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Category Archives: food processing
OFCCP $2.2 Settlement Worth Noting
Don’t let the OFCCP drop off of your list of concerns. The sheer number of categories (female, Caucasian and Hispanic, black and Caucasian) and inclusion of multiple locations in several states in the settlement below should raise concerns. Follow the link … Continue reading
OSHA Citations, Lost Production and Getting Lean
In our competitive environment, every manufacturer struggles to do more with less and to find capital for “non-production” areas, such as maintenance, safety, training, housekeeping and HR. If done in a shortsighted fashion, the employer learns through painful experience the … Continue reading
My Essential OSHA “Enforcement” Posts This Year.
These are the links I sent to F & P attorneys after recently conducting an in-house session on our workplace safety practice. The focus of the links was not on building a safety culture, which is my favorite topic, or … Continue reading
Great Safety Info from “Plant Engineering”
I enjoy articles THAT I discover in Plant Engineering because one of my (many) goals is to obtain more coordination between the safety, engineering, maintenance and purchasing functions. Management of Change (MOC) affects far more than PSM, combustible dust and guarding and … Continue reading
Posted in combustible dust, food processing, hazard assessment, maintnance and engineering, MOC, safety programs, safety technology and apps, sustainability
Tagged maintenance and safety, moc, plant engineer's persppective on safety, safety and productivity, safety and profits, safety articles from plant engineering, selecting safety systems
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Combustible Dust Explosions and Compliance – Especially For Food Processors
I have linked to an Interview by the good folks at Chem.Info.com, an excellent publication and provider, especially for food processors and related businesses. We represented construction employers at the 2008 Port Wentworth Sugar Plant (Imperial Sugar) explosion and … Continue reading
Posted in civil and criminal exposure, combustible dust, consensus standards, emergency response, food processing, general duty 5(a) citations, manufacturing, OSHA, willful
Tagged food processors and combustible dust, managing combustible dust compliance, plastics manufacturers and combustible dust, the role of a PHS in combustible dust compliance
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Wash Your $!&# Hands! Employers and the Flu
The CDC reports that the current flu season will be the worst one in recent years. On January 9, news outlets carried stories about the City of Boston declaring a state of public health emergency and of Chicago hospitals having … Continue reading
Posted in aging workforce, concerted protected activity, cultural changes, discipline and discharge, EEOC, employer benefit plans, employer policies, food processing, generational differences, government inspections, hospitality, managing legal matters, manufacturing, NLRB, OSHA, retail, social media, union organizing, unions, wellness
Tagged ADA, ada and flu vaccine, concerted protected activity, controlling workers comp costs, discrimination claims, EEOC, employee safety, employer benefit plans, employer flu policies, employer policies, fast food restaurants, infectious disease, managing younger workers, mandatory flu vaccines, nlrb and flu vaccine, nlrb and social media, religious discrimination claims and vaccination, requiring flu vaccines
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The Care and Feeding Of Counsel
My Las Vegas partner, Mark Ricciardi, recently posted the Fourth Part of his Blog on “Ten Reasons to Find a New Labor Employment Attorney.” I respect Mark’s opinions because he maintains some of our most enthusiastic clients. Over the next … Continue reading
Posted in acqusition and mergers, combustible dust, concerted protected activity, construction, discipline and discharge, EEOC, employer benefit plans, employer policies, food processing, government contracting, government inspections, harassment, hospitality, litigation, managing legal matters, manufacturing, NLRB, OSHA, plant openings and closures, plastics, retail, social media, union organizing, unions, wage hour, workplace violence
Tagged concerted protected activity, CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS, effective lawyers, employer policies, employment attorney, fast food restaurants, management labor attorney, managing lawyers, nlrb and social media, osha combustible dust requirements, OSHA Inspections, reducing legal fees, retail workers, union organizing, wage hour
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Employers Should Take the EEOC More Seriously In 2013
Some executives and managers consider EEOC charges to be a cost of doing business. Based on past experience, they do not treat Discrimination Charges with the same concern as other legal matters. The EEOC’s current focus on Systemic Discrimination and the … Continue reading
Posted in aging workforce, cultural changes, EEOC, employer policies, food processing, generational differences, government contracting, government inspections, harassment, hospitality, manufacturing, plastics, recruiting, retail
Tagged 2013, 2013 eeoc strategic plan, accomodating injured workers, ADA, controlling workers comp costs, CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS, discrimination claims, disparate impact, eeoc challenge of sick leave policies, eeoc systemic discrimination investigations, employee attitudes, employer policies, fast food restaurants, generational differences, managing younger workers, obesity in the workplace, retail workers, Return to Duty
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OSHA’s Latest Regulatory Agenda Suggests Few New Regulations In 2013
OSHA tardily published its Fall Regulatory Agenda on December 21. The Administration did not even publish the Spring Agenda, and commentators for management and labor have described the dates as bearing little relationship with temporal reality as we know it. … Continue reading
Posted in combustible dust, construction, food processing, government inspections, manufacturing, OSHA, plastics, retail
Tagged 2013, employee safety, employer benefit plans, employer policies, I2P2, I2P2 still at pre rule stage, osha and safety incentives, osha combustible dust requirements, osha fall 2012 regulatory agenda, OSHA Inspections, osha making regulations by directive, safety programs
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Top Ten Ways To Hold A Company Party – Without Getting Sued
Top Ten Ways To Hold A Company Party – Without Getting Sued Date: December 3, 2012 By Michael Mitchell (Labor Letter, December 2012) With the Holiday Season in full swing, many employers ask us about the wisdom of holding company parties … Continue reading
Posted in construction, discipline and discharge, EEOC, employer policies, food processing, generational differences, government inspections, harassment, hospitality, manufacturing, plastics, recruiting, retail, social media, Uncategorized, workplace violence
Tagged company parties, CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS, discrimination claims, EEOC, employer policies, fast food restaurants, generational differences, retail workers, sued over company parties
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