S5E469 - 6-25-2026 When the Feds Write the Rules: Monsanto v. Darnell and What It Means for Safety Professionals"

Summary:

In this episode of Safety Wars, host Jim opens with a personal note about his son's middle school moving-up ceremony before diving into the week's regulatory news. He covers a Department of Labor consent order requiring three Maine sports bars to pay over $51,000 in back wages for wage and child labor violations, and a $1.73 million recovery for 1,666 workers at a Ford EV battery plant whose employer improperly excluded bonuses from overtime calculations. Jim also flags a call for public input from the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs on hearing loss evaluation methods.

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