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Safety/Health

Employee well-being in return-to-work spotlight

04/12/2022
In a survey conducted by Fidelity Investments and the Business Group on Health, 83% of employers indicated they will focus on well-being as employees begin filtering back to physical workplaces.

No liability if teleworkers are injured by criminal

04/07/2022
Employers are generally responsible for ensuring the workplace is safe. But now that millions of Americans work remotely, what’s an employer’s responsibility for ensuring workplace safety?

OSHA rule to enable more public access to safety data

04/07/2022
On March 30, OSHA issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that would “require establishments with 100 or more employees in certain designated industries to electronically submit information from their OSHA Forms 300, 301, and 300A to OSHA once a year.”

Positive cannabis tests broke record in 2021

03/31/2022
The number of U.S. employees testing positive for drugs broke records in 2021, a result that has some questioning the value of routinely testing applicants and employees for marijuana.

Is it time to drop your vaccine mandate?

03/24/2022
Is it time for employers to rethink their covid-19 policies, including requiring employees to be vaccinated and boosted as a condition of employment? The answer depends on a number of factors. Before making a decision on internal vaccine mandates, weigh these issues.

Follow 3-part plan for returning to work

03/03/2022
New CDC guidance maps the way from pandemic to endemic, like influenza. Coronavirus may become something that’s always there—hovering in the background—that we learn to work around. For employers, making that transition will require following a three-part strategy.

Snapshot: Return-to-work vax status

03/01/2022
Roughly one in five employees who work on-site say their employer required them to get a covid-19 vaccine.

Remote work leads to spike in tech ailments

02/24/2022
As more people work from home, all that increased screen time and makeshift office furniture is leading to an increase in technology-related injuries.

DOL: That guy you just fired might be a whistleblower

02/24/2022
OSHA has a litigation unit devoted solely to enforcing 20 different whistleblower laws that fall under the Department of Labor’s jurisdiction. Here’s an example of the kind of case this unit handles.

Snapshot: Whose mental health suffered during the pandemic?

02/15/2022
Among employees surveyed, more women and millennials reported their mental health declined in the last two years.