The site, "America's Heroes at Work," will be unveiled at a press conference Wednesday in Washington, D.C., from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. EDT.
Fifty-one percent of employers who responded to a survey said they use
employee cost sharing as a utilization management tool. The most
common cost-sharing range is 21 percent to 30 percent.
According to a special report, people ages 65 and older are projected to represent at least 20 percent of the total U.S. population by 2030, with the number of those 85-and-older increasing the most.
Scientific advances in the field carry both the promise for early disease detection and the potential for misuse in employment discrimination or insurance coverage limitations. There also may be a significant regulatory and legal impact on employers.
The Sept. 15-17 3rd National Conference on Women, Addiction and Recovery will include a speech by the director of CSAT. It takes place during this year's Recovery Month.
Employers globally are facing challenges and needs posed by baby-boom generation employees. A new Penn State study of 208 U.S. employers found a wide range of strategies used to recruit and retain older workers, rather than a single approach.
The initiative includes materials designed to help firefighters understand the risks of smoking and how to quit. The resources are available on a new Web site at www.iaff.org/smokefree.
As more employees work remotely, the number of workers killed in driving accidents should decline.
In March, virtually all full-time employees in state and local government had access to retirement and medical benefits: 99 and 98 percent, respectively. In private industry, only 71 percent of full-time workers had access to retirement benefits and 85 percent to medical care.
Programs such as telecommuting and compressed work weeks can be effective ways to attract new hires and retain current employees. Employers, however, also need to be aware of possible legal concerns that may go along with these more innovative practices.
The revisions reflect 49 CFR Part 40 changes that were published in
the Federal Register on June 25 and will become effective
August 25.
Writing in this month's American Journal of Public Health, experts say more should be done to increase these programs, especially at smaller companies.
According to the survey, more than one-third of Americans are at increased risk for insomnia.
The measure, introduced in July, recognizes that the federal government must develop a mandatory system of employee identification within five years or less that operates uniformly across all 50 states.
"The investigation brings to light egregious violations of virtually
every aspect of Iowa's child labor laws," said Dave Neil, Iowa Labor
Commissioner. "It is my recommendation that the Attorney General's
Office prosecute these violations to the fullest extent of the law."
"All employees should have the freedom to compete for promotions on a
fair and level playing field, without regard to race," said EEOC
attorney Celia Liner.
Workplace safety professionals who want the ability to interact with each other more than just once a year at trade shows and conferences now have a new resource.
Proponents of the measure argue that it would close the wage gap between men and women by strengthening and giving teeth to the Equal Pay Act. Opponents indicate that the bill would make enforcement of the anti-discrimination laws such as the Equal Pay Act more difficult and error-prone and invite a surge of litigation.
Currently, more than 600 graduates from Qualified Academic Programs at 10 schools have achieved the interim GSP designation, indicating progress toward the Certified Safety Professional® (CSP®) credential.
The "National Workplace Wellness Week," as proposed by U.S. Reps. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD) and Charles Boustany (R-LA), will serve to encourage private and public employers across the country to invest in the health of their employees voluntarily by creating worksite employee health promotion programs and by sharing their experiences to help educate other employers.