Good news: Wyoming increases commitment to worker safety
Wyoming Workforce Services took nine of its 13 safety inspectors and formed a new state agency, the Workers' Compensation Safety and Risk Unit.
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Who really cheats Wyoming workers’ comp?
Perhaps 2 percent of workers’ comp claims are fraudulent while employers have short-changed the program by $3.3 million since ‘95.
Wyoming adds $800M to workers’ comp fund, but to whose benefit?
While the overall number of injury claims trends downward, the state remains one of the deadliest in the nation for workers.
Wyoming ‘deadliest state’ for workers ahead of their memorial day
Wyoming ranked worst-in-the-nation for workplace fatalities in 2014 — a reminder as advocates prepare for Wyoming Workers’ Memorial Day on Friday.
Black Thursday: Layoffs hit 500 Wyoming coal miners
Peabody Energy cut 235 miners, and Arch Coal cut 230 miners on Thursday morning. The reductions represent about 15 percent of each company’s Wyoming workforce.
