Category Archives: safety programs

Want to See Real World Safety Efforts? Check Out the Willis Towers – AGC Construction Safety Excellence Awards.

Posted on August 26, 2018 by mavity2012

There are many worthwhile safety awards such as OSHA’s VPP site, EHS Today “America’s Safest Companies Award,” and numerous trade groups’ awards based heavily on injury date, but none impresses me as much as the Willis Towers – AGC Construction … Continue reading →

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Howard’s Weekly Roundup – January 28

Posted on January 28, 2018 by mavity2012

Thanks for the input on topics you’d like to see and on your own observations to reference in the weekly Update. We’ll also cover many of these subjects in the Podcast and two related domains will soon be up and … Continue reading →

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Safety Concerns When Buying or Leasing Office Space

Posted on August 12, 2014 by mavity2012

What Should Be Your Safety Concerns When Buying or Leasing Office Space? Jul 3, 2014 by Howard Mavity Partner, Fisher & Phillips LLP   What is in this article?: What Should Be Your Safety Concerns When Buying or Leasing Office … Continue reading →

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Four Steps for Managing Employees from Afar (from Construction Business Owner)

Posted on June 25, 2014 by mavity2012

Follow these steps to avoid OSHA violations and ensure your workforce values safety and professionalism regardless of who is watching. Written by: Howard Mavity Published: June 1, 2014      A CEO friend of mine was trying to exit a … Continue reading →

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Two New Webinars: Bullying, the NLRB and Its War On Employer Rules and “Live From the AGC National Safety Committee Meeting.”

Posted on June 25, 2014 by mavity2012

Dealing With Workplace Bullying And Misconduct While The NLRB Challenges Your Rules Join us for a Webinar on July 24 Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/137864872 A quarter of American Workers claim to have been seriously … Continue reading →

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Did Your Business Learn From This Year’s Apocalyptic Storms?

Posted on March 3, 2014 by mavity2012

Laura Stack posted an excellent INC. article, “You Can’t Stop A Polar Vortex, But You Can Be Ready For The Next One.”  While I travel constantly, I live in Atlanta, so this is a visceral subject to me both as … Continue reading →

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Protecting Workers At Customers’ Homes and Work Sites

Posted on January 20, 2014 by mavity2012

Construction employers have made progress in managing individual employees and crews at multiemployer sites. Similarly, although mistakes still occur, we’ve got over 40 years experience complying with OSHA on the shop floor. Unfortunately, neither setting represents the increasingly common work … Continue reading →

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“Best HR, Legal, Safety & Leadership Stuff I Read Last Week”

Posted on November 25, 2013 by mavity2012

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 →

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Should Employers Conduct Employee Surveys?

Posted on November 6, 2013 by mavity2012

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 →

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Safety Has Missed the Boat On Sustainability

Posted on November 3, 2013 by mavity2012

I have been sharing materials from the EHS Today “America’s Safest Companies” conference which we co-sponsored the last week.  I experienced one of those epiphany experiences while listening to Dr John Howard and representatives of GE and Georgia Pacific explain … Continue reading →

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