Category: Workplace Safety & Health

March 8, 2019

Workers’ compensation insurance is state-mandated coverage that pays expenses associated with on-the-job injuries and occupational illnesses. Workers’ comp typically covers partial lost wages, medical bills, and survivor benefits. In Nevada, employers are required to carry workers’ comp when they have […]

March 6, 2019

Workers’ compensation insurance is a policy that pays for employees’ medical bills and lost wages if they suffer work-related injuries or illnesses. Oregon laws make business owners get coverages when they have one or more full- or part-time employee. Oregon […]

March 4, 2019

You might be a put-your-head-down-and-get-things-done kind of employee, but no matter your work style, you can’t avoid communicating at the office — on a screen or in person. “In 2019, we Slack, ping, text, Zoom, email, call and meet face-to-face,” […]

February 13, 2019

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Monday proposed new rules to improve the interoperability of electronic health information. The rules, issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National […]

November 27, 2018

Since before the turn of the millennium, mental strategies used in elite sport have been transferred to the business world to increase performance. Elite athletes know all too well they need to manage their own mental state and emotions before […]

November 12, 2018

Over the past several decades, connections with our work colleagues have become increasingly virtual and electronic in nature. Whether “shooting the breeze” occurs in a cubicle, or via instant messaging with an associate sitting across the room — or whether […]

November 9, 2018

It feels like mental health, which has historically been a closed-door conversation, is now in the open. It’s a buzzword in news and social media, propelled in part by famous personalities whose struggles are increasingly in the public eye. Bipolar […]

November 2, 2018

For law students, mental health is very important. With all the stress of keeping up, cold calling, outlining, and exams, not to mention all the requirements that lead up to the bar exam and admission into the bar, if law […]

October 24, 2018

With more than 100,000 papers published on nutrition in the peer-reviewed medical literature each year, it’s hard to keep up. And for every positive effect, there was a reported negative one, or a case study showing an adverse response to […]

October 19, 2018

Virtual offices, shared office spaces, and coworking locations can have their advantages. Especially for small businesses and startups with limited resources, shared workspaces can give you and your employees access to office services, a social network or like-minded entrepreneurs, business […]