Author: jennyslaughter

We wrote a guest post on HR.com about managing safety and compliance at the workplace. Continue reading here.

This story was originally published by The Philadelphia Citizen. Yasmine Mustafa knows danger. As a child, she and her family fled Gulf War-torn Kuwait. Since then, for most of her life, she’s been undocumented, vulnerable to abusive employers, yelled at by strangers to “Go back to your own country.” During her travels through South America, she learned of…

Originally posted in Security Magazine on March 14, 2022. The Behavioral Wellness Center (BeWell) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania helps patients who struggle with drug and alcohol addiction and mental illness. Healthcare workers are facing a rise in unprovoked attacks and violence, driving leadership to identify ways to protect staff. BeWell decided to search for a way to improve incident…

n the U.S. alone, there were about 2.7 million work-related injuries and illnesses in 2020. Of those, 4,764 were fatal. It just goes to show that even in stable workplace environments, you can still expect the same level of risk, lethal or otherwise. So, it’s crucial that companies continue to increase the levels of workplace safety, and…