This has been an incredible week on efforts to end forced arbitration. Research shows corporations use forced arbitration to save money. Americans possess a fundamental right to seek justice and accountability under the Seventh Amendment of the Constitution. S. 2342 or the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault & Sexual Harassment Act will become law.
DHEC issued a public announcement regarding vaccine effectiveness.
A caregiver at a Clinton County adult foster home faces more than a decade in prison for vulnerable adult abuse. The Department of Attorney General’s Health Care Fraud Division and the Clinton County Sheriff’s Office investigated the abuse. A vulnerable adult at the adult foster care home suffered major injuries. The injuries included a subdural
The State reported on another environmental nuisance in South Carolina. Textile chemicals in groundwater, malodorous landfills, and lead poisoned soil are well-known problems in the Palmetto State. Now, we have a new odor caused from “bad behavior” according to the citizens of York and Lancaster counties. The odors and nuisance are caused by the wastewater
The January jobs report showed the U.S. added 467,000 jobs. Impressive numbers. The jobs report also revised the numbers for November and December upward by more than 700,000. The first 12 months of Biden’s presidency mark the best job creation on record. With more than 6.6 million jobs since Biden took office, Biden created more
Eilon Caspi is the Assistant Research Professor of Health, Intervention, and Policy at the University of Connecticut. He wrote a fantastic article about resident to resident assaults in nursing homes. These preventable incidents are prevalent in nursing homes. He is a gerontologist and dementia behavior specialist. He literally wrote the book! His film, “Fighting for Dignity,”