Montclair City Hall workers in California have been told to wear stickers proving that they are fully vaccinated if they want to work without wearing masks, in a move that’s sparked concerns about people’s rights and medical confidentiality.
The measure followed a decision …
Federal OSHA heat rule proposal not due until October
Confronted by record-high temperatures stretching from the Pacific Northwest across the U.S., federal OSHA has been relying on a 51-year-old statute to compel employers to protect workers from being felled by the heat.
OSHA hasn’t promulgated a …
Many companies do not know if their training is effective. Relying on quizzes at the end of the course may measure short-term memory, but it does not measure understanding, long-term retention, or successful implementation. It also does not measure non-training conditions that influence the effectiveness of training. The absence of more in-depth effectiveness studies is …
By Dave Johnson, Phylmar Group Newsletter Editor
Serious injuries and fatalities (SIFs) are a frustrating workplace safety issue for more reasons than one.
According to the results of Rave Mobile Safety’s 2021 Workplace Safety and Preparedness Survey, as reported in Forbes:
The importance of sustainability to consumers has “massively increased in importance even among lower incomes,” said Konstantinos Apostolatos, managing director and senior partner for The Boston Consulting Group. The accelerated interest is going to change how companies communicate with consumers and collaborate with their customers and suppliers, according to …
EPA is reviewing all of the first 10 Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) chemical risk evaluations to determine whether the agency needs to reopen those risk evaluations to include additional chemical use and exposure pathways that were previously excluded (e.g., EPA had determined not to …
Investment money is pouring into stocks that get good grades on environment, social and governance (ESG) issues, but determining how high- and low-rated companies perform is nearly impossible due to inconsistencies in the way they are rated, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Depending on the time period and the provider of ESG data (Refinitiv; …
California on June 17 moved to end physical distancing requirements for all workers and allow most fully vaccinated employees in many workplaces to stop wearing masks, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times.
The 5-1 decision from the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board followed more …
The AFL-CIO two individual unions are asking federal appeals courts to review OSHA’s new Covid-19 emergency temporary standard for the health-care industry.
The AFL-CIO and United Food and Commercial Workers filed a joint petition June 24 with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of …
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