temp workers

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Injury among temporary and permanent workers in Ohio

Steve Wurzelbacher PhD Ibraheem S. Al‐Tarawneh PhD Stephen Bertke PhD

January 17, 2020

This study found that workers employed in temporary agencies had higher overall injury rates than permanently employed workers performing comparable work from 2001 to 2013 among Ohio‐insured private employers. Injured temporary agency workers were younger, more likely to be male, and had less tenure (especially those with less than a year on the job) compared to permanently employed workers.

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Older wholesale and retail workers in nonstandard work arrangements

Adrienne Eastlake MS, RS/REH Donna Pfirman Jeanette Novakovich PhD Juliann Scholl PhD Bermang Ortiz BA Deborah Hornback MS Harpriya Kaur PhD, MPH

September 27, 2019

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National Employ Older Workers Week takes place the final week in September and recognizes the vital role of older workers [U.S. DOL 2019]. By 2020, workers aged 55 and over will likely make up about 25 percent of the U.S. workforce [BLS 2018]. Within the Wholesale and Retail Trade (WRT) Sector alone, in 2017 almost 4.5 million workers (more than 22 percent) are over age 55, up from 3.8 million workers in 2011 [BLS 2018].

North America's invisible workers

Benita Mehta

May 21, 2018

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Last year, Toronto Star reporter Sara Mojtehedzadeh went undercover at a Toronto factory where a temp agency worker died to find out how the rise of precarious work is impacting worker safety and reshaping our economy. On Monday afternoon at AIHce, she discussed her findings working inside one of the continent's biggest industrial bakeries that relies heavily on temps.

From 2016 NSC Congress & Expo

Temporary worker safety case study

Benita Mehta

October 14, 2016

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The National Safety Council and the American Staffing Association have jointly published a case study addressing the safety obligations of staffing companies and host employers to temporary workers. The case study was published in conjunction with the two organizations’ respective alliances with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Safety advocates press for protections for temp workers

November 2, 2015

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A delegation of workplace safety activists paid a surprise “Trick or Treat” visit to a south side office of Elite Staffing, Inc., one of Chicago’s leading temporary staffing agencies.

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New research identifies 5 best practices for keeping contractors safe

October 12, 2015

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Creating a culture of safety isn’t just meant for full-time employees of an organization. It requires the involvement all workers whether full-time, temporary or contract and the diligence of the companies or organizations where their work occurs.

Weekly news round-up

July 19, 2014

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A safety scandal engulfs the CDC, a scientist whose discovery has protected the hands of millions of workers passes and fall fatalities were among the top EHS-related stories featured on ISHN.com this week:

From ProPublica

Temporary Work, Lasting Harm

Michael Grabell Olga Pierce Jeff Larson

December 20, 2013

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – This was it, he told his brother Jojo. He would finally be able to pay his mother back for the fender bender, buy some new shoes and, if things went well, maybe even start a life with his fiancee who was living in Atlanta.

Taken for a ride: Temp agencies and ‘raiteros’ in immigrant Chicago

Low wage workers pay to work

Michael Grabell

May 3, 2013

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Ty Inc. became one of the world's largest manufacturers of stuffed animals thanks to the Beanie Babies craze in the 1990s. But it has stayed on top partly by using an underworld of labor brokers known as raiteros, who pick up workers from Chicago's street corners and shuttle them to Ty's warehouse on behalf of one of the nation's largest temp agencies.