As baby boomers begin to retire, an infusion of new workers is vital. However, abuse of illicit drugs and alcohol is a concern.
Facilities are required to update and resubmit their risk management plan at least once every five years; the plans are used by EPA to assess chemical risks to surrounding communities and to prepare for emergency responses.
"[T]here is some good news on the horizon," said Laura Sejen, global director of strategic rewards consulting for Watson Wyatt. "Employers plan to give larger raises next year, and many plan to reinstate previously cut pay raises as planning for an eventual economic recovery continues."
CDC's inaugural conference focused on solving the soaring obesity rate follows its first comprehensive recommendations, issued Friday. The 24 recommendations include reducing sugar consumption, healthier diets, and much more physical exercise by children and adults.
"Ergonomics affects virtually every aspect of the safety profession, from machine use to construction safety to office set-up," said Jeff Spackman, president of the ASSE Central Florida Chapter, which is hosting the event.
The Department of Labor recently announced that more than 900 workers from Delphi Steering in Saginaw, Mich., are eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance.
U.S. Rep. George Miller, who chairs the Education and Labor Committee, welcomed his fellow Californian to the panel today and announced a bill has been filed to ensure workers don't lose back pay if wage and hour investigations are delayed.
The agency says it will work with the Morristown Neighborhood House to develop information on the recognition and prevention of workplace hazards, as well as provide expertise in developing ways of communicating the information bilingually.
These individuals, chosen by their peers, represent the society's eight regions, which each contain anywhere from 15 to 20 chapters each.
The firm provides services at O’Hare International Airport, as well as to the hospitality industry and private schools in the Chicago area.
ACCSH advises the secretary of labor and the assistant secretary of labor for OSHA in the formulation of standards affecting the construction industry and on policy matters arising in the administration of the safety and health provisions of the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act and the OSH Act of 1970.
"It is not limited to members of a particular class or a particular race. It is not limited to particular industries or particular regions. And it is not limited to a particular gender," said Acting EEOC Chairman Stuart Ishimaru in conjunction with the commission's issuance of a technical assistance document on waivers as part of severance agreements.
Two years in prison and three years of supervised release, plus $94,222 in restitution, was the sentence issued by a Houston judge this week.
The president announced the choice Thursday, saying Berrien "has spent her entire career fighting to give voice to underrepresented communities and protect our most basic rights."
This increase is the last of three provided by the enactment of the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007, which amended the FLSA to increase the federal minimum wage in three steps.
According to Dr. Mary Capelli-Schellpfeffer, medical director of Loyola University Health System Occupational Health Services, people who come to work sick are more likely to hinder than help their company.
Experts at the event Wednesday will discuss older workers’ ability to keep their jobs during layoffs or to find work afterward and the effect of recent controversial Supreme Court decisions on enforcement of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.
According to EEOC, a North Carolina-based company doing business as Preferred People Staffing restricted women to a narrow range of assignments and complied with discriminatory requests from its clients for male-only temporary employees.
The Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans (also known as the ERISA Advisory Council) will meet July 21-23, 2009, in Washington, D.C., at the U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Ave., Room N-3437A-B.
A court's ruling entitled more than 500 current and former delivery employees of Raymour and Flanigan Furniture to receive extra pay for overtime hours they worked.