Commandant testifies on USCG efforts to address sexual assault and harassment

Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Linda Fagan is not getting wholly rave reviews following her testimony at a hearing entitled “Coast Guard Oversight: Sexual Assault and Harassment,” held Tuesday before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) of the Senate’s Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC).

You can see video of part of the hearing below (the full hearing is available on C-Span)

A focus of the hearing was Operation Fouled Anchor (OFA), a sprawling, years-long...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/commandant-testifies-on-uscg-efforts-to-address-sexual-assault-and-harassment/

Politicians demand answers from gig economy companies on driver safety

Sign for Uber and Lyft riders in airport

A group of U.S. senators and representatives from Massachusetts have written letters to the CEOs of Uber, Lyft, Instacart, DoorDash and Grubhub, demanding answers to questions regarding the health and safety of their app-based workers.

The letters, dated May 31, request answers to seven questions by June 21. Most of the questions focus on the health and safety of the workers, but the group also requested an answer to whether app-based delivery workers are required to sign an arbitration...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/politicians-demand-answers-from-gig-economy-companies-on-driver-safety