How well do you know your Occupational Health and Safety Administration recordkeeping requirements? Can you name the differences between Form 301, Form 300, and Form 300A? How about the timelines for submitting each document to OSHA? If regulatory paperwork makes your...

There is a lot of information in the employee handbook, but do you remember what the essentials are? Your handbook sets the organization’s expectations, policies, and their corresponding procedures, what the organization expects from employees, and what employees can...

Here’s a fun thought exercise: Think of a problem at your business you haven’t gotten around to fixing. Maybe it’s something like outdated training materials for a machine you hardly ever use, or an unlabeled chemical container, or a customer complaint about a comment...

Fellow Recyclers: Have you had an industrial accident at your facility? If you haven’t, you will. Are you prepared? When I say “prepared” I mean: 1) Are you prepared to administer first aid? 2) Are you prepared to be able to send your employee to the closest First Med...

AutoZone is learning the hard way that some zones are worth staying out of. A few weeks back, the auto parts retailer entered the atone zone by agreeing to an $11 million settlement with California Attorney General’s Office. The AG claimed that the company’s...

No two companies are alike. Nonetheless, companies with excellent workplace safety records tend to have a few things in common. They don’t worry about regulatory fines or astronomical legal fees, for instance. They also tend to pay lower-than-average workers’...

Every month we cover timely federal and state legislative and regulatory employment updates. Check out what you need to know and gain compliance tips to help you stay on top of HR the right way. Click on the federal topics or state names below to catch up on the...

Workplace harassment can take an unfortunately long time to address. Unlike, say, an injury or theft, an instance of harassment may only come to light months or years after the fact. Indeed, among the many news stories about harassment currently circulating through...

The Occupational Health and Safety Administration states its mission is “to assure safe and healthful working conditions by setting and enforcing standards and providing training, outreach, education, and assistance.” But they seem increasingly focused on another,...