Texas state has made changes to its Child Labor Law. Texas’s Child Labor Laws exist to protect children from being employed in occupations, or in a manner, that can be detrimental to a child’s safety, well-being and health. The work … Continue reading
The 2012 National Public Health Week, which was commemorated April 2nd to April 8th, encourages companies to take action on some of the top workplace safety tips to keep their employees and customers safe. Productivity losses tend to cost a … Continue reading
On the night of October 5 last year, many of us found ourselves glued to the TV screen awaiting news updates about a truck driver from Cupertino, CA who was responsible for a workplace shooting rampage earlier that morning which … Continue reading
2012 Louisiana Labor Law Posters available Continue reading
808 incidents in 2010, with 506 homicides, and the Occupational Health and Safety Administration estimates a total of nearly 2 million people are affected each year. No, we’re not talking about natural disasters and emergencies. These figures refer to one … Continue reading
For something that looks so tiny and harmless, asbestos fibers pose tremendous hazards to a person’s health. The hazards posed by asbestos are so great that they have merited one of the longest-running safety campaigns in the history of workplace … Continue reading
Last time, we talked about how a capable and well-prepared emergency leader plays the most important role in any workplace emergency plan. The inverse also holds true. The individual worker also poses the greatest safety hazard to any workplace. Through … Continue reading
What’s the most important component of any emergency plan, that one crucial factor that would sometimes spell the difference between life and death in a crisis situation? Some people may point at emergency equipment, while others would say that proper … Continue reading
Effective January 1, 2012, Hawaii has strengthened its employment discrimination laws to include provisions prohibiting employers from discriminating against employees who are victims of domestic or sexual violence. In additional to providing leave of absense from work, the law requires … Continue reading
Coming back to work after the holidays can be hard on some employees. Many workers tend to be less focused in the first weeks of the year as they struggle to pick up from where they left off before the … Continue reading