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Introduction  I expect that people who are involved with workers' compensation insurance know that the cost of the insurance for any particular company or worksite will be affected by many different factors. Among these factors […]

HR Homeroom By Edward Stern (OSHA, ret.)   Introduction  The University of Maryland (UMD) has a Policy on Professional Conduct and Workplace Bullying. (See https://policies.umd.edu/personnel/policy-on-professional-conduct-of-nonexempt-and-exempt-staff-employees.)  The policy was created by the University System of Maryland (USM), which consists of 13 state universities.   It […]

HR Homeroom Management’s Rights and Anti-bullying Policies Introduction At the end of September, Secretary of Defense/War Pete Hegseth announced, "Department policy defining conduct by Service members that constitutes hazing, bullying, and harassment is overly broad, […]

I worked at OSHA for about 27 years. Of course, I had some stories, but I had no plans to tell them. Frank Ferreri, a news editor at Worker’s Compensation magazine, urged me to tell […]

INTRODUCTION: The search for the policy  For several years, I have been studying anti bullying policies in universities. Over many months, I tried to discover an anti-bullying policy at Penn State University. I am interested […]

Safety at Work What Hurts a Person Can Hurt a Business  Public humiliation of an individual is painful, and sometimes traumatic.  Public humiliation of a business or non-profit entity can hurt by loss of public […]