July 1, 2023
Cyber Incident Road Map is a checklist of some of the activities that may be appropriate for your business to undertake in the event of a data breach.
July 1, 2023
Cyber security should be a concern for each and every employee in an organization, not only CO technicians, IT professionals and top managers but those in the trenches doing everyday tasks.
June 26, 2023
Driving a forklift is a serious responsibility and should not be taken lightly. Are employees truly understanding the material?
October 24, 2019
UNICO Group is one of 42 Nebraska employers honored for offering evidence-based worksite wellness programs to its employees.
September 18, 2019
On September 5th, AM Best affirmed National Farmers Union and all National General entities the rating of A- XV with a stable outlook.
April 4, 2019
March 15, 2019
With a national opioid crisis that defies holistic solutions, the legalization of medicinal marijuana in more than 30 states and recreational marijuana in 10 states, increases in deadly overdoses in the workplace, changing state laws, confusion over OSHA’s anti-retaliatory drug testing rule, and concerns about medical privacy, no employer should think they are immune to the problem. In fact, according to the National Safety Council (NSC), 15.6% of American workers live with a substance disorder and The Hartford reports that 64% of HR professionals are ill-prepared to help a worker with an opioid addiction. These factors, coupled with a tight labor market and low unemployment, have led some employers to soften zero-tolerance policies for jobs where safety is not critical and there is a low risk of injury or error. The decision to relax zero-tolerance policies requires buy-in from company leadership and supervisors as well as serious evaluation of the consequences. Although the legalization of marijuana exponentially increases the complexity […]
November 19, 2018
November 13, 2018
Preliminary list of top ten OSHA violations includes eye and face protection for first time While the preliminary list of the Top 10 violations for Fiscal Year 2018 (Oct. 1, 2017 – Sept. 30, 2018) remains largely unchanged from 2017, there is a newcomer in tenth place. Eye and face protection surpassed electrical – wiring methods, which dropped off the top ten. Also, fall protection – training requirements, which was a newcomer last FY moved up from #9 to #8. Topping the list for the fifth year in a row is fall protection, a general requirements standard, which saw a 19.7% increase in citations from the previous FY. There was a significant increase – 25.4% – in citations related to ladders and a 30.1% increase in citations for violations of fall protection – training requirements. Overall, there was a 10.5% increase in the total number of violations. Here is the list compared with the FY 2017 figures: 1.Fall Protection – […]