Sentences with phrase «safety of their employees who»

Those words produce two responses from us: we fear for the safety of our employees who will be attending E3, and we wonder who or what is this Master Pinger.

While some employers may be scaling back on festivities this year, it remains as important as ever that employers take proactive steps to ensure the health and safety of their employees who attend office parties or other celebrations.

Whether these celebrations are large or small, it is important that employers take proactive steps to ensure the health and safety of their employees who attend office parties or other...

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Further, the survey showed that most employees of small business believed the primary role of WorkSafe was to provide information and advice, which was double the proportion who thought its role was one of prosecuting breaches of safety standards.

During a conference call with analysts on Wednesday, Zuckerberg reiterated much of what he covered during those hearings by explaining recent initiatives like increasing the number of employees who handle reviewing content for security and safety to 20,000.

Facebook has staffed up to the tune of 20,000 employees and contractors who handle «safety and security» issues.

Responding to the FAA's findings in the Dallas case, Southwest said, «Southwest's Culture of Safety does not align with the comments made by the individual FAA employee who conducted the investigation.

In addition, Chipotle hired a new head of food safety who implemented a number of changes to policies at the Company's restaurants — for example, requiring all employees to wash their hands every half hour, mandating that two employees verified that certain ingredients had been immersed in hot water for at least five seconds to kill germs, and using Pascalization to pre-treat food ingredients.

This is no different in the eyes of a judge than a company who wont pay overtime wages to an employee or is negligent in its safety procedures.

State Board of Education Rule 160 -5-6-.01 (2011) requires each food service facilitiy to have at least one school nutrition employee on site to be certified as a food safety manager, who has successfully completed a state approved food safety training program and passed a professionally validated Certified Food Safety Manager (CFSM) examination accredited by a national asafety manager, who has successfully completed a state approved food safety training program and passed a professionally validated Certified Food Safety Manager (CFSM) examination accredited by a national asafety training program and passed a professionally validated Certified Food Safety Manager (CFSM) examination accredited by a national aSafety Manager (CFSM) examination accredited by a national agency.

The Public Employees Federation (PEF), which represents state Department of Transportation engineers who are sidelined by design - build, has gone so far as to level claims that the use of design - build jeopardizes public safety.

* GOP's union - busting drive alienating cops and firefighters: Relatedly, Politico on an important trend: Public safety workers, who were once reliably Republican - leaning, are now turning on the party in response to the public employee union busting of GOP governors, with potentially far - reaching political ramifications.

he Bathroom Bill would force New York employers to accommodate cross-dressing employees in the workplace, would make New York businesses liable for real or invented transgressions upon a civil right to «gender identity or expression,» and would give intact biological males who assert female gender identities access to women's locker rooms, changing areas, and restrooms in places of public accommodation, thus compromising the privacy and safety of women and girls.

The south wall of Oswego City Hall has several cracks in it that present a safety hazard for employees, including Mayor Billy Barlow who sits behind those windows during common council meetings.

But we always believed it was the right thing to do for patient and employee safety,» says Dr. Weinmann, who leads the health system's immunization task force and was an early champion of the mandatory policy.

Silence recognises and accepts its responsibility as an employer to maintain, as far as is reasonably practicable, the safety and health of its employees and of other persons who may be affected by its activities.

The Fire Safety Order differs from previous workplace - related regulations in that there is no longer any distinction made between people who are employees and, say, members of the public or voluntary workers at an entertainment venue.

Imagine, though, that instead of pushing all this information at new employees, you had an assistant (a virtual chatbot) who could guide them through the training at their own pace where and when they need it and respond to their questions (like procedures for expenses requests, how to order IT equipment, how to comply with health and safety and so on) as they pop into their heads.

An employee who has been instructed to check the gauge, or gauges on a fire extinguisher annually is not a competent person for the purposes of maintaining life safety equipment.

However, any attorney's fees paid from public funds for any officer, employee, or agent who is found to be personally liable by virtue of acting outside the scope of his or her employment or acting in bad faith, with malicious purpose, or in a manner exhibiting wanton and willful disregard of human rights, safety, or property may be recovered by the state, county, municipality, or political subdivision in a civil action against such officer, employee, or agent.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The director of the Duval County School Police Department expressed confidence in the new school safety assistant program, which will hire and train 107 new employees who will be armed at elementary schools beginning next school year.

(c) As an employer who receives an alcohol test result of 0.04 or higher, you must immediately remove the employee involved from performing safety - sensitive functions.

On May 15, 2009, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit unanimously upheld DOT's direct observation drug testing rules applicable to return - to - duty, safety - sensitive transportation industry employees who have already failed or refused to take a prior drug test.

Part 40 states: what specimens are collected; who performs the drug and alcohol tests; how to conduct those tests; what procedures to use when testing, and the mandatory return to duty requirements of an employee returning to safety - sensitive service following a DOT drug and / or alcohol rule violation.

The employer must conduct a pre-employment alcohol test before the first performance of safety - sensitive functions by every covered employee (whether a new employee or someone who has transferred to a position involving the performance of safety - sensitive functions).

The Secretary shall establish a public transportation safety certification training program for Federal and State employees, or other designated personnel, who conduct safety audits and examinations of public transportation systems and employees of public transportation agencies directly responsible for safety oversight.

