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November 11, 2024On November 7, The American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) announced that it has updated a national voluntary consensus standard for construction and demolition sites.
ANSI/ASSP A10.1-2024 Pre-Project and Pre-Task Safety and Health Planning establishes effective elements and activities for pre-project and pre-task safety and health planning in construction and demolition work.
“The primary purpose of this standard is to assist construction owners, project constructors and contractors in making pre-project and pre-task safety and health planning a typical part of their overall planning process,” said subcommittee Chair Wesley Wheeler, of the National Electrical Contractors Association, in a statement. “There must be a formal process in place to evaluate the safety and health performance of constructor candidates.”
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November 11, 2024Workers concern moved to 5.5 from 5.8 in 2023, in survey from Employee Benefit Research.
It's nice to report good news. On Nov. 1, the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) published results from its 2024 Workplace Wellness Survey and found that worker concerns about well-being are trending downward.
That's an important difference since in last year's survey 74% of workers are moderately or highly concerned about their workplace well-being.
The fifth annual Workplace Wellness Survey examined worker attitudes towards employment-based benefits in the workplace, as well as a broad spectrum of financial and mental well-being, employment-based health insurance and retirement benefit issues.
“Progress is being made," explained Jack Spiegel, research associate, Wealth and Health Benefits Research, EBRI, in a statement. “However, we still see some workplace stressors. Seven in ten workers are concerned that their employers will reduce or eliminate retirement
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