-
-
Recent Posts
Categories
- acqusition and mergers
- ADA
- aging workforce
- attitude/culture
- auto industry
- background checks/examinations
- beer, bourbon, scotch and wine
- books and articles
- boycotts
- Cal-OSHA
- civil and criminal exposure
- class actions/systemic investigation
- combustible dust
- concerted protected activity
- consensus standards
- construction
- Courts
- cultural changes
- discipline and discharge
- discrimination
- drugs
- EEOC
- emergency response
- Employee Assistance Plans and Counselling
- employee engagement
- employer benefit plans
- employer policies
- FMLA
- food processing
- general duty 5(a) citations
- generational differences
- government contracting
- government inspections
- harassment
- hazard assessment
- hazardous substances/chemicals
- hospitality
- incentive plans
- infectious disease
- internal investigations
- litigation
- maintnance and engineering
- management and leadership
- managing legal matters
- manufacturing
- MOC
- movies
- MSHA
- NLRB
- Nominees
- OSHA
- Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010
- performance improvement
- performance management
- plant openings and closures
- plastics
- podcasts/thought leaders
- PPE
- privacy
- public attacks
- recordkeeping
- recruiting
- reducing injuries
- repeat items
- restaurants
- retail
- safety programs
- safety technology and apps
- settlement strategies
- social media
- state osha plans
- supervisor development
- sustainability
- training
- Uncategorized
- union organizing
- unions
- vehicles/dot
- wage hour
- Washington
- wellness
- whistleblower/retaliation
- willful
- workers comp
- Workplace Fatalities
- workplace violence
Archives
- January 2020
- September 2019
- February 2019
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- August 2017
- July 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- April 2016
- March 2015
- September 2014
- August 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
Monthly Archives: November 2013
“Best HR, Legal, Safety & Leadership Stuff I Read Last Week”
I’m still working on how to summarize my large volume of Tweets of great material from EHS, TLNT, HBR and others. Until I come up with a better method, I’ll periodically prepare this sort of digest. I hope that my … Continue reading
Posted in attitude/culture, cultural changes, employee engagement, employer policies, generational differences, management and leadership, safety programs, supervisor development
Tagged employee attitudes, employee safety, employer policies, generational differences, managing younger workers, Myers-Briggs, Reading, supervisor development, understanding your employees
Leave a comment
Should We Expect Happy Employees?
I do not often think in terms of looking for “happiness” at work. My self-made World War II Vet dad raised me to focus on responsibility and to not expect easy roads. Nevertheless, is it unrealistic to talk about “happiness” … Continue reading
When Is More Leave Not a Reasonable Accomodation?
Cases under the ADA are fact specific. Often it is difficult to find clear-cut standards for determining if an employee is qualified to perform the essential functions and if an accommodation is reasonable. In Attiogbe-Tay v. Southeast Rolling Hills LLC, a … Continue reading
The Movie Dallas Buyers Club Teaches a Lot About Work and Life
The Dallas Buyers Club opened last Friday in limited cities, it’s the largely true story of a thoroughly unlikable hard ass Texas oil worker at the beginning of the 80’s AIDS crisis, who learns that he has full-blown AIDS (from … Continue reading
Can the Choice of An Industrial Vacuum Cleaner Be Deadly?
One of my focus areas is combustible dust in the workplace. As I have written before, an extraordinary range of common products can cause an explosion and deflagration (pressure wave) under the right circumstances. One occasion is when a well-meaning … Continue reading
Will OSHA’s Proposal To Publicize More Employer Injury Data Improve Safety?
OSHA has announced a proposed rule which will require establishments with 20 or more employees, in certain industries with high injury and illness rates, to electronically submit their summary of work related injuries and illnesses to OSHA every year. The … Continue reading
Should Employers Conduct Employee Surveys?
I recently read an article stating that over one-half of 250 HR respondents thought that the traditional employee survey is dead. Most respondents felt that the future of employer research was “qualitative” rather than “quantitative,” and 80% believe that mobile … Continue reading
Posted in attitude/culture, cultural changes, employee engagement, employer policies, management and leadership, safety programs, safety technology and apps
Tagged do employee surveys work, employee attitude surveys for safety, how do employers get in trouble for employee attitude surveys, safety culture
Leave a comment
Are Meetings the Bane of Your Existence?
I had not previously read posts by Ron Thomas, but based upon his recent TLNT post, “The Problems With Meetings? They Cost More Than They’re Really Worth,” Mr. Thomas is that rarest of leaders . . .: an individual with … Continue reading
« Are Your Employees at Risk of Isocyanate Exposure?
From my friend, Brian Edwards, whom I have found to have great wisdom when dealing with combustible dust challenges. CTI EHS Blog Conversion Technology Inc. Environmental, Health and Safety News Blog. Keeping you informed of important issues. « Are your … Continue reading
Howard Mavity 