The 2009 Science and Service Awards will honor successful implementation of evidence-based mental health and substance abuse programs.
Directors of the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation have approved a rule change that lets businesses that pay online send their second payment later in the coming year.
What better way to start 2009 than by joining forces to curb the high level of stress today's workers experience on the job?
The economy is weak, and unemployment is growing. Most employees have watched their retirement accounts tumble in value. Prospects for raises this year appear dismal. It is understandable that many may feel depressed and hopeless. Just at a time when organizations need their employees to work even harder and with greater focus to maximize performance, morale in many places is probably at an all-time low.
Like those of practically all other investors, the agency's portfolio lost a lot of ground last year, and that decline triggered congressional worries.
Brutalized by the spiraling financial crises of 2008, most of us are thrilled the year has closed. Our sad awakening is that the pain of shrinking budgets, job losses, and more work with fewer resources continues for 2009! Stress is higher than usual on all parts of the workplace chain.
Gift card companies are a popular choice among corporations that give their employees motivational incentives for job performance and safety. It’s important to reward employees for performing their job well—and safely— by letting them know they are appreciated for their efforts. The byproduct of this is that your company will be rewarded with lowered insurance rates for safe work behavior and increased productivity from a decrease in employee absenteeism.
The guidelines update a 1995 publication and were prepared by members of the Occupational Health Surveillance Workgroup of the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists.
Under the “general duty” clause of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 651- 678, “[e]ach employer . . . shall furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees.”. There is little question that allowing guns at the workplace endangers workers.
We bid goodbye to 2008, a challenging and volatile year, and hello to a new presidential administration hoping to boost economic results and workers' safety. Still, 2009 will further test the resilience of the U.S. workforce.
To limit their liability, employers in the state should broaden their cell phone policies to prohibit employees from texting while driving, a labor lawyer says. Will the law set the tone for the rest of the nation?
The researchers analyzed 28 studies that examined higher registered nurse staffing’s impact on reduced mortality and other outcomes.
Employers haven't abandoned holiday parties entirely despite the weak economy. Those continuing the practice should take steps to minimize their liability.
The agency uses individual medical records when making a decision for more than 2.6 million people who apply for disability each year.
An educator who has studied the problem extensively says safe patient handling laws gaining ground in U.S. states require better injury and illness data for health care workers, who frequently are reluctant to report their injuries.
Under the new rule, DOL may debar for up to three years employers, attorneys, and agents found to have committed fraud or willful misrepresentation concerning the H-2B employment-based immigration program, or failed to cooperate with labor department audits or investigations.
Now is the time for plan sponsors to review their risk management strategies to ensure they make sense in today's markets, given current funded levels and the ever-changing regulatory framework in which we operate," said Joe McDonald, head of Hewitt's Global Risk Services practice in North America.
Most of the expected coming layoffs will involve technical/professional positions (13 percent), unskilled labor positions (13 percent), and administrative positions (11 percent).
"Insufficient sleep and sleep disorders are associated with chronic diseases including diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke, and obesity. Sleep-related issues also can be primary symptoms of mental illness, such as depression," said Michael Decker of CDC's Chronic Viral Diseases Branch.
The company will pay at least $352 million, and no more than $640 million, settling the cases, which have been pending for years.