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Health system to screen job seekers for nicotine
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan health system plans to begin screening job applicants for nicotine use. The Flint Journal reports (http://bit.ly/14ONfuG ) that Flint-based McLaren Health Care has instituted a no-nicotine policy for all job...
Tags: Healthcare Policies, Medical Procedures and Tests, Health Insurance
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FDA: New rules will make food safer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration says its new guidelines would make the food Americans eat safer and help prevent the kinds of foodborne disease outbreaks that sicken or kill thousands of consumers each year. The rules, the...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, U.S. Congress, Crime, Law and Justice, Listeria Outbreak (2011), U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Hospitals crack down on workers refusing flu shots
CHICAGO (AP) — Patients can refuse a flu shot. Should doctors and nurses have that right, too? That is the thorny question surfacing as U.S. hospitals increasingly crack down on employees who won't get flu shots, with some workers losing their...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Viral Diseases and Infections, Health Insurance Cost, Elk Grove Village (Cook, Illinois), Medical Specialization
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Bill fueled by shooting targets convenience stores
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Convenience stores that have been repeated victims of crimes would have to follow stricter regulations designed to increase the security of workers under a bill being proposed by a Democratic state lawmaker. State Rep. Ed...Tags: Republican Party, Theft, Crime, Law and Justice, Criminal Laws, Career and Workplace
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Chrysler reinstates 13 workers seen drinking on TV
DETROIT (AP) — Chrysler Group LLC says it has bowed to an arbitrator's ruling and reluctantly reinstated 13 workers at a Detroit assembly plant who were fired after a TV station aired footage of them apparently drinking and smoking marijuana...
Tags: Television Industry, Employees, Career and Workplace, Chrysler Group LLC
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Schools studying on-site clinics for their employees
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- South Bend Community School Corp. employees who carry the district's health insurance, along with their covered dependents, could have access to free medical services at one or more primary care clinics in the coming months. At a special...Tags: Healthcare Contract Issues, Medical Procedures and Tests, Career and Workplace, Employment Opportunities, Employment
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After shootings, states rethink mental health cuts
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Dozens of states have slashed spending on mental health care over the last four years, driven by the recession's toll on revenue and, in some cases, a new zeal to shrink government. But that trend may be heading for a U-...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Behavioral Conditions, Sam Brownback, Kathleen Sebelius, U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means
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Worker dies in accident at NW Indiana power plant
WHEATFIELD, Ind. (AP) — Authorities say a contractor performing maintenance work at a northwestern Indiana power plant has died after an apparent fall. Porter County Coroner Chuck Harris says 49-year-old Troy Jabaay of Hebron died Tuesday at...Tags: Occupational Safety and Health Administration
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Factory owner: I didn't know fire exits needed
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The owner of a Bangladesh clothing factory where a fire killed 112 people says he was never informed the facility was required to have an emergency exit, a sign of how far removed the leaders of the nation's garment industry...
Tags: The Walt Disney Co., Justice and Rights, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Crime, Law and Justice, Dhaka (Bangladesh)
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Judge: Hobby Lobby must offer morning-after pill
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A federal judge has rejected Hobby Lobby Stores Inc.'s request to block part of the federal health care overhaul that requires the arts and craft supply company to provide insurance coverage for the morning-after and week-...
Tags: Lobbying, Crime, Law and Justice, Belief and Faith, Insurance, Birth Control
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Unemployment may increase chances of heart attacks
CHICAGO (AP) — Unemployment hurts more than your wallet — it may damage your heart. That's according to a study linking joblessness with heart attacks in older workers. The increased odds weren't huge, although multiple job losses posed as...
Tags: Internists, Medical Research, Layoffs and Downsizing, Unemployment Benefits, Career and Workplace
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Insurance costs irk South Bend school workers
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- These days, South Bend schools bus driver Linda Frick feels like she's working primarily to buy health insurance. She's paying more than $300 every two weeks for the nine months she's employed for coverage for herself and her husband for...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Health Insurance Cost, Health and Safety at School, Insurance, Health Insurance
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