On May 11, OSHA issued a final rule to modernize injury data collection to better inform workers, employers, the public, and OSHA about workplace hazards....
Employers will now be required to report all work-related fatalities within eight hours and all in-patient hospitalizations, amputations, and losses of an eye within 24 hours of finding out about the incident.
Previously, employers were required to report all workplace fatalities and when three or more...
Employers with more than ten employees and whose establishments are not classified as a partially exempt industry must record work-related injuries and illnesses using OSHA Forms 300, 300A and 301. Partially exempt industries include establishments in specific low hazard retail, service, finance, insurance or real...
Another milestone in the ObamaCare legislation takes place on October 1—the health insurance marketplaces open. These are state and federal insurance exchange Web sites where individuals and small businesses may purchase health plans.
This is critical information for small businesses because companies, regardless of size, are required by law...