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Those who work outdoors may not look forward to summer the way the rest of us do! This summer is predicted to be hot and steamy. People who work outside must be prepared and take precautions to stay safe in the heat. Here are 7 tips for beating the heat at work this summer:

Everything from Hair Loss to Hot Dogs seems to have a “month” to bring awareness to their cause. While some of these are amusing or frivolous, others are critically important: for example, National Safety Month in June.

Incorporated on May 1st, 1975 (even though it existed before that) All Star Premium Products is now officially 43 years old!

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of the most exciting new developments in the technology world. Advancements in artificial intelligence in the areas of physics, medicine and other complex environments is mind-boggling. But what exactly is Artificial Intelligence?

This article from the WSJ highlights what effect Trump-like deregulation may have; in this case stripping away regulations related to testing for sleep apnea among truckers and train engineers.  To most safety professionals such a move would be a step in the wrong direction and would make the world less safe.

When HR executives ask me how they can get “buy in” from their C-Suite brethren for new initiatives related to employee engagement I tell them to speak one truth to power “profitability”. I have not met a senior executive yet whose head did not turn when promised greater profitability, and that is exactly what HR professionals should be promising they can deliver with properly-built employee engagement programs. There is a positive correlation between employee engagement levels and corporate profits and they can prove it.

In the Wall Street Journal article linked below, Senator Elizabeth Warren chooses to refer to the incentives offered to agents for selling certain types of annuities as “Kickbacks”. Really?! Is that what she meant to say because at an initial glance it seemed awfully irresponsible and uniformed to me? Wanting to make sure I did not misunderstand her, I thought I would look up the word Kickback to see if its connotation to me was way off. It wasn’t. Varying definitions of “kickback” use words like “bribery, coercion, illegal, collusion, secret, and dishonest”.