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Surgeon General: Did You Help Clean Up the Oil Spill? If So, We Need You
Surgeon General Dr. Regina M. Benjamin is encouraging workers and volunteers who assisted with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill cleanup operations to come forward and participate in a long-term study examining potential health effects of the spill...
The Cost of Hand and Wrist Injuries
More than 2 million people visited U.S. emergency rooms for symptoms related to the hand and wrist in 2009. Now, researchers in the Netherlands have found that in addition to being pervasive, hand and wrist injuries also are one of the most costly injury types...
Expecting Better: Report Claims New Parents Need More Workplace Protections
A new report released before Mother's Day suggests that working American parents who have a new child receive inadequate support through the state laws and regulations that govern paid leave and workplace rights...
Managing Workers’ Comp: The Workers’ Comp Perfect Storm
Hang on to your wallets. Employers already are seeing the tip of a very nasty iceberg as the insurance industry feels itself reelin’ and rockin’ on a number of different fronts, all adding up to the “perfect storm.” ...
The Heat Is On: Protecting Workers from Heat Stress
Keep your workers cool, healthy and productive even in the hottest work environments....
Sandy Says: Work/Life Unbalanced
Is the concept of a work/life balance only for the C-suite?...
The Break Room: When Resentment Runs Unchecked
A workplace full of unhappy, resentful employees just might be a recipe for workplace violence....
Dopamine May Determine Whether You're a Go-Getter or Slacker at Work
Imagine two coworkers who are polar opposites: One is an ambitious go-getter while the other takes a more relaxed approach to his or her career pursuits, even if it means earning less money. What causes these two employees to have such different motivations and worth ethics? According to Vanderbilt University researchers, the answer may lie in dopamine levels in different parts of the brain...
Could a Proposed Poultry Industry Rule Put Workers at Risk?
A proposed regulation from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)'s Food Safety Inspection Service could result in faster production line speeds in poultry plants and therefore put workers at an increased risk of incurring musculoskeletal injuries, according to two workers' advocacy organizations...
See a Better Tomorrow: May is Healthy Vision Month
Think ahead to the future. What do you want to see? In honor of Healthy Vision Month this May, the American Health Assistance Foundation (AHAF) is promoting its "See a Better Tomorrow" campaign to raise awareness and educate the public about the importance of eye exams...
SPOTting Skin Cancer is Target of New American Academy of Dermatology Campaign
A little detective work can go a long way in spotting skin cancer, the most common form of cancer diagnosed in the United States, at its earliest, most treatable stage. A new campaign from the American Academy of Dermatology – SPOT Skin Cancer – focuses on the positive actions people can take to protect themselves from skin cancer, including seeing a dermatologist when appropriate. ...
NIOSH: Many Female Victims of Workplace Homicide Were Intimate with their Killers
A new NIOSH study finds that nearly one-quarter of working women who are the victims of workplace homicide are killed by an intimate partner. ...
European Employers Oppose MSD Legislation
Nine employers' associations in Europe recently expressed their opposition to legislation on work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSD), calling the legislative initiative "neither necessary nor desirable"...
U.S. Workers Suffer from Inadequate Sleep
Thirty percent of American workers report sleeping 6 or fewer hours a day, which could lead to fatigue and on-the-job safety risks, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) April 27 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)...
Optimizing Health Care Delivery by Integrating Workplace Health Programs
Because health in the workplace, health at home and health in communities are interconnected, integrating workplace health programs with other health initiatives could optimize health care delivery, according to a new American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) position statement...
Employees' Work/Life Unbalanced
Recently, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg said she works from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and gives the rest of her time to her family. But what about the rest of us? ...
Study: Obesity Surpasses Smoking in Employee Health Care Costs
A study of more than 30,000 employees suggests that when it comes to racking up additional health care costs, obesity surpasses smoking...
Six Lines Your Boss Should Never Cross
Most working adults have experienced an uncomfortable situation at work; that's the reality of interpersonal relationships in a professional setting. However, while no work situation is perfect in every respect, your workplace should be more positive than negative, and never a place where you feel distressed or ill at ease the majority of the time...
Off-the-Job Safety: Ergonomic Gardening Tips
Most of us garden to relax and enjoy the outdoors. However, gardening could land you in the hospital. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), an estimated 400,000 people are hurt in their gardens each year from lawn or garden tools, and thousands more are hurt from the act of gardening – bending, stooping, reaching and grasping...
A Weighty Expense: One-Fifth of U.S. Health Care Costs Attributed to Obesity
While previous research has estimated the nation's cost of obesity to account for approximately 9.1 percent of national health expenditures, a new study from Cornell University suggests that closer to one-fifth – nearly 21 percent – of U.S. health care costs are attributed to obesity...
Study: Health Promotion Programs Can Put a Dent in Absenteeism
A new study of a Dutch company's workplace health promotion program suggests that such initiatives can help reduce worker absenteeism by up to 20 percent....
SHRM-AARP Poll Shows Companies Are Concerned about Boomer Retirements and Skills Gaps
A joint poll released April 9 by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and AARP shows that U.S. employers are ramping up skills training and employee benefits in an effort to close the gap left by retiring Baby Boomers. And, as people remain working longer, companies are making more of an effort to retain and recruit older workers. ...
Older Construction Workers Have More Costly Workers’ Comp Claims
Older construction workers file a small percentage of workers’ compensation claims, yet their claims tend to be more costly. A recent analysis of over 100,000 workers’ compensation construction industry claims for the state of Colorado found that medical costs rise 1 percent with each year of age, while indemnity costs rise 3.5 percent each year....
The Break Room: In a Heart Beat
It was long overdue, but I finally completed CPR/AED training....
Survey: Employed Moms Enjoy Working, but Workplaces Fall Short on Childcare Benefits
According to a national survey from Care.com, 78 percent of working mothers say they enjoy being an employed parent, and 50 percent stressed that they feel like positive role models for their children. With nearly three-quarters of employers not providing child care benefits, however, workplaces could step up their support of working moms...
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