The Employee Engagement Report 2011, which explores workplace attitudes among employees on four continents and is based on survey responses of nearly 11,000 employed professionals, revealed that trust in executives has a stronger correlation to employee engagement than trust in immediate managers.
A report in BLS' January 2011 "Monthly Labor Review" says drug and alcohol testing was one of the most active areas of legislation during the year.
The clock is ticking toward the March 4 deadline for public comments on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s proposed hours of service rule, which is vigorously opposed by the American Trucking Associations.
DOL claims the company failed to pay more than $1 million in overtime compensation to approximately 4,500 current and former workers. "We will vigorously defend our pay practices in court and expect to be vindicated," the company responded.
A strong sense of coherence—consisting of comprehensibility, manageability, and meaningfulness—has been linked to a reduced risk of mental health problems, including stress-related disorders like burnout.
The Feb. 17 live session of CDC's Public Health Grand Rounds, titled "Prescription Drug Overdoses: An American Epidemic," is intended to help health care professionals and policymakers address the problem.
There were only 11 major strikes or lockouts in 2010, the second-lowest total since the agency began keeping track of them in 1947. The lowest total was five in 2009.
American Medical Response of Connecticut, Inc. agreed to not to deny employees’ requests for union representation in the future, the board announced.
In the settlement, the company agreed to permanently reinstate the worker to his job at the mine and to pay the full $6,000 in back wages, as well as the full $15,000 penalty.
Third-party violence and harassment affect up to 20 percent of European workers, but most managers have not taken steps to prevent it, the agency said in a new report.
"No matter how much a person tries to concentrate behind the wheel, their brain is not functioning properly, and therefore motor performance and operation are severely impaired."
Southern states are notably absent from the list of 15 states (and Washington, D.C.) that have medical marijuana laws. The Feb. 9 webinar explores these laws' impact on employers' drug testing programs.
Many federal agencies will work to fulfill the outlines of the "Strengthening our Military Families: Meeting America's Commitment" report released Jan. 24 by the White House. More employment opportunities, child care, and health care assistance, including mental health care, are planned.
Air carriers affected by the final rule must establish initial and recurrent CRM training for crewmembers within two years of the effective date of the rule.
The findings show that ACS is more costly than other conditions common in working-age adults, such as asthma, high blood pressure, and diabetes.
Proposed by the European Air Safety Agency for adoption in April 2012, the rule is similar to FAA's September 2010 proposed reduction of duty hours. Comments on the EASA rule are due by March 20.
Unionized London firefighters agreed after mediation to accepted 10.5-hour day shifts starting at 9:30 a.m. and 13.5-hour night shifts starting at 8 p.m. The Fire Brigades Union called two one-day strikes last fall after years of talks could not resolve the issue.
According to the FY 2010 data, all major categories of charge filings in the private sector (which include charges filed against state and local governments) increased.
The Coast Guard published the 2011 testing rate Monday. If maritime employers had recorded an overall positive rate below 1.0 percent for two consecutive years, it could have been lowered.
OSHA has ordered the railroad, which provides commuter rail service in Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey, to take corrective action and pay the worker $80,500 in punitive damages and attorney's fees.