Twenty employees of an East Coast firm can sign up for nap time twice a week and enjoy rejuvenation in the company's "nap room." The idea came about because of studies that fatigue can lead to workplace injury. Furthermore, lack of rest can reduce workplace...
Month: March 2013
Seeking better prevention of forklift accidents
Forklifts are very useful machines in warehouses and other storage spaces. But driving them is dangerous. In Pennsylvania and across the county, forklift operators are no strangers to the need for workers' compensation after forklift accidents. Is there any way to...
Nationally and in PA, workplace fatalities take terrible toll
In round numbers, fatal workplace accidents take the lives of about 4,000 Americans every year. That's 1,000 more people than died in the terrorist attacks on September, 2001. It's a lot of people's lives cut short - and a lot of families devastated. Neither workers'...
Protecting workers from retaliation after reporting injuries: a PA case
Employers are not supposed to retaliate against employees for filing workers' compensation claims or reporting workplace injuries. In Pennsylvania and across the country, however, workers naturally worry that employers will hold it against them for bringing a work...