Sentences with phrase «in worker safety»

We have the background and experience to maximize recovery in any worker safety case.

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The Afghan Journalists Safety Committee (AFJSC) said nine journalists were killed in Kabul, the worst toll for media workers in a single attack in the country.

Both the European - led Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh and the U.S. Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety have made significant advances toward addressing issues of building integrity and fire safety systems in that coSafety in Bangladesh and the U.S. Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety have made significant advances toward addressing issues of building integrity and fire safety systems in that coSafety have made significant advances toward addressing issues of building integrity and fire safety systems in that cosafety systems in that country.

They are required to train workers in tasks, safety procedures and company policies.

To eliminate confusion and increase safety awareness for your workers in all regards, provide signs wherever they may be relevant.

Feldstein especially liked to point out the trucks belonging to ServiceMaster Restore, a multinational company that received bad press after workers with one of its subcontractors in Fort Mac went to the news media with health and safety concerns.

These regulations are handed down from several federal agencies, including the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and various state agencies, which implement laws in the realms of worker's compensation, employee protection, and other areas.

We then use that to build out two additional scenarios: one assuming a doubling of the current minimum wage plus factoring in the cost of fire and building safety improvements based on data from the Worker Rights Consortium; and another using a «living wage» figure from the East Asia labour organization Asia Floor Wage, which is considered at the high end of labour reform demands.

The software is used by EHS professionals — doctors, nurses, safety and environmental professionals, and industrial hygienists employed by corporations — to protect workers by analyzing hazards in these dangerous workplaces.

Workers in safety - critical jobs will still be tested, and some, such as airline pilots and truck drivers, are governed by federal rules.

Years of pressure from laborer organizers, along with changes from companies like Ford Motor, reformed working conditions in the U.S. and protected workers from schedules that endangered their health and safety.

That agreement could bar workers from talking about their working conditions and safety issues at the company's facility in Fremont, California.

According to the National Labor Relations Board complaint, Tesla violated workers» rights by requiring them to sign a confidentiality agreement that could bar them from talking about their working conditions and safety issues at the company's facility in Fremont, California.

For several years, Cameco has tied compensation to environmental sustainability and worker safety, because «being in the uranium business, the company understands the importance of the social licence from the community,» says Nancy Hopkins, a lawyer who sits on several private - and public - sector boards, including Cameco's.

In addition, some workers told Valukas they did not take notes at safety meetings because they believed GM lawyers didn't want a paper trail.

The Rana Plaza building collapse follows a November fire at the Tazreen Fashion factory on the outskirts of Dhaka that killed 112 people, and it has compounded concerns about worker safety and low wages in Bangladesh.

The Jacobses anticipate critics will observe that life isn't so good for unemployed textile workers in the United States, but argue that they are providing jobs for people without a safety net who would otherwise be much worse off.

But CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on a conference call that the company is investing «heavily» on safety and security, including workers with language skills for detecting hate speech, and tools for verifying government IDs ahead of elections in the U.S. and abroad by the end of the year.

The Liberals are unlikely to make any final decision on drug testing until the Supreme Court of Canada rules on its legality in a case between Suncor and workers at its Alberta oil sands operation, said Troy Winters, senior health and safety officer with the Canadian Union of Public Employees.

A different approach would strengthen individual savings accounts by requiring workers to contribute out of pre-tax income, combined with a redistributive means - tested safety net for those who fall into poverty in old age.

Instead, Sari Sairanen, health and safety director for national union Unifor, doesn't think the problem will get better until governments themselves step in to provide better child and elder care so that workers have options outside of just missing work.

A salary structure in which you (the owner) and maybe a few top executives monopolize most of the goodies will count as a serious negative, as will a history of workplace - safety violations, employee - discrimination lawsuits, or a disgruntled - employee Web site that details significant worker discontent among your ranks.

The USTR's Ambassador Michael Froman said in a statement, «Our GSP [Generalized System of Preferences] statute requires certain basic standards for worker rights and worker safety as a condition of eligibility.

It was bad news for the employees who were laid off, but great news for small companies that specialized in a given business service, which in my particular case was worker safety, training and organizational development.

Boeing says automation is essential to improve quality and worker safety, lower costs and keep up with its European rival Airbus, which also is automating and churning out more planes to meet worldwide growth in air travel.

Through this period, governments of all stripes in Ottawa and the provinces enacted worker - friendly legislation that promoted workplace health and safety, employment equity, pay equity and union organizing.

This book is a must read for those concerned about how technology is disrupting the way we work and eroding the social safety net, and how policy makers should respond to ensure that the growing number of workers in the «gig» economy earn adequate benefits.

