Safety/Health

Abide by all OSHA rules regarding sick, tired drivers

04/21/2022

OSHA enforces the whistleblower protections written into the Surface Transportation Assistance Act. The law says drivers who file OSHA complaints alleging employer violations of safety rules may be entitled to damages. Recently, OSHA ordered damages for drivers who reported being forced to drive while sick or tired.

OK, the mask mandate is toast. What do you do now?

04/20/2022

Masks may not be required on public transportation anymore, but that doesn’t mean you must scrap your own covid-safety policies.

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.