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Here’s an important excerpt from a recent GAO report on OSHA audits that addresses concerns about disincentives for reporting injuries (Italics added): “Occupational safety and health stakeholders we interviewed and occupational health p... More...

WINTER WEATHER RULES: The fifth largest snowfall came last month basically during holiday weekend time. It is good to be reminded of the Fair Labor Standard Act rules that apply during the work week. Hourly employees, of course, ... More...

Many companies are looking for help on how to get ready for H1N1. Quick answers, not confusing reams of information. But most resource sites leave people "bored, confused, and panicked all at the same time," as one journalist recently sai... More...

More than ever before, occupational health and safety has become a major priority in almost every workplace. It has become the mantra for many government-advertising campaigns that “every employee has the right to return home safely” and how “ it is ... More...

A recent study showed that 20 percent of families didn't have a safety plan or procedures in place in the event of an emergency. Encourage your co-workers and employees to prepare! Here are a few handouts that are worth keeping on-hand or passing ... More...

Dear Joan: I have a perplexing issue involving medication for control of a medical condition and a very cluttered desk. The first issue involves that of leaving capped needles and other supplies (the employee is insulin-dependent) scattered abo... More...

As "Hurricane Danny" blew into the room, 15 spines stiffened. This included Phil´s, a key member on the high productivity group of long-term employees making up Danny´s "team" and a 20 year veteran with the company. Every one was wonderin... More...

People have different experiences during the Holiday Season. For many it is a time of joy, peace, good will and optimistic hope for the New Year. For others it is a time of self-evaluation, to reflect on the past, or to review accomplishments and fai... More...

Why Go Horizontal? Three years ago, Liz Claiborne´s Special Markets Business was in trouble. This operating division, which produced several brands of apparel, was underperforming. According to Lisa Piovano Machacek, director of HR for Liz C... More...

Excerpted from Arkansas Employment Law Letter, written by attorneys at the law firm Jack, Lyon & Jones, P.A. Q: I recently hired a female employee who has been making sexual advances toward several of her male and female coworkers. She has mad... More...

Dear Joan: I believe most employees are familiar with the general provisions (of ADA), but there is one question that comes up frequently that management seems reluctant to address. We all understand that more allowances are made for employe... More...

Excerpted from Georgia Employment Law Letter, written by attorneys at the law firm Ford & Harrison LLP Blog is short for weblog. It's a Web-based publication that can be the creation of either one individual or a large group. There are million... More...

For major corporations with workers spread across the United States, big cities are the nodes on a network of opportunity and, occasionally, danger. So, the price for a company´s access to business opportunity is the need to plan for disasters ... More...

The Supreme Court, probing the meaning of employer retaliation against workers who complain of discrimination, appeared to be looking for a middle ground: a supervisor´s insulting snub probably would not be serious enough, but a temporary suspe... More...

Roughly one quarter (23%) of employers - and 44% of large companies with 25,000 or more employees - are interested in offering targeted benefits communications based on employee life stage and/or demographics, according to MetLife´s recently re... More...

This report presents the findings of a telephone survey conducted among a nationally projectable sample of 493 adults comprising 291 men and 202 women 18 years of age and older, living in private households in the continental United States and employ... More...

Recently, I had a long-time colleague say: ´Krista, you really need to work on compartmentalizing things.´ At first I thought it was a typical guy thing to say - so uncaring - and I blew him off thinking he was being callous. But I know m... More...

Racial and ethnic slurs and other inappropriate comments made in the workplace failed to decline last year, according to an annual telephone survey by Novations Group, a global consulting organization based in Boston. As in the prior t... More...

Managing an organization´s company cars and trucks is just one of the many tasks that can fall under the HR umbrella. Even when HR doesn´t have direct responsibility for the corporate fleet, it´s very likely that developing, communi... More...

The designers of Transportation Security Administration´s (TSA) Integrated Conflict Management System (ICMS) recognized that typically there is nowhere for an individual to go for the vast majority of daily conflicts and issues he/she faces at ... More...

A natural disaster is about to strike. It has never happened before so don´t expect people to be prepared. Nay sayers have even popped up claiming that the disaster isn´t going to happen. But meteorologists have assured community leaders ... More...

Within every tragedy lies an opportunity. For the past few weeks we've been riveted by the destruction of Katrina - first as a natural disaster, then as a partisan, legal, sociological, bureaucratic nightmare resulting in death, destruction and ... More...

A recent wave of suicide bombings and localized regional tensions raises a fundamental question about the safety of employees stationed or traveling overseas: How can an employer protect the people on overseas assignments in the event of either a per... More...

Q: Our company's cleaning crew recently found bullets on the floor while cleaning. We're concerned about our employees' safety and whether we have the right to search employees' lockers or personal items. Would such a search expose us to li... More...

Everyone experiences fear, gets scared, is afraid. Still, we would probably be surprised if we stopped to think just how much of our daily behavior is motivated by a need to lessen our fears. But since fear is often seen as a weakness, ... More...

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DISINCENTIVES FOR WORKERS TO REPORT, AND EMPLOYERS TO RECORD, INJURIES AND ILLNESSES

WINTER WEATHER RULES

Free H1N1 readiness test

Using Video To Communicate Workplace Safety

Caregiving Safety Checklists

Joan Lloyd’s HR Words of Advice: Health Hazard

Combat Workplace Violence: Bully Proof Your Troops

Beating Holiday Stress

Building Horizontal Organizations

What do I do about a randy employee?

Joan Lloyd's HR Words of Advice: When is Enough, Enough!

Blogging: An Emerging Workplace Issue

HR Is a Key Player for Disaster Preparedness

If Injury Goes Beyond Insult: Defining Workplace Retaliation

Employees Call for Improved Benefits Communications Based On Life Stage

Workplace Stress Study

Compartmentalization at Work: Strike a Balance that Works

Workplace Ridicule: Trending Upward

Employees and the Corporate Fleet: What Every HR Manager Has to Know...and Communicate

Peer Conflict Coaching at the Transportation Security Administration

Management In Real Life: Communication

Lawyer Leaders: The Opportunity Of Katrina

Reaching Out to Overseas Employees in Times of Crisis

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Fear: Nothing To Be Afraid Of?

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