Everyone has a workplace squabble now and again, but this disagreement between 2 McDonald’s employees quickly escalated. On Nov. 28th, Atlanta police arrived at the McDonald’s on Northside Drive—in Midtown—around midnight. They discovered 1 employee with a leg injury. According to their report, 2 …
Georgia Workers & Industry News
Are Georgia Workers Eligible for Compensation After Contracting COVID-19 At Work?
With COVID-19 ever-present on our minds, we’re always wondering what it will affect next. It’s changed the way we do everything. The latest change is the eligibility requirements for workers’ compensation. According to the Department of Labor (DOL), the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA) …
Can the Family of an Atlanta Nightclub Employee Get Workers’ Compensation Death Benefits?
In October 2020, an employee of an Atlanta nightclub was shot and killed while working. On Thursday, October 29 at 2:20 a.m., officers arrived on the scene of the Members Only lounge, a nightclub in northeast Atlanta owned by the rapper 2 Chainz. An employee had been shot in the chest. Though he …
Georgia Tyson Foods Worker Killed on the Job in Industrial Accident
On September 3, 2020, an unidentified maintenance worker at Tyson Foods’ Vienna, GA poultry processing plant, located 55 miles south of Macon, died on the loading dock. The 58-year-old man was pronounced dead on the scene by the Dooley County coroner, Ricky Hudson. No further details have been …
Georgia Workers’ Compensation
For Injuries During a Robbery
or Other Criminal Act
For 26-year-old Khain Ladley, it started as just a typical day. He was beginning his new job as a sign dancer for Green Light Smoke in Athens, GA. Sign dancers are the people who stand on the side of the road and twirl their advertisements for passing motorists to see. During his first hour on the …
Target Settles Worker Safety Lawsuit; Pays Fine and Will Implement Change
For business owners, employee safety should be a top priority. Without able employees to operate your business, there will be problems running the day-to-day operations and it also opens the door for liability issues. In other words, it’s in a company’s best interest to take care of their employees …