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Cat Footwear Addresses Chronic Pain in the Construction Industry by Launching the CAT EDGE .
Cat FootwearMarch 2, 2021 GMT
ROCKFORD, Mich., March 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Cat® Footwear, a division of Wolverine World Wide, Inc. (NYSE: WWW) today released its newest work boot designed for injury prevention for industrial workers – Cat Edge. Cat Footwear is stepping outside the box of traditional industrial footwear design with Cat Edge’s ergonomically correct footwear platform, with the primary purpose behind the design of the boot to focus on the reduction of stress on the body for workers who are standing over long periods of time.
Tue March 02, 2021 - National Edition
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The outsole design of the boot provides optimal stability with a wide, full-ground midfoot contact to reduce ankle rotation and weight bearing stresses. The ergonomic insole design supports the three main arches of the foot in order to reduce lower extremity fatigue, prevent overuse of the arches when standing and to create more stability by making full contact with the foot.
Cat Footwear, a division of
Wolverine World Wide Inc. released its newest work boot designed for injury prevention for industrial workers Cat Edge.
Cat Footwear is stepping outside the box of traditional industrial footwear design with Cat Edge s ergonomically correct footwear platform, with the primary purpose behind the design of the boot to focus on the reduction of stress on the body for workers who are standing over long periods of time.
Wage Theft ‘Rampant’ in State
10% of construction workers bilked of $23,500 per year on average. Will Legislature address problem? By Bruce Murphy - Jan 20th, 2021 11:49 am //end headline wrapper ?>Construction. File photo by Jack Fennimore.
A new study finds that wage theft is a huge problem in the Wisconsin construction industry. It estimates that 10% of the state’s construction workforce, some 14,500 workers, are either misclassified or paid off the books. accounting for 10 percent of the workforce. As a result, they earn 31 percent less ($23,500 annually) in combined wages and fringe benefits than they should.
The study by the Midwest Economic Policy Institute also looked at Illinois and Minnesota, and found the problem was comparable or worse with construction workers earning 36% less in Minnesota and 29% less in Illinois due to wage theft.
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Payroll fraud is pervasive in the construction industry in Illinois and the upper Midwest, costing taxpayers at a time of stressed state budgets, said a report from labor-supported research groups.
The report said 20% of construction workers in Illinois, about 52,000 people, suffer from payroll fraud, or what the researchers termed “wage theft.” Factoring in lost wages and benefits, the cost in state tax revenue was $186 million in 2018, researchers said.
“It’s a crime against every taxpayer. All are forced to pay more because of wage theft,” said Frank Manzo IV, policy director at the Illinois Economic Policy Institute. The group completed the research with an affiliate, the Midwest Economic Policy Institute, which included findings for Wisconsin and Minnesota.