How do you motivate workers to follow company policy, whether it is for safety and health, or just simply to attend the company holiday party? It seems like there should be an easy solution to this vexing problem — just dangle a carrot or two and watch them get in line. But for some reason, incentive plans often don’t work as well as we think they should; and oftentimes they fail miserably
What’s the biggest daily problem in organizations? Communication. What could have prevented many of the recordable incidents that occurred last year at your facility? Better communication. Communication makes the world go ’round.
New and expanded requirements found in laws such as the federal False Claims Act, the Deficit Reduction Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines are pushing companies, both public and private, to build and enforce ethics into all aspects of their business.
OSHA announced it has extended the presidential Safety, Health and Return to Employment (SHARE) initiative and presented achievement awards Thursday, Feb. 15, to five federal agencies that obtained exemplary results during the initiative's first three years.
OSHA announced yesterday in the Federal Register that nominations are being accepted for persons to serve on the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health.