Lisa Allen, senior vice president overseeing human resources for the American Hospital Association, has worked on employee management issues since joining the association in 2001.
According to new data from EEOC regarding job patterns in the private sector, Hispanics or Latinos had the fastest growth rate, increasing from 2.5 percent to more than 13 percent between 1966 and 2008.
After conducting an investigation under the whistleblower provisions of the Federal Rail Safety Act, OSHA ordered the railroads to pay the employee a total of $80,453 that includes $57,587 in back wages and interest, $10,000 in compensatory damages, and $12,866 in attorney's fees.
In a survey administered to professionals in the pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, and blood/tissue industries, three-quarters of respondents said they work with more than four global suppliers, with growing numbers of suppliers posing potentially significant threats to supply quality when not managed properly.
Researchers estimate annual short-term disability costs at about $1,000 per worker with depression and $1,700 per worker with severe depression -- much higher than for common diseases such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and rheumatoid arthritis.
Numerous public health groups sent a letter Feb. 4 to Dr. Thomas J. Nasca, executive director of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, saying they fear patient safety is not being given sufficient consideration.
The case, EEOC v. Sears Roebuck & Co., resulted in the largest ADA settlement in a single lawsuit in EEOC history.
FAA’s Call to Action aims to strengthen pilot hiring, training and performance, as well as combat fatigue and improve professional standards and discipline at all airlines. FAA is pursuing both rule changes and voluntary safety enhancements.
"Company management was aware of the requirements to establish a lockout program and did not take action," said Kurt Petermeyer, director of OSHA's Mobile (Ala.) Area Office.
Thirteen on-the-job homicides and seven workplace suicides last year accounted for about one-third of the 62 total fatalities resulting from work-related injuries in 2009 in Washington State.
The cumulative effect of cutting back on incentive travel is expected to continue in 2010. According to the respondents, 91 percent of 2010 incentive programs will have budgets that are either the same or less than in 2009.
The nomination of M. Patricia Smith as solicitor of Labor, pending since March 2009, passed 60-37 today in the U.S. Senate.
Participants will receive an educator kit with graphics, simulations, supplies, a script, and a sound level meter needed to present the program in their own classrooms.
The settlement between DOL and Pilgrim's Pride Corp. involves overtime back pay for 798 workers at a Dallas facility and also their pay for time putting on and taking off protective gear. Whether donning and doffing are compensable work has challenged federal courts for some time.
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) tells us that proper hand washing is the single most important action each of us can perform to help stop the spread of diseases.
Is your cup empty or too full? This expression refers to a well-known Zen teaching story of a "wanna be" with a mug so filled to the brim there's no room for fresh tea. "Knowing it all," like "Ain't been invented here," gets in the way of acquiring new information or skills.
"Our sense is that companies may have been sitting on budgets for the past 10 months or so waiting to see how things were going to play out and whether there was going to be more pushback from the media and community regarding incentives," said Mark Peterman, Chairman of the IRF Research Committee.
In 2001, OSHA separated noise and MSDs into two separate columns on the form, but the MSD column was deleted in 2003 before the provision became effective. OSHA is now proposing to restore the MSD column and will host a public meeting on the proposal March 9.
Of the 167 retail trade workers killed in 2007, 39 killed were convenience store employees, 32 worked at gasoline stations, and 7 worked at liquor stores.
The government's hugely popular health information site has rolled out a new version for mobile device users. Down a bit from its peak, the site still attracts more than 10 million unique visitors per month.