Workers participating in a "comprehensive" workplace promotion program had a one-fifth reduction in absenteeism during the first year, reports a study in the April Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM).
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is using a quarterly enewsletter to help spread the word about its Total Worker Health (TWH) iniative.
Working conditions are deteriorating in Europe, helping to reinforce social inequalities between workers -- particularly in terms of health, according to presenters at a recent European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) seminar in Brussels.
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is looking for what it calls "innovative" healthcare facilities to help it test the data transmission process of its new Occupational Health Safety Network (OHSN) surveillance system.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has released a new toolkit to help small and medium-sized employers plan, implement, and evaluate workplace health promotion programs.
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced that the final rule "Examinations of Work Areas in Underground Coal Mines for Violations of Mandatory Health or Safety Standards" will be published in the April 6 issue of the Federal Register.
The open comment period for an updated AIHA/ANSI Z10 standard -- the standard which defines minimum performance requirements for occupational health and safety management systems (OHSMS) opens today and runs through May 14, 2012, according to the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA).