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An OSHA standard directed at mitigating workplace violence in healthcare facilities is not looming on the horizon, but not because OSHA is unaware of the main provisions such a standard would include. As it currently stands, it is not uncommon for OSHA to issue citations against healthcare employers whose employees are attacked, harmed, threatened, or […]
Many employers have questions about what specific footwear would best fit their foot protection programs. Experts at Safety.BLR.com® recently stepped in to answer two questions on the subject—see what they had to say, plus download a free guide from Tingley to get your program on firm ground!
When a major retail business moves to shutter its operations the impacts have major reverberations, especially when that business is the size of Circuit City, Borders Books and Music, or Toys “R” Us. In the case of the latter, the rapid closing of the toy giant left 31,000 employees without work and close to 800 […]
Despite OSHA’s 2014 rule strengthening provisions that require employers to inform the agency about work-related fatalities and serious injuries and illnesses, the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Inspector General (OIG) found that OSHA’s data on these incidents are deficient as is its assurance that employers abated the hazards that contributed to the incidents.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is seeking comments from employers by September 28, 2018, regarding a proposal to amend its controversial Obama-era e-recordkeeping rule.
Ohio’s new medical marijuana law went into effect on Saturday, September 8, 2018. Hopefully, it will spur employers to evaluate their workplace policies.
If you live in Arizona, and you’re thinking about trying to pass off your pet as a service animal, you may want to think twice. As of August 3, 2018, it is now illegal to misrepresent your pet in order to have them accompany you into public places accessible only to service animals. While this […]