AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas’ manual laborers are facing harsh financial and safety concerns, according to a new study released Tuesday. The report was released at the WDP office in Austin in a room with a ...

Workers’ compensation is available to anyone who has been injured on the job. Asbestos exposure in the workplace is the ...

In Texas, construction workers are more likely to die on the job than laborers in any other industry – and yet well over half of them don’t have any type of workers’ compensation insurance. That’s ...

Texas workers have long struggled with wage theft by their employers—and the state’s willingness and ability to crack down on scofflaw employers has been relatively minimal. Now, rates of suspected ...

The H-1B visa program is a crucial path for skilled foreign workers in U.S. industries. With the new $100,000 H-1B ...

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