EPA is adding 11 new hazardous waste sites that pose risks to human health and the environment to the National Priorities List of Superfund sites. Also, EPA is proposing to add 10 other sites to the list. Superfund is the federal program that investigates and cleans up the most complex, uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites in the country.
While many organizations took aggressive action to reduce costs and improve efficiency during the recession, these gains may be at risk, according to Towers Perrin's Workplace Watch, a quarterly review of employee opinions across large global organizations.
Cost-cutting actions that employers have been making to deal with the economic crisis have contributed to a sharp decline in the morale and commitment of their workers, especially top performers, according to an annual survey by Watson Wyatt, a leading global consulting firm, and WorldatWork, an international association of human resource professionals.
OSHA has cited Emhart Teknologies with 22 alleged serious, repeat and other-than-serious violations of safety standards at its Shelter Rock Lane plant in Danbury, Conn. The maker of fasteners, wire and brass inserts for the automotive and aerospace industries faces a total of $79,000 in proposed fines.
Dr. Peter Sandman, one of the nation’s preeminent risk communications experts, compiled (with assistance of his wife and colleague Jody Lanard) the following pandemic H1N1 vaccination messages that you might find useful in workplace discussions or meetings regarding pandemic issues and concerns.
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General has just released a report concluding that at least five states aren't ready for a pandemic such as the H1N1 virus, despite six years of funding and planning efforts.
Nearly two million Americans could be hospitalized during this winter's novel H1N1 influenza pandemic, with as many as 300,000 clogging intensive care units in heavily affected regions, according to a report released by the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano has joined Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Karen Mills and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Influenza Division Deputy Director Daniel Jernigan to announce a preparedness guide to assist small businesses in planning for the H1N1 flu.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s National Security and Emergency Preparedness Department today released a special H1N1 flu guide to provide businesses with suggestions on how to keep employees healthy and maintain business operations during the upcoming flu season.
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