Keeping Employees Safe in the Heat
Keeping employees safe in the heat is a major concern in industries that require outdoor work. Excessive heat can be very hazardous for workers, and for those who are working outdoors and are directly exposed to the sun, conditions can be even worse. So how serious are the risks and what can employers do to […]
The Most Common Workplace Injuries and How to Prevent Them
We all want to believe that our workplaces are safe and productive places. Unfortunately, information collected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that serious, non-fatal work-related illness and injuries happened to 109.4 of every 10,000 full-time workers in 2013. That’s a significant number—one with both a human and a financial toll. According to the […]
Pre Employment Testing is a Cornerstone for Lowering Workers’ Comp Costs
Managing expenses is vital to staying profitable in today’s ultra-competitive business climate, and workers’ compensation costs have been rising steeply over the past two decades, placing an ever-increasing strain on bottom lines.1 With the average cost of a worker’s comp claim having risen more than 500% between 1991 and 2012, employers are moving to control […]
The ADA and Physical Abilities Testing: What You Need to Know
Physical abilities testing offers employers, especially those in physically demanding industries, an important tool for evaluating the qualifications of potential new employees. However, many employers wonder just how physical ability test programs square with ADA regulations. Can companies use these tests without running afoul of those regulations? The answer is yes, so long as the […]
Pre Employment Screening for Workplace Safety: Staying on the Safe Side of the Law
Given the human and financial costs of work-related injuries, preventing injuries and workplace safety is a big deal for any employer. However, for employers in industries that place particularly heavy physical demands on workers, those concerns are vital. Workers in more physically stressful jobs – heathcare, warehousing, utilities, oil and gas production, law enforcement or […]
Preventing the Most Common Workers’ Compensation Frauds
According to the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, worker’s compensation costs have not only been rising steadily – and steeply – each year, they’re also riddled with billions of dollars worth of fraud. This makes preventing workers’ compensation cases, and the injuries from which they result, a priority. So how can companies prevent the most common workers’ compensation […]
Housekeeping + Physical Abilities Testing = Workplace Safety
“Little Women” author Louisa May Alcott wasn’t kidding: “Housekeeping ain’t no joke”, she famously said. And it’s true—both at home, and now in the workplace, where ongoing housekeeping and materials management processes go a long way toward preventing slips, trips and falls in the workplace. But “good housekeeping” is not enough. There are workplace hazards related to […]
How Pre-Employment Physical Testing Can Prevent Common Workers’ Comp Claims
Workplace injuries that result in workers’ comp claims can mean big costs for businesses and big worries for the injured party. So if an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, stopping injuries before they happen should be near the top of every employer’s list. Today we’ll look into the most common injuries that lead […]
How Pre Employment Testing Impacts Corporate Bottom Line
As every business owner and human resources professional knows, hiring is always a gamble. No matter how careful or thorough you are in gathering and validating candidate information, things can be missed, and those oversights can be costly. It’s a perennial problem, and why pre employment testing—especially physical abilities testing, which gives employers a clear picture of […]
Pre Employment Testing: A Rising Trend in Business Today
It’s no secret that when it comes to hiring the right candidate for the job, the traditional interview is little more effective than flipping a coin. In fact, HR professionals estimate that they themselves, even when at their best, are only about 60% effective in making the right call. That’s a pretty blunt instrument for […]
