The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has announced its preliminary Top 10 most frequently cited workplace safety standards for fiscal year 2022. Fall protection—general requirements—remains at the top of the list for the 12th year in a row, with 5,260 violations. Hazard…
Inflation Pressures Ease Slightly on Main Street but Remain the Top Business Problem
Inflation is the top business problem for small business owners, with 32% of owners reporting it as their single most important problem in operating their business, five points lower than July’s highest reading since the fourth quarter of 1979. The National Federation of Independent Business Small…
Top 15 Hospital Groups Struggle to Fill Over 40,000 Jobs With Gen Z Turning Away From the Health Care Industry
There are nearly 40,000 open jobs spread across the top 15 health care providers in the country, led by strong demand for health care professionals followed by information technology professionals, according to an analysis of the health care job landscape by Glider AI, an artificial…
OSHA’s Top 10 Violations for 2023
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has released its preliminary list of the top 10 violations during fiscal year 2023, which ended Sept. 30. In order of most frequently cited, the top 10 violations are: Fall Protection—General Requirements, Hazard Communication, Ladders,…
CEOs Say Retaining and Engaging Employees Remains Top Priority and Challenge for 2024
Retaining and engaging employees is the top priority of chief executive officers this year, according to a survey of 197 CEOs by Chief Executive. Sixty percent cited retaining and engaging employees—a higher proportion than the 57% who ranked retaining and engaging employees as their top…
FlexJobs Announces Top Companies for Hybrid Jobs in 2024
For the second year in a row, Robert Half tops FlexJobs’ annual list of the ‘Top 100 Companies for Hybrid Jobs.’ The top 10 companies were Robert Half, AECOM, LHH – Lee Hecht Harrison, Creative Financial Staffing – CFS, Black & Veatch, Atrium Staffing, Vaco, Kforce, Kelly, and the U.S. Federal…
Fall Protection Remains Atop OSHA’s Annual ‘Top 10’ List of Most Frequently Cited Standards
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued its preliminary list of the most frequently cited standards at the 2024 NSC Safety Congress & Expo, with Fall Protection–General Requirements ranking first for the 14th straight year, with 6,307 violations. The standards named in the…
Executive Hiring Starts the Year on the Rise
The executive hiring market was on the rise in the first quarter of 2023, according to an analysis by executive recruiting software provider Thrive based on aggregated data from more than 31,000 compensation and search records. Opened searches jumped close to 12.5% on a quarter-to-quarter basis,…
OSHA Issues New Publications for Safety Professionals
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U.S. Department of Labor Provides Compliance Assistance Resources to Find and Fix Workplace Hazards
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