The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) is tasked with enforcing employment laws that affect more than 148 million workers. The WHD enforces federal minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping and child labor requirements of the Fair Labor...
Mental health is a growing concern in the workplace. Over the past few years, many employees have experienced mental health issues, such as burnout, depression, anxiety and substance misuse. Employers have responded by expanding mental health benefits, including...
Though the world has turned to documenting their lives using digital cameras, producers create movies, commercials and soundtracks using cameras, raw film and digital media. Their camera equipment is complicated and expensive and so are the film supplies they use in...
Avoid Heat Illness When it is hot outside, your body temperature can rise to dangerous levels. Normally, your body cools itself through sweating. However, in hot and humid weather, sweating is not enough and the result can be a heat illness. Staying Cool Follow the...
Use this statement to help prevent injuries at the construction site and demonstrate your commitment to employee safety. Customize and post the statement below: Commitment to Safety Statement – Construction At [Insert Company Name Here], the safety and health...
osha IS LAUNCHING A TARGETED PROGRAM TO PROTECT WORKERS ACROSS THE NATION FROM THE INCREASING THREAT OF HEAT-RELATED ILLNESS. What is the National Emphasis Program (NEP) on heat? The NEP creates, for the first time, a nationwide enforcement mechanism for OSHA to...
Congratulations to Kevin Kilcoyne of Barrow Group, LLC for being awarded a certificate of achievement in recognition of fifteen consecutive years of maintaining the Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC) designation. The CIC designation requires an annual continuing...
A person’s age influences many of their characteristics over time—their hair color, their muscle mass and, crucially, their preferred benefits. If employers want to provide benefits that their employees will actually use, they must take their varying preferences into...
Cast coverage includes many things, including loss as a result of death, injury or sickness and unlawful detention (kidnapping). However, there are exclusions and reading the fine print is very important. What is Cast Coverage: Cast coverage provides protection...
Have you ever fantasized about owning, or doing business with, an offshore captive? Picture enjoying the sunset with that special someone beside you. Yachts abound, balmy breezes, a tropical island beach and a cool, refreshing drink in your hand, not a care in the...
The days of physically reporting to an office every day of the workweek are not likely to resume once the COVID-19 pandemic is over. Knowledge workers have become accustomed to working remotely, and splitting time between the office and home is expected to become the...
Introduction The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is responsible for enforcing federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an employee because of the person’s race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age (40 or...