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Extreme Weather + Work: Large businesses aim to help other employers protect workers

New York — A group of 11 large companies is teaming up to provide employers with research and tools to support their workers before,...

Business coalition pushes back on Cal/OSHA’s proposed walkaround rule

Washington — A coalition of more than 40 organizations is calling on California to put a halt to rulemaking regarding worker walkaround representation. A recently...

Study ties double shifts to compromised stress response

Erzurum, Turkey — Health care employees who work double shifts may have elevated levels of the stress hormone cortisol, results of a recent study...

Nevada says benefits of proposed wildfire smoke regs would outweigh costs for small businesses

Carson City, NV — Proposed regulations intended to protect outdoor workers in Nevada from wildfire smoke would “not restrict the formation, operation or expansion...
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Small construction firms face disproportionately higher death and injury rates, CPWR says

Silver Spring, MD — Workers at construction companies with 10 or fewer employees accounted for 42.4% of the industry’s deaths in 2022, according to...

Virginia law paves the way for a heat illness prevention rule

Richmond, VA — Virginia is set to become one of the next states with a regulation on heat illness prevention. On April 13, Gov. Abigail...

Many health care workers unhappy with their employer’s safety culture: report

South Bend, IN — Nearly half of health care workers view their organization’s safety culture unfavorably – and the feeling is even more common...

Chemical Safety Board applauds trade association for going ‘above and beyond’

Washington — The Chemical Safety Board has issued more than 1,000 safety recommendations in its history, but organizations need not be the focus of...
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Researchers seek input from workers exposed to ‘forever chemicals’

Lowell, MA — Researchers from the University of Massachusetts-Lowell are asking painters and allied trades workers who’ve been exposed to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances...

Women’s group pushes for workplace education and lawmaker action on menopause

Lansing, MI — As part of its menopause education and advocacy campaign for workers, the Michigan Women’s Commission has issued key recommendations for employers...

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