The rulemaking will implement a law passed during Oregon's 2015 legislative session that requires employers to provide up to 40 hours of paid sick time or unpaid but protected sick time per year, depending on the employer's size and location.
WHO announced that a forum will be held Nov. 1-2 for the candidates to present their visions to WHO Member States and the public and to answer questions from Member States on their candidacy.
The researchers found that workers who had been exposed to respirable indium for nearly two years or more exhibited shortness of breath, lower lung function, and higher levels of markers in the blood for lung damage.
"This is about improving outcomes for people and communities," said Saul Billingsley, executive director of the FIA Foundation. "We encourage investors, donors, and the international financial institutions to come together to realize the potential of these new investment models."
The contest will ideally stimulate development of an app to connect those experiencing an overdose with help.
The agencies took action under Executive Order 13581, which authorizes the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) to sanction "significant transnational criminal organizations and those who support them," OFAC Acting Director John Smith said.
The partnership will focus on workers on the CH2 Data Center project in Northlake, Illinois.
Unveiled at InnoTrans 2016, the company's Coradia iLint is a CO2-emission-free regional train powered by a hydrogen fuel cell.
NIOSH has drafted a new universal performance test protocol applicable to both types of CSTDs. The meeting allows agency personnel to give an update of new protocol developments.
Child Passenger Safety Week highlights the importance of buckling kids up.
State and federal inspectors found three critical defects and 41 non-critial ones in the latest round of inspections on track, track hardware, and tank car mechanical safety equipment, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Sept. 20.
Workers faced fall, unguarded machinery, and electric shock hazards, according to the agency. Proposed penalties total $88,632.
Twenty-two companies, including four multiple winners, won in the magazine's eighth annual New Product of the Year contest. Winners will receive their trophies at the 2016 National Safety Congress & Expo in Anaheim.
The discovery was made after investigating a July 3, 2016, grease fire.
Although its focus is to protect military troops in urban areas overseas, such a system could be used to protect U.S. cities from terrorist threats.