Here were the highlights of Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis’s speech at the opening session of the annual meeting of the American Society of Safety Engineers, held two weeks ago today in San Antonio:
OSHA has announced the publication of a notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register to approve a new Illinois state public employee protection plan.
For the fourth consecutive year, Kathy A. Seabrook, CMIOSH (U.K.), CSP (U.S.) presented an annual “Global Safety and Health Briefing” at the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) Annual Professional Development Conference, held this year in San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Close to 2,000 attendees of the 48th annual American Society of Safety Engineers' (ASSE) Professional Development Conference (PDC) and Exposition gathered to hear corporate executives discuss why safety and health is key for their company’s success at the “Executive Summit.” Their remarks were described in a press release issued by ASSE.
OMB Watch has published a report that explores the impacts of secrecy labeling practices within the federal government. The report, Controlled Unclassified Information: Recommendations for Information Control Reform,shines a light on how government withholds unclassified information from the American people and offers recommendations on how to balance the need to protect sensitive materials with the duty to disclose information to the public.
EPA and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service’s (HHS) Indian Health Service (IHS) have announced $90 million in funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for improved access to vital drinking water and wastewater services in the American Indian and Alaska Native communities. The funds will be invested in ‘shovel ready’ infrastructure projects designed to better protect human and environmental health in Indian Country and to create jobs.
In this challenging economy, even those who are fortunate enough to keep their jobs can feel stressed by increased workloads and uncertainty at work. The Disability Management Employer Coalition (DMEC) has released a white paper detailing ways that employees can manage work-related stress with greater self-advocacy and interventions.
One of the best ways to learn about local water quality conditions is to obtain a copy of your community’s Consumer Confidence Report (CCR), says a recent press release from NSF International. Issued around July 1 each year, these water quality reports provide customers of public and private water utilities with information regarding the source of their local community’s drinking water supply, as well as the quality of the finished drinking water supply.
“We could very well see hearing loss problems continue to increase into future generations,” Louise Vallee told a room full of safety professionals at a recent seminar, according to a press release from the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies.