Lawmakers Consider Comprehensive Warehouse Safety Bill

Lawmakers in Connecticut introduced a bill Thursday that addresses warehouse worker performance quotas and other issues that labor advocates say have led to a steady increase in repetitive motion injuries. S.B. 412, which was referred to the Joint Committee on Labor and Public Employees, focuses on work within “warehouse distribution centers.” The bill states that whenever an employer makes a change to a quota, the affected employee must be provided “an updated written description of each quota for which such employee is subject to” within two days of the jo...