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Companies Offer Incentives for Vaccinated Workers Sixty percent of workers polled by Perceptyx said they would get the COVID-19 vaccine if given a $100 incentive. By Nikki Johnson-Bolden Feb 05, 2021 A poll by Perceptyx reported that monetary incentives are the best way to encourage workers to get the COVID-19 vaccine, according to The Business Journals. There are many people that are hesitant about getting the vaccine, so employers can help ease those concerns and make the workplace safer overall by motivating their employees to get vaccinated. According to the Perceptyx poll, six out of 10 ...

More People are Using Their Phones While Working, Says Survey 56% of people polled said they feel it is their right to use their phones while they are working. By Nikki Johnson-Bolden Feb 05, 2021 A survey that was conducted by TRUCE Software reports that employees believe having technology such as mobile phones or tablets increases their productivity. 1,500 American adults were polled for the survey. To contextualize their responses, they were asked to classify their work as either essential, remote, office-based or deskless (meaning not office-based). Sixty-two percent of respondents said t...

A Jan. 28 nitrogen gas leak killed six people and injured 12 others. By Nikki Johnson-Bolden Feb 03, 2021 OSHA is actively investigating a fatal nitrogen gas leak that occured at a Georgia poultry processing plant on Jan. 28, according to NPR. The nitrogen gas leak at the Foundation Food Group in Gainesville, Ga. caused 130 workers to be evacuated from the facility, while six people were killed and 12 others were seriously injured. The leak happened as the result of “unplanned maintenance.” It was reported by the New York Times that the leak was caused by a ruptured line that was carrying...

OSHA fulfills the first of two requirements set by President Biden in his Jan. 22 executive order with this new guidance.

The Jan. 22 executive order instructs OSHA to clarify and update COVID-19 safety recommendations. By Nikki Johnson-Bolden Jan 27, 2021 President Biden signed an executive order that instructs OSHA to revise its COVID-19 safety recommendations on Jan. 22, according to The Washington Post. The order, which is called the “Executive Order on Protecting Health and Safety,” requires OSHA to publish the updated recommendations within two weeks. There will need to be a guidance that informs employers on how to maintain safety in the workplace during the pandemic. The order also instructs OSHA to ...