During November and December, the demand for turkeys gets much higher in the United States thanks to Thanksgiving and Christmas. As families get together for the season, they want to have larger dinner parties and get togethers, meaning more and more of the birds have...
Month: November 2015
Apply for workers’ compensation payments to cover your lost wages
As an employee working in industry, you have rights in case that you get injured. For example, imagine that you are walking in your workplace when you trip and fall on carpet that has bunched up and not been repaired. You sprained your ankle in the fall, and you now...
What is being done about occupational lung disease?
This is a great time to ask about lung disease as November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month. The discussion provides a good opportunity to remind North Carolina workers and their employers that lung disease lays waste to the lives of employees and their family members...
You have the right to a safe workplace in North Carolina
One of the most perplexing issues attorneys in North Carolina often address is how little the state's workers know about their safety rights. In many cases, injured workers even blame themselves when something completely out of their control causes a workplace injury....
The dangers of working in chicken processing plants
The nation already understands about dangerous working conditions, but chicken processing plants are apparently some of the country's worst offenders. Recent reports indicate that workers in this industry are subject to numerous workplace injuries and medical...