the time, the newly-formed joint venture indicated that Prime would continue to support client-specific network choices...

In the modern work environment, worker safety must be of paramount concern to employers. In fact, a 2008 study by the U.S. Department of Labor demonstrated that 3 of every 100 full-time workers suffer workplace injuries, translating to a significant human cost and 3.7 million actual compensation claims. While this is indeed a significant figure,...

The #HurricaneHarvey clean up crews at our homes that were hired by management number about 200 and notice that none of them were given #Hazmat suits Several factors are greatly concerning.

• Texas doesn’t require workers’ comp
• Companies are desperate to find workers, any workers, who will go into dangerous places and do very hard work in...