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Puerto Rico contractor pays $500K to settle hurricane recovery overtime claim

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Experts suggest that compliance with employment laws be included in disaster planning so an employer isn't caught off guard.

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Whirlpool Completes Manufacturing Facility Expansion In Argentina

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Whirlpool Latin America has offices in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Guatemala, Ecuador, Colombia, Miami and Puerto Rico, and reaches 47 countries through official distributors. Read: Whirlpool Completes Manufacturing Facility Expansion In Argentina at BusinessFacilities.com.

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How Cell Phone Use While Driving Laws Vary

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OSHA has said that employers must refrain from requiring employees to text while driving or even creating a work environment that encourages the practice. Puerto Rico. Distracted driving involves any activity that can divert attention from driving (eating, grooming, GPS, the radio, etc.), OSHA Requirement. California.

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Chobani Expanding World’s Largest Yogurt Manufacturing Plant

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Launch of products to new international markets, including Mexico and Puerto Rico in 2016. “The kind of success that Chobani is experiencing in the Magic Valley is setting a great example of regional collaboration between employers and community leaders throughout Idaho,” said Governor C.L. PRNewsFoto/Chobani, LLC).

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Greenbacks for Green Energy

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Probably means we should get that 51st star ready for Puerto Rico. – A $62-million tax credit for employers in American Samoa has been bestowed upon the largest private employer in the South Pacific chain, StarKist. . We always wondered what happened to Charlie the Tuna. Sorry, Charlie, it’s already taken.

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INDUSTRY FOCUS: Biotech, A Recession-Proof Growth Sector

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By comparison, total employment for all private sector industries in the U.S. While national private sector employment fell by 6.9 percent from the outset of the recession in 2007 through the first year of the recovery in 2010, bioscience industry employment fell a mere 1.4 percent, adding more than 96,000 jobs. Stroger Jr.,

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Leading Agriculture Equipment Company Relocating Tennessee HQ to Indiana

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Krone’s innovative hay and forage products are sold through a network of 400 dealers across the United States, Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico. Krone was founded in Spelle, Germany, in 1906 and established Krone North America in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1973.

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