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Grappling with the maze of marijuana laws and your company policy? On this episode, Bill Judge of Drug Screening Compliance Institute talks about considerations for employers to create and enforce drug-testing policies that are consistent with the laws in all of the states in which they operate 鈥 as well as best practices for addressing safety-sensitive roles.
The Associated General Contractors of America is launching a new effort to combat high suicide rates and improve mental health among the industry鈥檚 workers, the trade group announced today. The new effort, which the association is launching as part of its support for suicide prevention month, is designed to address the high rate of suicide among construction workers.
The Associated General Contractors of America is launching a new effort to combat high suicide rates and improve mental health among the industry鈥檚 workers, the trade group announced today. The new effort, which the association is launching as part of its support for suicide prevention month, is designed to address the high rate of suicide among construction workers.
On April 8, the Department of Labor (DOL) / Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced the first-ever national emphasis program (NEP) on heat-related hazards in the workplace would go into effect immediately. The NEP set a goal for the agency to double the number of workplace inspections related to heat. The NEP identifies the general duty clause, Section (5)(a)(1) of the OSH Act, as the mechanism to cite employers for heat-related hazards if all criteria to support such a citation are met. Those criteria are as follows:
On June 30, 黑料不打烊 along with more than 60 organizations took issue with OSHA鈥檚 proposed rule to expand the scope and revise the provisions of its 鈥淚mproved Tracking of Workplace Injury and Illness鈥 regulation. If finalized as proposed, the rule will require construction firms with 100 or more employees to electronically submit their OSHA Form 300 (log of work-related injuries and illnesses), OSHA Form 300A (summary of work-related injuries and illnesses), and OSHA Form 301 (injury and illness incident report) on an annual basis. For construction firms with 20 鈥 100 employees, the rule will require the annual submission of their OSHA Form 300A (summary of work-related injuries and illnesses).