News tagged with workplace safety

New study shows that workplace inspections save lives, don't destroy jobs

Research to be published in Science on May 18, 2012, sheds light on a hot-button political issue: the role and effectiveness of government regulation. Does it kill jobs or protect the public?

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

May 17, 2012 | 3.7 / 5 (3) | 4 |

Workers rate safety most important workplace issue in new Labor Day study

More than eight of ten workers — 85 percent — rate workplace safety first in importance among labor standards, even ahead of family and maternity leave, minimum wage, paid sick days, overtime pay and the right to join a union, ...

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Aug 30, 2010 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0