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Workplace safety to get funding boost
Workplace health and safety will get a $37 million boost over the next four years, Labour Minister Kate Wilkinson has announced. In addition, Ms Wilkinson has ordered a full review of New Zealand’s health and safety system by an independent taskforce to ensure it is fit-for-purpose.
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Workplace Safety Inspections Don't Affect Companies' Bottom Lines: Report
WASHINGTON -- While businesses bemoan the cost of regulations, a new study suggests that government enforcement of workplace health and safety rules can save lives without sapping a company's bottom line.
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3 named to examine US mine safety improvements
Three experts on mine and workplace safety and health were named Monday to research ways to make U.S. coal mines safer as part of Alpha Natural Resources Inc.'s settlement with the federal government following the nation's worst mine disaster in 40 years.
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Workplace safety is personal for San Marcos city employee
Jennifer Ornelas, an accounting specialist for the city of San Marcos, has a powerful reason to help out a memorial project for workers in Houston who died on the job last year.
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DeMoulas, OSHA reach settlement over workplace safety complaints
BOSTON – The U.S. Department of Labor has reached a settlement with DeMoulas Super Markets Inc. concerning workplace safety complaints brought against two Market Basket stores in October. Under the settlement, DeMoulas, based in Tewksbury, Mass., agreed to correct hazards and take substantive steps to enhance safety and health measures for employees at all of the chain’s more than 60 Market ...
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Job Killer? Try Bottom Line Booster: Workplace Safety Inspections Save Money, Jobs, Limbs
Job Killer? Try Bottom Line Booster: Workplace Safety Inspections Save Money, Jobs, Limbs
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Businesses unite for safety
IPSWICH employers have been urged to work together to identify local work safety initiatives which can set an example for workplaces across the country.
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Health and safety review positive
A review of the 20 year old workplace health and safety legislation, along with the commitment to invest more in workplace safety, are welcome initiatives says the Employers & Manufacturers Association's Health and Safety Manager, Paul Jarvie.
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Workplace safety seminar
PROTECTING your business is the theme of a seminar next week aimed at livestock producers.
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Study: Regulations benefit to bottom line
While businesses bemoan the cost of regulations, a study suggests that government enforcement of workplace health and safety rules can save lives without sapping a company's bottom line.
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