Two Important Safety Updates
OSHA Announces Switch to Safety Helmets
OSHA is replacing traditional hard hats used by its employees with more modern safety helmets to protect them better when they are on inspection sites. The agency recommends safety helmets be used by people working in the construction industry and the oil and gas industry; in high-temperature, specialized work and low-risk environments; for performing tasks involving electrical work and working from heights; and when required by regulations or industry standards. Read more.
Legal Recreational Weed and Work
Auman, Mahan, and Furry (AMF is NIA's legal counsel firm) issued a client alert after Ohio became the 24th state to legalize recreational marijuana. Even though the statute retained employers’ rights to address marijuana, employers should still take time to review their current policies and decide if employee use of recreational marijuana, even off duty, is something they want to prohibit, or permit. There is no one size fits all approach to addressing recreational marijuana in your workplace. Each workplace has its own challenges and each state you may be working in has its own law addressing marijuana use and testing.
Listen to a podcast from AMF's Abbie White and Doug Jenks. Look for more about this topic in the January issue of Insulation Outlook.
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