Sentences with phrase «including worker safety»

California Manufacturing labor law news including worker safety violations, wage and hour violations, worker harassment, discrimination and wrongful termination lawsuits.

His support and leadership on labor issues, including the worker safety bill to protect utility workers and his support of paid family leave made a difference in the lives of working people.

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Reversed or delayed rules would have addressed issues including public health, worker safety, consumer protection, and the environment.

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.

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.

Safety - sensitive transportation workers — including flight crew, air traffic controllers, truck drivers and train engineers — will be screened for several common opioid painkillers starting next year, according to a new federal rule published Monday.

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.

And over the last forty years, large corporations have nearly eliminated the safety nets that workers used to count on from them, including implicit promises of long term employment and secure pensions.

Sustainability factors to look at include energy and water use, worker safety, employee skills, and supply chain risk, among many others.

Some of the workers we talked to supported the union, but many had no involvement — including Tesla's own former safety experts.

«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.»

More than 100 people from the boat were taken to safety, including children, by Doctors Without Borders workers.

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.

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.

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Our employees apply diverse science and expertise to help customers advance their best ideas and deliver essential innovations in key markets including electronics, transportation, building and construction, health and wellness, food and worker safety.

As part of the Rainforest Alliance certification process, SAN auditors collect information about salaries, including non-monetary benefits such as housing and medical care, and help to ensure that work hours are regulated, overtime is voluntary and compensated, and workers receive health and safety training.

This provides us with a strong base to get the best deal for you, including better pay and conditions, providing health and safety advice and ensuring that food workers aren't discriminated against on the grounds of ethnicity, gender, age, disability or language.

Since this tragic incident, described as the worst in the garment industry, there have been a number of initiatives, including joint - retailers» agreements — the Accord on Fire and Safety in Bangladesh and the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety.

But the new contracts do not include job protections for current workers, which the union threatened would put experienced drivers out of work and compromise kids» safety.

They join us to discuss a range of issues, including school safety; testing; a feared teacher shortage; the New York State budget; and the Janus vs. AFSCME case, which could impact union member and worker rights.

He laid out the major new investments from the preliminary budget — including $ 115 million for the $ 15 minimum wage for city employees and contracted workers, investments in public safety, funding education initiatives under the mayor's Equity and Excellence agenda, investments in transportation and social services, along with a few Council priorities.

If enacted, PAWA would bring public employees, including state university workers like Sheri, under the protection of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which currently excludes them.

Until the Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently decided that space is not under its purview, astronauts were officially classified as radiological workers, a category that also includes employees of nuclear power plants.

Workers in university labs — including 110,000 graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, plus uncounted undergraduates and technicians — are 11 times more likely to get hurt in a university lab than in an industrial lab, according to U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration statistics.

Ongoing research in the lab includes examining the influence of chronic sleep restriction on human performance, the influence of space flight on sleep and circadian rhythms and the application of his research to night workers - including medical residents and police - through the work of the Harvard Work Hours, Health and Safety Group.

Two months after safety breaches at federal labs first set off a public furor, top health officials are auditioning new checks on worker safety including specialized time - lapse cameras and digital worksheets to track crucial steps such as bacterium inactivation.

Some of these include safety & hygiene for workers, fair pay & most importantly no child or forced labour is tolerated.

Setting a policy is a great opportunity to make health and safety a «whole school» issue that is owned by everyone — teachers, other staff members including lunchtime supervisors, office workers and facilities staff, and importantly, pupils.

The report comes a few days after Gov. Roy Cooper unveiled a $ 130 million school safety proposal that includes $ 40 million to hire more counselors, psychologists, social workers and nurses, and $ 15 million for additional «innovative programs» to address students» mental health challenges.

Shelter workers thoroughly disinfected all surfaces in the building, including floors and walls, while dogs were closely monitored, said Brian Sheahan, director of the county's Community Safety and Compliance Department.

The American Lung Association supports measures to improve the health and safety of coal mine workers, and the communities where they live, including protection from harmful air pollutants.

APEN has been a trailblazer in bringing the voices of APA communities to the forefront of environmental health and social justice fights in the Bay Area, winning real policy solutions for the community across a gamut of issues including occupational safety of high - tech workers, affordable housing, transportation and land - use, and challenging multinational corporations to mitigate pollution that is devastating the health and well - being of countless low - income communities of color.

Key state regulations include: Review and approval of permits; well design, location and spacing; drilling operations; water management and disposal; air emissions; wildlife impacts; surface disturbance; worker health and safety; and inspection and enforcement of day - to - day oil and gas operations.

CG, the world I would like is one of laws that include those that protect the safety of the people against profiteers who don't care about pollution, the environment, or the safety of their products or workers.

Such laws could influence ship breaking practices in other countries including India, Turkey and Pakistan, which also lack environmental and worker safety controls.

The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), a branch of the U.S. Department of Labor, is charged with the colossal effort of protecting American industrial workers, including oil refinery and plant laborers, from negligent employers.

A Cleveland employment defense lawyer focuses on a wide range of employment law matters including employment discrimination, wages, unemployment compensation, workers» compensation, pensions, and workplace safety claims.

A Honolulu employment lawyer focuses on a wide range of employment law matters including employment discrimination, wages, unemployment compensation, workers» compensation, pensions, and workplace safety claims.

A Seattle employment lawyer focuses on a wide range of employment law matters including employment discrimination, wages, unemployment compensation, workers» compensation, pensions, and workplace safety claims.

Advised client on compliance with various OSHA standards, including retention of health and safety consultant to review compliance with OSHA standards, and coordinated with litigation counsel in anticipation of possible litigation resulting from alleged worker exposure.

A Grand Rapids employment lawyer focuses on a wide range of employment law matters including employment discrimination, wages, unemployment compensation, workers» compensation, pensions, and workplace safety claims.

Advice on managing the risks involved in being a licensee, including occupational health and safety concerns, public liability concerns and what to expect from Workers Compensation claims

We provide services to our clients regarding Federal, New Jersey and New York statutes, including: Family and Medical Leave Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, National Labor Relations Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Occupational Safety and Health Act, New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, Conscientious Employee Protection Act, New Jersey Family Leave Act, Civil Rights, ERISA, and Wage and Hour Law.

A recent Alberta Court of Appeal decision confirms that evidence of substance - related safety risks across an employer's workforce (including both union and non-union workers) may be taken into account when assessing the permissibility of random testing of unionized workers.

A Binghamton labor lawyer focuses on a wide range of employment law matters including employment discrimination, wages, unemployment compensation, workers» compensation, pensions, and workplace safety claims.

These include laws on information and consultation on collective redundancies; rules on working time; some of the EU - derived health and safety regulations; parts of the regulations which protect workers in the event of a transfer of undertaking; legislation protecting agency workers and other «atypical» workers; and, some elements of discrimination law to which businesses object most strongly such as liability for equal pay.

Prime contractors have numerous health and safety responsibilities under this regulation, including coordinating work on site, appointing a competent supervisor, and informing other workers and employers of potential hazards.

The changes included amendments to the mandatory minimum training requirements for health and safety committee members and worker health and safety representatives; mandatory annual evaluations of joint committee effectiveness; and a clarification of what it means for employers and worker representatives to participate in employer incident investigations.

This could include matters such as worker endangerment by negligent or incompetent advice from engineers and architects (addressed in subsection 31 (2) of the OHSA) or safety defects resulting from substandard processes by manufacturers or fabricators.