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Big crowds and shortages of hot toys and other gifts along with increased stress on the part of customers and employees alike can lead to violence as tempers flare. Your regular employees may have encountered this before and know how to de-escalate these situations. But that’s not likely with new, largely untrained holiday staff.

You can significantly reduce the cost of your organization’s workers’ compensation premiums by following a program of accident prevention, better claims management and prevention of fraud and abuse.

Recent data from the U.S. Department of Labor reveals a troubling spike in child-labor violations among U.S. employers. Eliminating the illegal use of child labor is one of the DOL’s strategic enforcement priorities.

OSHA will accept public comments on the heat safety rule until Dec. 30, 2024.

The most common workplace accidents account for the most expensive workers’ compensation claims, according to a new report by Travelers, the nation’s largest workers’ comp insurer.

OSHA has released a proposed rule intended to protect workers from the significant health risks of extreme heat.

A component of OSHA's new walkaround rule has employers worried that it could literally open the door for union organizers or union-paid industrial hygienists to trail along behind inspectors, possibly influencing their findings or gathering information that could influence collective bargaining.

It’s an election year, and that means one thing is certain: Congress will try to come up with popular yet largely uncontroversial legislation to highlight what politicians are doing to help regular working people.

For example, currently gaining traction on Capitol Hill is federal legislation aimed at improving safety for people who work for employers that operate massive warehouse and shipping operations—employers like Amazon. Enter The Warehouse Worker Protection Act, introduced in the Senate in May, which would aim to reduce workplace injuries.

Employers can expect the Department of Labor to vigorously investigate and prosecute violations of child-labor laws this summer.

It’s rarely a good idea to blame an employee for getting hurt on the job. In one recent case, a worker complained to OSHA who filed a lawsuit on her behalf.