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Industrial Safety
Workplace safety is a category of management responsibility in places of employment.
To ensure the safety and health of workers, managers establish a focus on safety that can include elements such as:
- management leadership and commitment
- employee engagement
- accountability
- safety programs, policies, and plans
- safety processes, procedures, and practices
- safety goals and objectives
- safety inspections for workplace hazards
- safety program audits
- safety tracking & metrics
- hazard identification and control
- safety committees to promote employee involvement
- safety education and training
- safety communications to maintain a high level of awareness on safety
New Food Safety Legislation and Non-Industrial Scale Food Production
The Cornucopia Institute has recently released information on the pending food safety legislation. With the Obama administration and its culture of change combined with the recent PCA scandal policy makers are looking to make serious changes to how they food...
Doing away with industrial banks
Is Congress sure it wants to go down this path? [Funnell]...
More on Industrial Production
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New Industrial Design Database
This may only be of interest to lawyers or people creating products, but I'll post about it anyway. The Canadian Intellectual Property Office now has a fully searchable database for industrial designs registered in Canada...
Industrial Design in Canada
The Canadian Intellectual Property Office has released some updated tools to assist practicitioners in drafting and filing industrial design applications, including sample drawings...
The Prison-Industrial Complex
Prisons have become big business in the U.S, which incarcerates a larger proportion of its citizens than any other country in the world...
Wrongful termination for reporting misconduct of a co-worker?
It doesn't sound as if you did anything wrong. Although he didn't make physical ...
How can an employer defend themselves for firing an employee who contends the company exposed him to hazardardous atmospheres although medical testing has been negative?
You'll need to contact OSHA to determine your responsibility as far as the work ...
Is there a way to get out of a lease the day after signing it if the safety of the apartment was misrepresented?
Read your lease, that is the contract that you signed. If something was misrepre...
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Wrongful termination for reporting misconduct of a co-worker?
It doesn't sound as if you did anything wrong. Although he didn't make physical ...
How can an employer defend themselves for firing an employee who contends the company exposed him to hazardardous atmospheres although medical testing has been negative?
You'll need to contact OSHA to determine your responsibility as far as the work ...
Is there a way to get out of a lease the day after signing it if the safety of the apartment was misrepresented?
Read your lease, that is the contract that you signed. If something was misrepre...
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