OSHA upgrades its Small Business Assistance Web site with a new look, updated "Safety Pays" eTool, and a new Spanish language safety link.
The company behind it specializes in "self-mastery tools."
Although many American workers will be searching for love this Valentine's Day, fewer will be looking for it in the workplace than in years past, according to the latest Spherion(R) Workplace Snapshot survey.
For the first time in 25 years, union members' share of the total U.S. workforce increased in 2007.
"By taking these initial steps, we hope to make a positive difference for those who are organizing exhibitions and events in the U.S. and avoid the undeniable issues associated with illicit drug use and alcohol abuse in the workplace," said IAEE President Steven Hacker.
Workers denied raises for eight years will see their wages rise by an average of 35.2 percent for the period from Jan. 1, 2000, to Dec. 31, 2009.
The Bentonville, Ark. retail giant says its uninsured associates declined by more than 20 percent from a year ago, with 30.000 of them accepting the company's 2008 coverage.
The inspector general's office is violating HIPAA and privacy laws to get them, claim APWU and NALC, which together represent 482,000 U.S. Postal Service workers.
Upon completion of this program, entitled "Family and Medical Leave Act Update: Practical Approaches to Intermittent Leave," participants will be able to develop a medical compliance plan that addresses certification, periodic re-certification, and return-to-work evaluations.
The study, Worldwide Mobile Worker 2007-2011 Forecast and Analysis, provides a worldwide mobile worker population forecast and analysis across three major worker categories and 13 subcategories in five regions.
A Presidential Emergency Board sided with the workers Dec. 30, and bargaining resumed Wednesday in an attempt to reach the first contract agreement in eight years.
A new poll of 1,200 adults 18 and over found health insurance and job security are most desired from their jobs.
Representatives of four unions representing nearly 90,000 flight attendants met this week to map their negotiation strategy, reports the AFL-CIO, which is the source of this photograph.
Susan Meisinger's tenure has included the opening of offices in India and China, as well as a new volunteer leadership structure.
If a company controls the vehicles drivers operate, mandates a dress code for those drivers, and restricts the drivers from pursuing other job opportunities, then those drivers are the company's employees, the appeals court ruled.
In this season of New Year's resolutions, the focus for many revolves around tobacco use and obesity, the No. 1 and 2 preventable causes of death in the United States, which together cost U.S. businesses more than $60 billion annually.
Among lower wage full-time workers, 78 percent have access to medical plan coverage, while among higher wage full-time workers, 91 percent have access to such coverage.
Most of the presenters at a recent "Women in Safety" forum indicated that they have not faced many gender-based struggles in the safety and health profession.
Reaction to the ruling was mixed: Employer groups hailed it while the AARP condemned it.
PostalPEOPLE is the largest implementation of its kind, affecting nearly 700,000 employees, according to USPS HR chief Anthony Vegliante.