Author: Katie Culliton
Rising Temperatures: Protect Outdoor Workers From Heat Illness
Cal/OSHA reminds employers to protect their outdoor workers from heat illness as temperatures reach triple digits in parts of California. Workers should be encouraged to…
Manners Make an Employee
You spend up to 40 hours a week (and maybe more) with your co-workers so workplace etiquette, an unofficial code of conduct, can affect both…
Is It Hot in Here?
The temperature outside is rising and so are tempers inside. Fifteen percent of workers have argued with their co-workers about office temperatures, according to a recent…
Several California Restaurants Fined Over $14.5 Million for Wage Theft
The California Labor Commissioner continues to crack down on wage theft violations. Generally, wage theft refers to infractions of the California Labor Code involving the…
EEOC Reconvenes Workplace Harassment Task Force
The #MeToo movement continues to focus on workplace sexual harassment, and, this week, a federal agency reconvened a task force on the same issue. The…
Vacation Days Still Go Unused in U.S.
In 2017, 52 percent of U.S. workers reported unused vacation days at the end of the year, compared with 54 percent in 2016 and 55…
More Workers Are Postponing Retirement
More than half of all U.S. workers (53 percent) over the age of 60 say they are postponing retirement, according to a recent CareerBuilder survey….
Plan Ahead to Protect Outdoor Workers from Heat Illness
Even though a glance out the window may show stormy skies, next week the weather may be sunny and beautiful with increasing temperatures. Cal/OSHA reminds…
High Temperatures Bring Heat Illness Warnings for Outdoor Workers
If you checked your weather app lately (or walked outside), you may have noticed the scorching temperatures this week. The California Division of Occupational Safety…
