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A New Approach to Preventing Workplace Injuries
While overall workplace injuries have been falling in the last decade, the numbers of deadly and catastrophic injuries are actually on the rise. A new report recommends that employers focus their injury prevention efforts on reviewing accidents that could have...
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Does Insurance Cover Partial Shutdown?
What happens if your business suffers property damage or a supply chain disruption and is forced to stop operations either fully or partially? Will your insurance cover the work stoppage or slowdown? It is important to understand how your insurance can protect you...
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OSHA Not Letting Up on Inspections, Penalties
Despite expectations, Fed-OSHA under the Trump administration has not backed off on enforcing workplace safety regulations. In fact, the agency is as aggressive as ever and citations are higher than ever as well, after fines were increased substantially three years...
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Protect Outdoor Workers Against the Elements of Winter
If you have outdoor workers or staff that will have to venture out into the elements during an especially cold winter, you need to make sure you are taking the correct precautions to keep them safe. If the conditions are extremely harsh, your workers are at heightened...
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Is Your Business Prepared for an Earthquake?
Most people think that earthquakes occur only in places like California, Alaska and Japan. That couldn’t be further from the truth. Several major and numerous minor quakes have occurred in the midwestern and eastern United States, as well as in eastern Canada. At...
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Employee Embezzlement on the Rise – Are You Protected?
A typical organization will lose an estimated 5% of its revenues every year due to fraud, according to a study by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. The median loss among organizations both large and small was $140,000 per occurrence, and more than 20% of...
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OSHA Partly Rescinds Electronic Filing Rules
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued a final rule eliminating the requirement for establishments with 250 or more employees to electronically submit information from some workplace injury tracking forms. The final rule will still require...
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Massive Breach Exposed 773 million E-mails, Passwords
News of the latest global data breach of some 773 million e-mail address and passwords should prompt individuals and organizations alike to change their passwords – particularly for any accounts that have financial, credit card or other personal information. The scope...
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Breastfeeding Discrimination Lawsuits Skyrocket in Past Decade
The number of breastfeeding discrimination lawsuits filed against U.S. employers has skyrocketed 800% in the last decade. And the trend is likely to continue as more young women learn about their rights and the media focuses its attention on the plight of women who...
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OSHA Stays Serious About Temp Worker Safety
While the Trump administration has eased off a number of regulations and enforcement actions during the past two years, Fed-OSHA continues focusing on the safety of temporary workers as much as it did under the Obama presidency. This puts the onus not only on the...
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