A postman was unfairly sacked after working as a taxi driver while on sick leave, a tribunal has ruled. Leigh Weston was off work with a painful hip and anxiety when he was seen by bosses at a cab ...

VICTORIA - BC Ferries says it has nothing to do with a medical incident that left six passengers sickened, including two who had to be taken to hospital. The incident occurred Saturday on an ...

Separately, more states and cities also are requiring paid sick time, which helps people deal with shorter-term illnesses like the flu. Nineteen states plus Washington, D.C., have laws requiring paid ...

Allowing workers to use their paid sick leave to take time off for immigration proceedings is one of the ways Washington state lawmakers are trying to support immigrants facing tougher federal ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. British employers can find it cheaper to replace workers who fall sick than to invest in their retention ...

Readers are appalled at Labour’s benefit cuts set to leave many sick and disabled worse off (Picture: House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA Wire) However work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall ...

This controversial cookware material has a checkered past and is still thought to be unsafe when used improperly. Here's why folks are talking about Teflon flu and what you need to know. David ...

A doctor who oversees a clinic that was supposed to treat Gene Hackman’s wife, Betsy Arakawa, says she may not have been aware of how ill she was before succumbing to hantavirus last month.

Gabe Whisnant is a Breaking News Editor at Newsweek based in North Carolina. Prior to joining Newsweek in 2023, he directed daily publications in North and South Carolina. As an executive editor ...

Foam washing up on beach, in Waitpinga, near Adelaide. Photo: AP Melbourne: An Australian State closed two beaches after dead fish and an unusual off-white foam washed ashore while surfers reported ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Actor and comedian Tracy Morgan got sick in the second half of Monday night’s Heat-Knicks game, interrupting the action at Madison Square Garden. There was a pause in play with ...