Trump Admin Protects Meat Processing Plants From COVID-19 Liability

Watchdog groups say the White House’s new executive order that invokes the Defense Production Act to keep meat processing plants open during the COVID-19 public health emergency prioritizes corporations over employee safety and effectively takes away the ability for workers to sue if they contract the disease at work. Though the text of the order, signed by the president Tuesday (April 28), does not mention liability directly, the Department of Labor’s enforcement policy says the agency will back employers who...