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If you’re unsure whether it’s worthwhile to provide reasonable accommodations to disabled staff members, consider a newly released report showing that 58% of U.S. workers who’ve been provided with a disability accommodation think that the …
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Safety insight: If you think that a crew member might be impaired by drugs or alcohol, remove the person from the workplace right away and send him or her home. You don’t want someone suffering an injury due to substance abuse. What happened: A man …
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The scenario: A female employee posted several photographs to her Instagram account. Two of the photographs showed her wearing a company uniform. The others included one with her in a bikini, one with her wearing hosiery and another revealing part of …
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At first glance, you might think that robots make our workplace safer. After all, robotic devices can perform repetitive tasks without suffering musculoskeletal disorders. And robots can lift heavy loads and not experience back injuries. In reality, …
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The scenario: A Black woman was unhappy when she saw a drawing that depicted former President Barack Obama as a monkey posted on a bulletin board. The woman didn’t say anything about the drawing, and it was removed a short time later. Another time, …
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Incident summary: An employer’s job hazard analysis was of little value to a crew member who suffered fatal head injuries during a dangerous job because the analysis was written in English but the worker spoke only Spanish. What happened: In order …
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