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Stacey Knoll thought the court summons she received was a scam. She didn’t remember getting any medical bills from Montrose Regional Health, a nonprofit hospital, after a 2020 emergency room visit. So she was shocked when, three years after the trip to the hospital, her employer received court orders requiring it to start funneling a

Workers are taking more mental health leaves now than they were in 2019, before the Covid-19 pandemic started. According to data collected by behavioral health services provider ComPsych, the percentage of workers taking a leave of absence increased by 30% from 2019 to 2024, while mental health leaves increased by 300% in the same time

Two workers died and another was injured on a sewer installation project August 11 in Mobile, Alabama, possibly due to gas exposure. According to Mobile Fire-Rescue, a worker entered a manhole and did not return. A second worker followed and also did not return. A third went down and was able to climb out, though

Nine percent of American workers are canceling plans to make a major purchase, such as buying a home or car, due to their feelings about job security, according to a Redfin survey. More than a third (35%) are delaying major purchase plans. Nearly a third (30%) of workers say they have either already made a

Two workers died in South Carolina after getting run over by construction equipment – a skid steer and a milling machine – in separate incidents within a week. The first incident occurred June 16 when John Allen Stowers, 58, of Summerville was run over by a skid steer while working in a ditch under an I-26 overpass

Thirty-one workers were safely evacuated from an industrial tunnel under construction in Wilmington, Los Angeles, after a section of it collapsed on Wednesday, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD). The incident took place roughly 8 to 9.7 kilometres from the tunnel’s only entrance, located in an industrial area of the city. Aerial footage

How do you say “automation” in Spanish? Suggested Reading Duolingo (DUOL) CEO Luis von Ahn sparked backlash last month when he wrote in an all-hands company email that the popular language-learning app was going to be “AI-first.” That email, when posted on LinkedIn (MSFT), drew hundreds of comments, many from users worried about what that meant for

Health The Health and Law Immigrant Solidarity Network sent the letter, which garnered more than 400 signatures, to seven of the largest health care networks in the state. Mass General Brigham, the state’s largest health system, is getting public pressure from its own employees to resist federal funding threats. Lane Turner/Globe Staff A group of