David Dickerson
Ky. Labor Cabinet: ‘Unacceptable’ Worker Safety Issues Under Review
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The acting Labor Secretary wrote in an op-ed published Tuesday in the Lexington newspaper that the “hard work of turning the program around is well underway.”
Government
How A Kentucky State Employee Kept His Job After Sexual Harassment Allegation, Felony
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Newly released documents shed light on the process by which the Labor Cabinet investigated, and then closed, the sexual harassment allegation.
Louisville Police Close More Than Half Of Rape Cases Without Arresting Anyone
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The Louisville Metro Police Department closed hundreds of rape investigations in three years. Officers identified the suspects, knew where to find them and had probable cause to arrest them. But in a majority of these closed cases, LMPD officers made no arrests. The officers determined that arrests were just not possible in 51 percent of all 2014-16 rape cases. The agency marked the cases “cleared by exception,” a status intended for exceptional situations, and closed the case.
Fatal Flaws
State Leaders Speak Out On ‘Fatal Flaws’ Investigation
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Gov. Matt Bevin ignored a series of questions from a reporter about worker safety and spoke instead about a tech company’s new location.
Fatal Flaws
Fatal Flaws: In Kentucky, Deregulation And Worker Safety Collide
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Business owner and political candidate Matt Bevin expressed disdain for OSHA regulations. Then, he became governor of Kentucky.
Amplify
Amplify: Delanna Miller, Whose Husband Died On The Job
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Delanna Miller and her husband were expecting their second child when he was electrocuted to death while trimming trees.
Fatal Flaws: How Kentucky Fails Its Workers
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Kentucky failed to properly investigate nearly every workplace fatality for a two-year period. That’s left Kentucky’s workers at risk, and the state’s worker safety agency in peril.
Featured in Category
While Kentucky Cabinet Protected Alleged Harasser’s Identity, He Racked Up Criminal Charges
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Before Hector Fonseca was accused of sexual harassment at work — a claim that an internal investigation did not substantiate — judges had twice issued protective orders against him for domestic violence allegations.
Government
Ky. Department Of Corrections Settles Sexual Harassment Suit For $1.5 Million
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Four women claimed they were sexually harassed while working as prison guards at Little Sandy Correctional Complex in Sandy Hook, Kentucky.
Newsroom
Judge Orders State Agencies To Reveal Sexual Harassment Details To KyCIR
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“[T]he public has a right to know if the internal investigation was thorough, unbiased, and competent, or whether it was a ‘cover up’ of misconduct based on personal or political favoritism,” Shepherd wrote in his ruling on the Labor Cabinet.