Category Archives: plastics

I’m Not an Engineer! What Do I Care About Management of Change?!

Posted on October 18, 2013 by mavity2012

Although OSHA’s Process Safety Management (PSM) standard may be the most challenging of OSHA’s regulations, the PSM standard, along with NFPA consensus standards about combustible dust have raised the topic of the importance of management of change (MOC) outside of … Continue reading →

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Confusion About Safety Incentive Plans – Legal or Illegal?

Posted on January 9, 2013 by mavity2012

Questions about Safety Incentive Plans have resurfaced in a number of discussions and blogs because of OSHA’s steadily increasing rhetoric against safety incentive programs that rely on injury data and/or whose incentives OSHA deems to be of sufficient magnitude to … Continue reading →

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The Care and Feeding Of Counsel

Posted on January 7, 2013 by mavity2012

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 →

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Employers Should Take the EEOC More Seriously In 2013

Posted on December 31, 2012 by mavity2012

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 →

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OSHA’s Latest Regulatory Agenda Suggests Few New Regulations In 2013

Posted on December 28, 2012 by mavity2012

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 →

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NLRB Continues to Rewrite the Law Through Decisions – Overrules 50-Year Precedent

Posted on December 19, 2012 by mavity2012

Most of my readers may manage Non-Union facilities and not have a great deal of interest in the details of today’s NLRB decision allowing “Checkoff” to survive the expiration of a collective bargaining agreement.  Yould should be interested.  Employer should note … Continue reading →

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The Hidden Safety Hazard – Domestic Violence

Posted on December 19, 2012 by mavity2012

  The Hidden Safety Hazard – Domestic Violence Date: November 1, 2012 By Betsy Weintraub (Former Prosecutor)   As the holidays are approaching, you notice that Susan, one of your longtime employees with a near perfect attendance record, has missed several … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Ways To Hold A Company Party – Without Getting Sued

Posted on December 19, 2012 by mavity2012

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 →

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What the New Michigan Right-to-Work Law Does… and Doesn’t Do….

Posted on December 13, 2012 by mavity2012

Many people confuse Right-to-Work laws with the Employment at Will concept. Employment at Will is a common law concept standing for some variation of the rule that either the employee or the employer can terminate employment at any time for … Continue reading →

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OSHA Can Now Connect the Dots and Track Your Company’s Inspection Trends

Posted on December 12, 2012 by mavity2012

OSHA has long been hampered by its difficulty in coordinating between different Federal Area Offices and State Plans. Inspections at companies or construction contractors with many locations tend to be viewed one work site at a time, other than for … Continue reading →

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