The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration said a Missouri trucking company retaliated against a truck driver by “blacklisting him” in the commercial transportation industry after he sought medical attention for a work-related injury.The workplace safety agency ordered New Prime Inc. to pay the driver $100,994 in back wages and damages.“Blacklisting an employee and sabotaging a worker's career is unacceptable,” Robert Kulick, OSHA's regional administrator in New York, said in a statement. “It can have a dangerous ripple effect if employees a...
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