Workplace safety and security

With the help of this tech, employees will be turned away from the office if they’ve reported concerning health conditions.

The asset manager is adjusting policies and practices after employee complaints and allegations.

Employers may not be enforcing inoculation, but they are finding other ways to encourage a safe return.

Drug and alcohol abuse in the workplace is responsible for 65% of on-the-job accidents.

Online harassment is on the rise, and it may be preventing your most vulnerable employees from bringing their whole selves to work.

The long-awaited return to work is starting to become a reality for some employees.

As the return to work becomes a reality, rule about mask-wearing will vary across industries and across companies.

Early adoptions of the program helped decrease musculoskeletal-related injuries by 32% from 2019 to 2020.

Emotional and physical wellness is a top-priority during COVID for the human resources director of First Carolina Bank.

Vaccines loom large as U.S. companies dial up plans to bring more workers back to the office and cities ease COVID-19 restrictions.

Occupational health and safety is part of being a good employer that ensures your employees are not in any type of danger because of the job they do for you.

Most non-union companies have a good deal of latitude to impose vaccination requirements, because in almost all U.S. states employment is presumed to be “at will.”

Employers increasingly are expected to play a key role in getting U.S. adults inoculated, with the pace of vaccinations in the U.S. starting to slow.

The software platform is offering new tools to help employers make important decisions around reopening plans.

Employers are touting measures to curtail the risk of infection with COVID-19, but not every action is equally effective, according to experts. Some of the most widely adopted steps may not help much at all.

Vaccination will facilitate a return to the office after a year of working from home that’s strained corporate cultures and spawned a new epidemic of Zoom fatigue.

Employers should move with caution when it comes to their office safety strategy as over a third of Americans do not plan to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

The company will provide the equivalent of four hours pay once the workers have completed the vaccination course.

“It’s hard to make it mandatory. There are laws about that,” said Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer. “I think what we’d like to do is have carrots and sticks. We want people to take it.”

Landlords are seeking ways to repopulate their buildings after earlier attempts to beef up virus safety measures had little success.