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Tag Archives: employer policies
“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
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Everybody Agrees That We Need Better Wellness Programs? Correct?
My answer would be that “I’m not sure.” An amazing number of employers agree that absent improved wellness initiatives, a graying less healthy workforce will break the corporate bank, so to speak. Likewise, seemingly, we should all be able to … Continue reading
Posted in ADA, aging workforce, cultural changes, EEOC, employer benefit plans, employer policies, generational differences, incentive plans, wellness, workers comp
Tagged ADA, controlling workers comp costs, EEOC, eeoc objections to wellness programs, employer benefit plans, employer policies, how to incentivize wellness, obesity in the workplace, surveys of employee wellness efforts, wellness programs and the ADA
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OSHA Warning: Don’t Get Caught In a Trap!
It’s nice to see that more and more employers and their publications are raising the legal and practical concerns associated with reliance on “lagging indicators,” such as recordable injuries to manage and evaluate safety programs. Go to the Blog of … Continue reading
How to Weigh Obesity In Employment Decisions
In September, one of my Memphis partners, Jeff Wientraub, wrote a good analysis of legal issues posed by obese workers in HR Professionals Magazine. While most employers state that an employees weight does not influence their employment decisions, I am … Continue reading
Posted in ADA, aging workforce, cultural changes, generational differences, wellness, whistleblower/retaliation, workers comp
Tagged accomodating injured workers, ADA, controlling workers comp costs, discrimination claims, employer policies, how to manage and assist employees with weight issues, is obesity a disability under the ADA?, is obesity protected?, obesity in the workplace, Return to Duty
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Focus on Wellness: For Our Workers, It’s a Critical Life or Death Issue
When I started this Blog, I wanted to post analysis and suggestions which were different or more practical than some of the Employment Law, Safety and Labor Articles out there. I did not want to simply repeat what others were already effectively … Continue reading
Posted in ADA, aging workforce, cultural changes, EEOC, employer benefit plans, employer policies, generational differences, incentive plans, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, wellness, workers comp
Tagged accomodating injured workers, ADA, controlling workers comp costs, do wellness plans reduce workplace injuries?, employee attitudes, employee safety, employer benefit plans, employer policies, generational differences, managing younger workers, obese workers experience more injuries, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010
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Response to Another NLRB Social Media Question.
As is often the case, we received hordes of fact-specific questions about what policies are being challenged by the NLRB, and what language has been approved regarding professional behavior, use of social media, courtesy and privacy. I am tempted to … Continue reading
Worst Case Scenario – National Claims and a Painful Ergonomic Settlement
This is a sobering Blog. There are legitimate workplace safety concerns involving ergonomic issues in many industries, but how would you like to be on the receiving end of the attacks described below? Let’ discuss the most recent development in … Continue reading
Posted in aging workforce, concerted protected activity, cultural changes, employer policies, government inspections, hospitality, incentive plans, OSHA, retail, social media, union organizing, unions, wellness, workers comp
Tagged accomodating injured workers, Cal-OSHA obtains ergonomic concessions from hotel, concerted protected activity, controlling workers comp costs, discrimination claims, employee attitudes, employee safety, employer policies, ergonomic claims against hospitality employers, fast food restaurants, hotels, OSHA Inspections, social media, union corp[orate campaigns, union organizing, UNITE-HERE
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Do Real Leaders Pass the Buck?
About 300 comments have been pasted on the Harvard Business Review (HBR) Linked in site response to this recent question. Check them out. While many are repetitive and simply restate what we already know, others offer sharp insight or provide … Continue reading
Posted in aging workforce, cultural changes, generational differences, management and leadership
Tagged employer policies, generational differences, leaders don't pass the buck, managing younger workers, real leaders create workforces which don't need unions, recruiting and keeping employees, servant leadership
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OSHA WILL Go After You If They Don’t Like Your Policies On Discipline For Not reporting Injuries
OSHA Region V recently gave a presentation on their focus on retaliation cases, including an intense scrutiny of rules and discipline related to failure to timely report workplace injuries. These comments reflect the OSHA National emphasis I keep harping about … Continue reading
Posted in aging workforce, discipline and discharge, employer policies, government inspections, incentive plans, OSHA, whistleblower/retaliation
Tagged accomodating injured workers, controlling workers comp costs, discipline for failure to report an injury, discrimination claims, employee safety, employer policies, osha and safety incentives, OSHA Inspections, osha whistleblower and safety rules
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