Sleep is a vital factor in overall health. According to the National Health Interview Survey, adults need an average of seven to nine hours of sleep each night, but 30% report averaging less than six hours. Chronic sleep deprivation causes depression, obesity, cardiovascular disease, and other illnesses. Fatigue is estimated […]
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A Checklist for Bringing Employees Safely Back to Work [Part I]
As we start to move out of stay-at-home orders and reopen our businesses, there are 14 common sense measures business owners can take.
Continue readingBureau of Labor Statistics Releases 2007 Workplace Fatality Data
A preliminary total of 5,488 fatal work injuries were recorded in the United States in 2007, a decrease of 6 percent from the revised total of 5,840 fatal work injuries reported for 2006. Based on these counts, the rate of fatal injury for U.S. employees last year was 3.7 fatal […]
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