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‘Powerful CEOs seem to be better positioned to foster safe workplaces,’ researchers say

March 31, 2021

Vaasa, Finland — Organizations with “structurally powerful” CEOs experience fewer workplace injuries and illnesses, Finnish researchers claim.

COVID-19-related workplace safety automation here to stay, manager survey shows

March 31, 2021

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Waltham, MA — Managers envision a future world of work full of COVID-19-related safety protocols and automation, according to the results of a recent survey.

Los Angeles fast-food workers ‘especially vulnerable’ to COVID-19 transmission, researchers say

March 29, 2021

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Los Angeles — Adverse working conditions at fast-food restaurants – as well as worker and customer failure to comply with physical distancing and mask-wearing protocols – may put fast-food employees in Los Angeles at greater risk of contracting COVID-19, according to a recently released report from the University of California, Los Angeles and UC Berkeley.

‘Night owls’ more likely to underperform at work, study finds

March 29, 2021

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Oulu, Finland — If you stay up late at night, you risk underperforming at work, results of a recent study out of Finland indicate.

Survey asks workers: Should employers require COVID-19 vaccination?

March 22, 2021

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Mill Valley, CA — Seventy percent of workers want their employer to require employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before fully reopening the office, according to the results of a recent survey commissioned by job research and review company Glassdoor.

Workplace vaping is common – and co-workers don’t like it, survey finds

March 11, 2021

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Washington — About two-thirds of employees say they’ve observed co-workers vaping, while a nearly equal amount believe the secondhand vapors from e-cigarettes and other vaping devices are at least moderately harmful to their own health, according to the results of a recent survey.

Study looks at relationship between construction injuries and time of day/shift

March 10, 2021

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Corvallis, OR — For construction workers, “the chance of getting injured or getting more severe injuries are related to the hours of your work,” a researcher from Oregon State University says.

Survey of employers finds mixed feelings about a potential emergency temporary standard on COVID-19

February 25, 2021

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Neenah, WI — A recent survey of employers found nearly half are “middle of the road” about whether an emergency temporary standard related to COVID-19 from OSHA is needed.

Nearly half of employers unsure about mandating COVID-19 vaccines: survey

February 16, 2021

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San Francisco — Only a small percentage of employers require or plan to require employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, while more than 4 out of 10 are undecided, according to the results of a recent survey.

Survey asks: Should employers pay for work-from-home ergo expenses?

February 16, 2021

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New York — Nearly three-quarters of remote workers say their employer should provide a general work-from-home stipend to help make their home workspaces more ergonomically correct, results of a recent survey show.