Quote of the Month
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” ~ Thomas A. Edison
OSHA Urged to Launch Temporary Worker Emphasis Program Occupational Health & Safety (11/05/13)
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s assistant secretary, Dr. David Michaels, has received 15 recommendations from a coalition of workplace safety groups that urge the agency to improve safety and health conditions for temporary workers. OSHA is preparing a proposal that would mandate that companies publicly post summary data from their log of work-related […]
Labor Department Confronts ‘Epidemic’ of Wage-and-Hour Violations
Thomson Reuters News & Insight (06/07/2013) Carlyn Kolker At a recent conference at New York University Law School, Patricia Smith, the U.S. Department of Labor’s solicitor, said the agency faces an “epidemic” of wage-and-hour law violations, with workers across the nation being denied minimum wage and overtime. Smith said the department has shifted from complaint-based […]