«For anyone driven crazy by the faux warm and fuzzy PR of the so - called sharing economy Steven Hill's Raw Deal: How the «Uber Economy» and Runaway Capitalism Are Screwing American Workers should be required reading... Hill is an extremely well - informed skeptic who presents a satisfyingly blistering critique of high tech's disingenuous equating of sharing with profiteering... Hill includes two chapters listing potential solutions for the crises facing U.S. workers... Hill stresses the need for movement organizing to create a safety net strong enough to save the millions of workers currently being shafted in venture capital's brave new world.Workers should be required reading... Hill is an extremely well - informed skeptic who presents a satisfyingly blistering critique of high tech's disingenuous equating of sharing with profiteering... Hill includes two chapters listing potential solutions for the crises facing U.S. workers... Hill stresses the need for movement organizing to create a safety net strong enough to save the millions of workers currently being shafted in venture capital's brave new world.workers... Hill stresses the need for movement organizing to create a safety net strong enough to save the millions of workers currently being shafted in venture capital's brave new world.workers currently being shafted in venture capital's brave new world.»

According to Park, they are aiding in job safety by helping workers track sleep and activity levels, as well as improving office culture by getting employees to meet their fitness goals together.

In 2014, David cofounded Element Analytics, an industrial software company that connects time series data to cloud - based analytics applications to enable greater worker safety, sustainability, and business profit.

In December, labour minister Yasir Naqvi announced changes to labour legislation that would bring unpaid workers under the Occupational Health and Safety Act and boost workplace inspections this spring.

Bill 6, the government of Alberta's contentious farm workers» safety legislation, sparked public debate as no other legislation has done in recent years.

On January 24th, SSEC Canada Ltd, the Canadian subsidiary of Sinopec Shanghai Engineering, was fined $ 1.5 million (CAD) after pleading guilty to workplace safety breaches that resulted in the deaths of two Chinese temporary workers in Alberta in 2007.

Though most of the explosion in the Bakken region is already played out, and though a large portion of the oil workers in the region have already found permanent housing situations, I expect the growth in the Price / Book multiple coupled with steady earnings (if not growing earnings) to secure the safety of this investment for the near future.

The Liberals have been pushing their right - wing agenda for the past twelve years: privatizing and contracting out, slashing corporate taxes so they're now the lowest in Canada, dismantling the social safety net and environmental standards regulations in BC, and attacking public sector workers.

We believe in the safety and livelihood of our workers ---- that's why we make fair labour practices mandatory along all levels of our supply chain.

Speaking to The New York Times about conditions in Bangladesh factories, the executive director of the Worker Rights Consortium said, «There have been substantial safety renovations in factories that have unquestionably made those factories substantially safer.

I'll agree, there is corruption on both sides, but if I had to pick one over the other I would have to choose the one that supports some sort of social safety net for middle and low income workers in America.

Fears of further bloodshed has led Kenya's election commission to postpone the planned voting in some opposition strongholds, with safety concerns for its workers cited as deadly clashes continued between police and protesters.

The local church in the nearby town has been very critical of the mining companies and of the government's failure to look out for the safety and health of the workers and residents.

And how well did that work for slaves the first 300 years, child labor exploited and coal miners and factory workers suffering horrific working conditions and safety issues in the early 1900's, women still fighting the glass ceiling that exists, etc.?

To front - load the story by saying people were being treated in animal stalls, and only later point out it was a free clinic held in a county fairground (rural area, large crowd... likely the only suitable place that passed health and safety requirements for such an event), and to not mention that many if not most of those taking advantage of the free medical care were likely farm workers and not here legally... is beyond poor reporting.

The English Collective of Prostitutes was founded in 1982 to campaign for the decriminalisation of prostitution and to campaign for sex workers» rights and safety.

After China opened up to the global market economy and joined the global competition, its most useful weapon is cheap labour, factory owners are trying to minimize any cost including that of workers» safety, due to lack of safety regulation in foreign investments.

In short, it seems that most of the real gains from nationalization can be achieved by government regulations that safeguard the safety and health of workers, insure that they are taken care of when they are unemployed and when they retire, and allow them to organize to promote their own interests.

fred The question then become whether a Christian, who knows already the path to the kingdom, can then be a business person who exploits their workers, cheats on their taxes, compromises on safety and quality, and does other things in the name of producing more profit and personal wealth, right?

A worker on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig is claiming he told BP about a faulty piece of safety equipment weeks before the rig explosion that has led to the largest oil spill in U.S. history.

When American Jews learned that workers at the Agriprocessors plant faced dire conditions, including receiving safety instructions in English even though many spoke only Spanish, the community entered a kosher crisis.

Workers in such industries are not only inadequately protected as regards health and safety, but they also do not enjoy security of employment in view of the tendency of such investors to move offshore to cut costs.

A leader in food safety, quality control, and innovation, Markon is also mindful of the produce industry's impact on people — from field workers to consumers.