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As offices seek to go green, it pays to start with the very first activity of the day—the morning commute. American workers spend an average of 47 hours per year commuting through traffic. This adds up to 3.7 billion hours and 23 billion gallons of fuel each year. Why not “green up” your employees’ commute?
Smartphones and tablets are everywhere these days, and they have many uses. In a doctor’s office, your medical information is probably on a tablet. In a school, you can find lesson plans and textbooks in tablet formats. But you still may not be getting everything out of these expensive, multifunctional devices that you could be.
Remember not so long ago when you used to carry a phone, a camera, a GPS unit (and backup paper maps), a calculator, and a notepad and pen? Now, you probably have a smartphone or tablet that is your phone, camera, calculator, maps and GPS unit, and notepad all in one voice-activated, touchpad-enabled device—with bonus […]
Yesterday’s Advisor presented three things to keep in mind to flex your company’s green muscle when it comes to landing top performers who take pride in your environmentally aware efforts. Today we offer three more strategies.
If an accident at your worksite causes a serious injury, you’re certain to hear about it. Unfortunately, at that point it’s too late to do anything but react. If you want to get a handle on hazards before someone gets hurt, you need workers to understand, report, and investigate near misses.
Of course you have a safety committee. But how effective is it? Does it satisfy a state requirement with minimal creativity or innovation, or does it actually enhance your safety performance, giving employees at all levels an opportunity to lead and engage in the safety process?
For many years now, companies of all sizes have taken giant steps in building a link between customer strategies and environmentally sustainable policies. Yet, many may still underestimate just how vital a company’s degree of “greenness” is to its own employees and potential hires.
In June 2016, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) finalized its Small Unmanned Aircraft (UA) Rule at 14 CFR Part 107 regulating the operation of small UA that do not meet the definition of remote-control model aircraft. These aircraft, colloquially called “drones,” are used for both business and recreational purposes.
In September 2015, a New York City high school science teacher was standing outside Louis Armstrong Stadium while two female tennis players battled it out on the U.S. Open court. He was piloting a drone—a small remote-controlled quadcopter—over the stadium, attempting to get video footage of the Unisphere, when the drone crashed into an empty […]
Yesterday we reviewed the true costs of noncompliance with environmental regulations and the fact that as an environment, health, and safety (EHS) professional, you are going to have to explain what costs so much. Today we will look at how one employer recently paid a hefty price for ignoring—and then retaliating against—a whistleblower.