Sep 21, 2023 | Business Insurance, Business Operations, Workplace Safety
SINCE THE COVID-19 pandemic, more employers are allowing their staff to work remotely on a permanent basis. This newfound freedom for American workers has allowed many of them to leave the cities they were living in for small towns or even more remote areas around the... 
Jul 5, 2023 | Business Insurance, Workplace Safety
MORE AND more employers are banning cell phones in the workplace because they are distracting enough to be a serious safety issue for workers. “The Digital Distraction & Workplace Safety” study, issued by Screen Education, reported that 14% of employer respondents... 
Mar 15, 2023 | Business Insurance, Business Operations, Workplace Safety
LANGUAGE BARRIERS can present real threats to worker safety, particularly in certain industries that employ a larger share of non-native English speakers. Only 57% of U.S. agricultural workers in 2019 were born in this country, including Puerto Rico, according to U.S.... 
Mar 2, 2023 | Business Insurance, Workplace Safety
MORE COMPANIES with fleets and commercial drivers are turning to technology to prevent their workers from using their phones while driving. And lately, insurers have started partnering with tech companies to offer these technologies to their commercial auto clients.... 
Feb 12, 2023 | Business Insurance, Workplace Safety
IN THE WANING days of 2022, Congress passed a bipartisan $1.7-trillion spending bill that includes legislation that expands rights for pregnant and nursing employees. The budget bill, which President Biden has signed into law, included the Pregnant Workers Fair Act... 
Sep 22, 2022 | Business Insurance, Workplace Safety
THE Cal/OSHA Standards Board is set to vote on a permanent COVID-19 workplace safety standard on Sept. 15, that would take effect at the start of 2023. The permanent standard will replace the temporary emergency standard that took effect in 2020 after the pandemic...