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Businesses need staffing strategies to deal with ongoing COVID-19 surges

by Kristin Schwab
Apr 15, 2022
Employers dealing with successive waves of infections need a plan for worker absences.
Lack of staffing due to COVID-19 has become the norm for many businesses.
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New California law seeks transparency for workplace quotas

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Dec 30, 2021
The law is aimed at large warehouse companies that use algorithms to manage worker productivity.
A new California law will require greater transparency from big warehouse operators, like Amazon, on how they use technology to track productivity. Above, a woman works at an Amazon packing station in 2019.
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COVID-19

Federal rules around COVID and health care workplaces lapse

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Dec 29, 2021
Under the requirements, OSHA had issued COVID-specific workplace standards for things like training, respirators and adequate ventilation.
OSHA required health care employers to provide things like training and adequate ventilation, but those protections were temporary.
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What kind of costs can unvaccinated workers ring up for a business?

by Kristin Schwab
Oct 28, 2021
There are layers of factors to consider when companies weigh the actual cost of dealing with unvaccinated workers.
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A Warmer World

More frequent, extreme heat waves linked to workplace injuries

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Jul 26, 2021
New research from UCLA shows climate change-induced heat waves pose a growing threat to workers.
People wait to buy ice cream from a Washington, D.C., vender during a June heat wave. A recent study links heat waves to worker injuries, which were highest in low-wage industries that require physical labor.
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COVID-19

N.Y. businesses await details of "HERO Act"

by Marielle Segarra
Jun 15, 2021
It will require companies with more than 10 employees to implement a series of safety protocols to help prevent airborne diseases.
The law says that workers have the right to refuse to work in unsafe conditions and that it’s illegal to retaliate against them for raising safety concerns. It requires companies to allow workers to form safety committees.
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Workplace Culture

OSHA issues workplace COVID rules, but they're limited to health care

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Jun 11, 2021
There are still no emergency COVID standards from OSHA for other industries like meatpacking and farming.
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Workplace Culture

OSHA expected to issue emergency workplace safety standard

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Mar 15, 2021
The agency did not set safety rules for COVID-19 under the previous administration.
A set of binding national requirements will make it clear to employers what they need to do, said David Michaels, who headed OSHA during the Obama administration.
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COVID & Unemployment

People who refuse unsafe work can get unemployment benefits

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Feb 11, 2021
Until now such decisions have been left to states, leading to wide variation and confusion.
The lack of consistency across the country as to what counts as "unsafe work" means workers are consistently denied unemployment benefits.
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COVID-19

Biden orders OSHA to strengthen COVID-19 safety rules

by Justin Ho
Jan 22, 2021
The order also asks OSHA to strengthen its workplace enforcement efforts.
An employee wipes down outdoor tables at a restaurant in Florida.
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