OSHA Testifies about Protecting Workers During Coronavirus (COVID-19) Crisis
ESR News Blog Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On May 28, 2020, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) – an agency of the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) dedicated to...
View ArticleOSHA Publishes FAQs to Help Protect Workers from Exposure to Coronavirus
ESR News Blog Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On July 2, 2020, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) – an agency of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) dedicated to...
View ArticleEmployers Using Continuous Monitoring Services Have Important Compliance...
ESR News Blog Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Employers using continuous monitoring services that alert them to changes in the credit and criminal histories of their employees may have...
View ArticleOSHA Proposes Penalties Totaling $1.6 Million for Coronavirus Violations
ESR News Blog Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On October 23, 2020, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced it had cited 112 establishments for violations...
View ArticleFatal Work Injuries in United States Reached 12-Year High in 2019
ESR News Blog Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn In December 2020, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported there were 5,333 fatal work injuries recorded in the United States in...
View ArticlePresident Biden Issues Executive Order on Workplace Safety and COVID-19
ESR News Blog Written By Employment Screening Resources® (ESR) On January 21, 2021, President Joe Biden issued an “Executive Order on Protecting Worker Health and Safety” to ensure the health and...
View ArticleOSHA Issues Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing COVID-19 in Workplace
ESR News Blog Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On January 29, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued revised guidance titled “Protecting Workers: Guidance on...
View ArticleOSHA Launches Program to Protect High-Risk Workers from Coronavirus
ESR News Blog Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On March 12, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) – an agency of the United States Department of Labor (DOL)...
View ArticleNational Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW) Observed April 18 to 24, 2021
ESR News Blog Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The 40th anniversary of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week (NCVRW) – which is promoted each April by the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC),...
View ArticleCDC Vaccination Guidance Does Not Impact EEOC Guidance on COVID-19
ESR News Blog Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On May 13, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – the leading national public health institute of the United States –...
View ArticleSan Jose Mass Shooting Latest Workplace Violence Striking Essential Workers
ESR News Blog Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn A mass shooting at a light rail yard in San Jose, California, by a Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) employee that took the lives of nine...
View ArticleDocuments Show San Jose Workplace Shooter had Problems at Work
ESR News Blog Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) – which operates bus and light rail services in the Santa Clara Valley – has released documents...
View ArticleBackground Check Expert Explains How to Help Prevent Workplace Violence
ESR News Blog Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Attorney Lester Rosen, founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Employment Screening Resources® (ESR), has published an article titled...
View ArticleEmployment Screening Resources (ESR) Issues Workplace Violence White Paper
ESR News Blog Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn Employment Screening Resources® (ESR) has issued a white paper entitled “Workplace Violence and Human Resources: A Brief Introduction”...
View ArticleTennessee Grocery Store Shooting Latest Tragic Case of Workplace Violence
ESR News Blog Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn In the latest tragic case of workplace violence, officials reported the suspect in a shooting that killed one person at a Kroger grocery...
View ArticleOSHA Issues COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Mandate for Employers
ESR News Blog Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On November 5, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a rule in the Federal...
View ArticleCFOI Reveals Ten Percent Decrease in Fatal Work Injuries from 2019 to 2020
ESR News Blog Employment Screening Resources (ESR) is a Service Offering of ClearStar Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn There were 4,764 fatal work injuries recorded in the United States in...
View ArticleSCOTUS Blocks COVID-19 Vaccine or Testing Mandate for Large Employers
ESR News Blog Employment Screening Resources (ESR) is a Service Offering of ClearStar Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On January 13, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS)...
View ArticleOSHA Withdraws COVID-19 Vaccine or Testing Mandate for Large Employers
ESR News Blog Employment Screening Resources (ESR) is a Service Offering of ClearStar Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On January 25, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational...
View ArticleCalifornia Employers Must Post Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses
ESR News Blog Employment Screening Resources (ESR) is a Service Offering of ClearStar Written by ClearStar | Screening Compliance Update California employers are required to post their annual summary...
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