Quote of the day
“The federal law doesn’t allow any wiggle room for that.”
Dr. Heather Auld, who prescribes marijuana medically
Ohio contractor receives prison time following employee’s fatal fall
An Akron, Ohio roofing contractor has been sentenced to three years in prison after he pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter an employee fell and died in November 2017. The employee had not had the proper fall protection, according to Fed-OSHA. The contractor also pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud earlier this summer and has been ordered to pay more than $303,000 in restitution to the Ohio Bureau of’ Compensation. Crain’s Cleveland Business
Employers can legally fire workers for using medical pot
The Americans with Disabilities Act protects employees with a disability from being fired for a drug prescribed by their doctor, but that doesn’t include cannabis. WBBH/WZVN [with video]
How new rules on pork could affect how your tenderloin is made
New regulations on how swine is processed and inspected mark the first time in more than 50 years that significant changes have been made to pork-processing rules. They include allowing for faster processing by revoking the “speed limit” of how many hogs could be slaughtered per hour. Some experts are also raising concerns over what the rule changes could mean for worker safety. Indianapolis Star
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Is there a California tipping point?
What might be California’s tipping point, when high taxes, regulation, soaring housing, utility and fuel costs, choking traffic congestion, disease-ridden encampments of the homeless and other negative factors overwhelm the positives of living and doing business here and the state begins to experience economic and social erosion? Dan Walters, CalMatters