Truck drivers, cleaning-service employees and mechanics are among the most obese groups of workers, new research contends. Not far behind are health-service workers and administrative and clerical personnel, the study out of Washington ...
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will hold a meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health Feb. 11-12, 2014, in Washington, D.C. A work group meeting will be held on Feb. 11 and the full ...
Tags: NACOSH, Dr.David Michaels, labor health, U.S.Department of Labor
ManpowerGroup, a leader in innovative workforce solutions and World Economic Forum (WEF) strategic partner, will next week join the world's business and political leaders at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, to ...
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Three-year project will encourage national expansion of Workplace Standard The Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC), along with its partners, CSA Group (CSA) and Bureau de normalisation du Québec (BNQ), joined Labour Minister ...
Latham & Watkins, a leading global law firm, is working with its lawyers and staff to promote healthy lifestyle choices and encourage workplace wellness. The CEO Roundtable on CancerTM has accredited Latham & Watkins with the CEO Cancer ...
Iran exported 14.43 million tons of cement and clinker in the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year, beginning on March 21, which shows a 36.2 percent rise year on year, Tehran Times daily reported on Sunday. Exports of ...
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Groups call on global clothing brands to use their influence to achieve an end to repression against workers involved in wage protests and the resumption of good-faith wage negotiations. Labour rights groups and trade unions across the ...
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Bloomberg: What Liberals Don't Get About Single Payer [The] problem with the Affordable Care Act isn't the insurance industry. In fact, the main benefits of nationalized health care can be achieved in systems with hundreds, even ...
Gadget lovers are slipping on fitness bands that track movement and buckling on smartwatches that let them check phone messages. Some brave souls are even donning Google's geeky-looking Glass eyewear. For the technology industry, this ...
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U.S. employers added a scant 74,000 jobs in December, the fewest in three years. The disappointing gain ends 2013 on a weak note and could raise questions about the economy's recent strength. The Labor Department says the unemployment ...
The first Monday of the New Year is various known as massive Monday or Mega Monday as the volume of jobseekers soars after the Christmas/New Year break. In print and packaging we have seen a tripling of applications over the holiday ...
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Gold prices fell 0.7 percent or $8.56 Wednesday to?$1,223.40 an ounce?as U.S. jobs data caused the dollar to rise and increased the appeal of stocks, according to Reuters. The dollar hit a one-month high in the aftermath of a jobs report ...
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U.S. adults without a high school diploma are living sicker, shorter lives than ever before -- especially white women, researchers say. Researchers at the Virginia Commonwealth University Center on Society and Health and the Robert Wood ...
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Unions will seek urgent talks with the main contractor to impress the need to put forward an offer to resolve this long running dispute says GMB Scotland An overwhelming majority of GMB members employed on a new gas plant project in ...
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Americans' spending on health care rose a relatively modest 3.7 percent in 2012 -- slower than the growth of the overall economy -- dropping from 17.3 percent of U.S. spending to 17.2 percent, according to an annual report from the Centers ...
Tags: Health Care, Health Care Spending, Modest Rise For Health Costs