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EAPs give employers a way to help employees help themselves.

Insurance and Risk Management Labor and Safety

How employee assistance programs can reduce construction suicide deaths

September 11, 2018September 11, 2018 Danielle Andrus 174 Views 0 Comments suicide prevention, worker safety

These voluntary benefits provide assistance for employees going through tough times.

A safer workplace starts with targeted messaging that workers can understand.

Business Management Labor and Safety

How to design safety training materials workers will read

September 5, 2018September 5, 2018 Danielle Andrus 904 Views 0 Comments

A safer workplace starts with targeted messaging that workers can understand.

OSHA doesn’t have a specific heat-related standard, but it does require that employers protect workers from known safety hazards. (Photo: Photographerlondon, Dreamstime)

Business Management Labor and Safety

Summer stress: Protecting workers from heat exposure

August 24, 2018August 24, 2018 Danielle Andrus 380 Views 0 Comments niosh, osha

Outdoor workers must consider their risk of heat-related illnesses or death.

Unemployment is down from last month and last year as the construction industry continues to add jobs.

Business Management Industry and Economy Labor and Safety

Construction jobless rate improves in July

August 15, 2018 Danielle Andrus 255 Views 0 Comments

Construction jobs increased in July, according to preliminary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Worker groups are petitioning OSHA to adopt a heat-stress standard. (Photo: Aliaksandr Barouski, Dreamstime)

Business Management Labor and Safety Legislation and Regulation

Worker groups petition OSHA for heat-stress standard

August 14, 2018August 14, 2018 Danielle Andrus 281 Views 0 Comments osha, safe and sound week

In mid-July, a coalition of groups led by Public Citizen, a consumer and health advocacy group, petitioned the Occupational Safety and

Safe and Sound Week starts Monday. (Image: OSHA)

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Safe and Sound Week starts Aug. 13

August 8, 2018August 8, 2018 Danielle Andrus 287 Views 0 Comments osha, safe and sound week, safety week

Visit OSHA campaign website to download resources and host your own safety event.

OSHA is considering easing injury reporting requirements for large firms.

Business Management Labor and Safety Legislation and Regulation

OSHA mulls easing injury tracking rule

July 26, 2018July 26, 2018 Danielle Andrus 226 Views 0 Comments

The agency has concerns about worker privacy and doubts the usefulness of the rule.

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New website aims to educate job seekers on opportunities in construction, real estate and related fields.

Business Development Industry and Economy Labor and Safety

Industry associations join forces on construction labor shortage

July 17, 2018August 6, 2018 Danielle Andrus 255 Views 0 Comments

A new website aims to help industries across the real estate and construction sectors attract new workers.

Total new jobs reached 282,000 for the last 12 months, according to preliminary data.

Business Management Industry and Economy Labor and Safety

New construction jobs slowed in June

July 6, 2018July 6, 2018 Danielle Andrus 313 Views 0 Comments

The increase in construction jobs slowed in June, according to preliminary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Builder events in August 2018

July 3, 2018July 3, 2018 Danielle Andrus 353 Views 0 Comments

Parade season kicks off, plus Safe + Sound week and AGC’s annual IT conference