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Florida Chamber Safety Council urges all companies to provide training for employees to spot and report human trafficking, a modern form of slavery.

Aligned with the determination to make Florida safer, Attorney General Ashley Moody recently announced the creation of a new training initiative campaign to end human trafficking, the 100 Percent Club.

Florida Chamber Safety Council welcomes new executive director, expands online training The Jason Mozo has joined the team as executive director. “The Florida Chamber Safety Council was recently created as part of the Florida Chamber’s six-year strategic plan and comes as Florida is on target to add 2 million jobs by 2030,” Florida Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Mark Wilson said. “With the addition of Jason to our team, we are moving the mission forward toward achieving the 39 ...

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 5.10.21 Good Monday morning. Cody McCloud, press secretary to Gov. Ron DeSantis, is exiting the comms shop to become Legislative Affairs Director at the Department of Business and Professional Regulation. ___ State Rep. Ben Diamond is entering the race for Florida’s 13th Congressional District — a seat being vacated by incumbent Charlie Crist, who jumped into the 2022 gubernatorial contest Tuesday. The S...

Florida Chamber safety conference — progress toward normal (somewhat) Safety is Job 1 to Florida’s business leaders ... Offering yet another sign that Florida is emerging from the yearlong crisis precipitated by COVID-19, the Florida Chamber kicks off its first in-person conference since the beginning of the pandemic today through Wednesday at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort. Fittingly, the event they are hosting — the inaugural Southeastern Leadership Conference on Safety ...

Takeaways from Tallahassee — Safety first Safety first While you might not know what EHS means, the profession and its functions in the workplace have been front-and-center for the past year.  The acronym stands for Environment, Health and Safety and covers everything from slip-and-falls to forklift accidents, carpal tunnel to workplace violence.  Before the COVID-19 crisis, The Florida Chamber had created a group designed to help propel the state to become one of the safest, healthi...

Florida Chamber Safety Council offers scholarships to safety conference The Florida Chamber Safety Council announced Monday that it is offering scholarships for safety professionals to attend the Southeastern Leadership Conference on Safety, Health and Sustainability. “Small and mid-sized businesses have been hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic, said Florida Chamber Safety Council President Katie Yeutter. “The Florida Chamber Safety Council is on a mission to make Florida the safest stat...

'Florida’s leading companies care deeply about the safety and health of their employees and customers.'