Yesterday, the Bureau of Reclamation -- managers of California’s Central Valley Project (CVP) -- announced an initial zero percent water allocation for farmers and cities in the San Joaquin Valley following California’s driest year in recorded history.
Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index recently released its compilation of the 10 most costly workplace accidents for 2014. These accidents cost a combined $59.6 billion a year in direct workers compensation costs. These accidents cost a combined $59.6 billion a year in direct workers compensation costs. Liberty Mutual pulled this data from all of the accidents that caused employees to miss six or more days of work. The 10 leading accidents are:
Today, the House Judiciary Committee held a mark-up on the Legal Workforce Act, H.R. 1147, and passed the legislation out of committee on a party-line vote.
