To facilitate the resolution of legal challenges filled against its new posting requirement, the National Labor Relations Board is postponing the effective date until April, 30 2012. The delay is the second in the past three months to a posting approved in Sept. 2011 that would require more than six million private-sector employers by the [...]

Investment in workplace safety and health has a direct and measurable cost-benefit potential, according to a recently released study by the International Social Security Association (ISSA). The study on the economic costs and benefits of prevention investments, coordinated by the ISSA, compared data on interventions and analysed practices in 300 companies in 15 countries. The results [...]

Eight mines were recently issued letters of notice from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration for a potential pattern of violations (PPOV) of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977. A PPOV is a precursor to the more serious ‘pattern of violations’ status. It is issued when MSHA through [...]

In an attempt to increase workplace safety Wyoming’s Department of Workforce Services is working on implementing new safety rules for oil and gas drilling. So far this year five oil and gas workers in the state have lost their life to workplace accidents. It is a reoccurring trend in a state that constantly ranks in [...]

Each year the flu accounts for 200,000 hospitalizations, 41,000 deaths and an economic impact in excess of $80 billion. However, the risk of outbreak in your place of employment can be significantly lowered through the implementation of engineering controls, administrative controls and work practices. Engineering Controls Engineering controls involve changes to the work environment to [...]

Employees are more willing to report their employers for fraud, corruption and general unsafe workplace conditions according to data from Department of Labor. The data shows the number of whistle blower cases per year has steadily increased the past five years, with 2011 on pace to hit nearly 2,400 filings or nearly more than 300 [...]

Late last week the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) pushed the deadline for employers to comply with its new federal labor law posting from Nov. 12, 2011 to Jan. 31, 2012. “The decision to extend the rollout period followed queries from businesses and trade organizations indicating uncertainty about which businesses fall under the Board’s jurisdiction, [...]

  Workplace violence is one of the most significant detriments to the American workplaces costing businesses more than $70 billion a year and leading to the loss of about 600 lives. Despite these shocking numbers the vast majority of companies have no program in place to deal with workplace violence. This article will provide the [...]

Safety Services Company is proud to unveil the Safety Services Network, a new memberships based program designed to help companies stay safe and compliant. The network is launching with a free safety starter membership. Through the starter package members receive a free federal labor law poster, an OSHA audit and compliance book, certificate of recognition, [...]

On August 25, 2011, the National Labor Relations Board issued a final rule requiring employers to notify employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act. The new requirement in our Federal Labor Law Poster is for all private-sector employers subject to the National Labor Relations Act who will be required to post by [...]