THE absence of crucial and fundamental precautionary safety rules and regulations that are a vital element of vulnerable sites is a criminal neglect by the managements concerned and calls for ...

On early Thursday morning, while up late working toward passage of the major Republican tax-cut and spending bill, the House voted 216-212 to undo a Biden administration EPA rule that prevents ...

Asia: New protections will soon take effect for workers, thousands of whom are killed or maimed annually. The injured often cannot support themselves.

For years, Bangladesh was seen as a place where workers’ rights were not protected, and industrial tragedies were all too common. Now, however, local factory owners, unions, global brands, and ...

Deputy Prime Minister Somsak Thepsutin has told five ministries to revise their rules for controlling fireworks factories in the wake of an explosion at a Suphan Buri factory that killed 23 people ...

Bangladesh may or may not need tougher workplace safety rules, but it’s entirely appropriate for Bangladesh to have different—and, indeed, lower—workplace safety standards than the United ...

Kentucky would weaken its workplace safety protections to make the state more “business friendly” under a bill backed by the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce that’s advancing to the House floor ...

The Trump administration intends to unveil this week a plan to trim regulations it believes constrain U.S. manufacturing growth, potentially affecting environmental permits, worker safety and ...

House lawmakers voted to overturn an Environmental Protection Agency rule that sets stringent emission standards for large emitters indefinitely.