The Secretary may reimburse an eligible State or a recipient for the full costs of participation in the public transportation safety certification training program established under subsection (c) by an employee of a State safety oversight agency or a recipient who is directly responsible for safety oversight.

OSHA enforces the whistleblower provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Act and 21 other statutes protecting employees who report violations of various workplace, commercial motor vehicle, airline, nuclear, pipeline, environmental, railroad, public transportation, maritime, consumer product, motor vehicle safety, health care reform, corporate securities, food safety and consumer financial reform regulaSafety and Health Act and 21 other statutes protecting employees who report violations of various workplace, commercial motor vehicle, airline, nuclear, pipeline, environmental, railroad, public transportation, maritime, consumer product, motor vehicle safety, health care reform, corporate securities, food safety and consumer financial reform regulasafety, health care reform, corporate securities, food safety and consumer financial reform regulasafety and consumer financial reform regulations.

In its review of the accident, the National Transportation Safety Board faulted Enbridge's «culture of deviance» for what happened, pointing out that the response team in the first hours consisted of four local pipeline maintenance employees who were inadequately trained and made a series of bad decisions.

At the South Florida law firm of Friedman, Rodman & Frank, P.A., we believe that employers who fail to follow the proper safety measures should be held accountable for their employee's injuries.

An employee who is punished because they reported a hostile work environment to their employer can file a complaint to the Ministry of Labour under Ontario's Occupational Health and Safety Act.

Therefore, any employer of night shift workers should immediately ensure that they are complying with the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations and the HSE Good Practice Guidelines by: (i) explaining and warning night shift workers of the potential risk; (ii) risk assessing and / or reviewing all risk assessments for shift workers; (iii) providing medical surveillance; (iv) considering possible alternatives for employees who have worked night shifts for a considerable period of time.

«I see many businesses who focus on the safety and health of employees and others experiencing a broad range of benefits, including being better placed to attract and retain talent, scoring points in procurement processes for valuable contracts or even when seeking external investment.»

When constructing his test for who is an «employee», which is built on criteria such as dependency and control, Davidov stressed that his focus was on «the appropriate scope of employment standards and collective bargaining laws», rather than human rights and health and safety regulations which are quite different.

When I was Deputy Minister of Labour, we were always concerned that many justices of the peace did not understand the importance, in both real and symbolic terms, of prosecutions against employers and employees who violated health and safety regulations.

The Federal Railroad Safety Act (FRSA) 49 U.S.C. § 20109 prevents any railroad company from discharging, demoting, suspending, reprimanding or in some way discriminating against an employee who provides information regarding a violation of safety rules reporting an injury or testifying in a FELASafety Act (FRSA) 49 U.S.C. § 20109 prevents any railroad company from discharging, demoting, suspending, reprimanding or in some way discriminating against an employee who provides information regarding a violation of safety rules reporting an injury or testifying in a FELAsafety rules reporting an injury or testifying in a FELA case.

In one instance, the OHSA, or Occupational Safety and Health Administration, provided retailers with crowd control guidelines after a 38 - year - old employee was trampled to death by a crowd of shoppers who rushed into a New York Wal - Mart in 2008.

In a recent decision, Arbitrator Lorne Slotnick upheld the discharge of an employee who attempted to improperly use medical restrictions and the right to refuse unsafe work under occupational health and safety legislation as the basis for refusing a work assignment.

MANITOULIN — A decision by the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) to reduce employer premiums is an insult to injured workers who have already suffered through years of austerity, says the president of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU).

This could include employers who «completely disregard» the safety of employees or doctors whose care of a patient falls far below the required standard, the Council said.

Workplace accidents are where an employee, or someone who steps on to the company property, is injured because of a lack of occupational health and safety procedures or a lack of safety standards which contributed to the accident.

As readers of this blog will recall, in the 2011 case of Conforti v Investia Financial Services Inc, 2011 CanLII 60897 (ON LRB) the Ontario Labour Relations Board held that an employer's dismissal of an employee who had made a complaint of workplace harassment pursuant to the provisions of Bill 168 was not an act of «reprisal» as defined within the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

Accommodating an employee who needs to use medical marijuana may require an employer to modify hours of work, allow for additional breaks or assign the employee to a less demanding or less safety - sensitive position.

Generally, random alcohol testing of employees who occupy safety sensitive positions has been held to be permissible.

The most significant of these changes for many employers was the extension of Workplace Safety Insurance Board («WSIB») benefit coverage to employees who suffer from chronic, work - related mental stress.

Under the policy, ten percent of the employees who were in safety - sensitive positions were to be randomly selected over the course of a year for breathalyser testing.

He noted that the conflict is between the privacy rights of employees who would be subjected to random drug testing, and the safety concerns of co-workers who are working with other employees under the influence of intoxicating substances.

For example, staff can report employers for breach of any legal obligation, which could include breach of contract for failing to pay a bonus or breach of health and safety or harassment laws for failure to protect an employee who reports stress or bullying.»

For example, covered entities are permitted to disclose for the purposes of providing health care to the individual who is the inmate, or for the health and safety of other inmates or officials and employees of the facility.

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has ruled that employees of Ontario's Office of the Worker Adviser and Office of the Employer Adviser who provide legal services relating to the Occupational Health and Safety Act must be licensed paralegals.