WILLISTON, N.D. – Investigations into workplace injuries and deaths in North Dakota will now include a look at whether the employer had an incentive program that compromised safety. The Occupational ...

Some good-faith efforts by employers to motivate employees to work safely are running afoul of OSHA, which believes that rewards like a pizza party to celebrate a safety milestone actually may provide ...

Many employers have implemented workplace safety incentive programs in an effort to reduce time lost to injuries or illness. The programs generally reward workers for reporting near-misses or hazards ...

Every business potentially faces the possibility of accidental loss of property, income, liability, and/or injury to its employees. Organizations usually have a person or department responsible for ...

As safety experts, the task of dramatically lowering workplace accidents and fatalities comes down to the ability to positively change employee workplace behavior. Changing unsafe behavior, of course, ...

On October 11, 2018, in an about-face on prior guidance, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a significant Standard Interpretation Memorandum regarding safety-incentive ...

For years, companies have been implementing safety incentive or recognition programs to motivate employees to act and think safely in the workplace. Proponents of safety incentives say they are an ...

The roadside inspection piece of the truck safety puzzle is “tried and true,” so enforcement officials have been reluctant to change it even as the trucking industry continues to voice concerns about ...

Adam Lang said he knew a driver who once forgot about a bunch of points he had built up in the company’s safety incentive program over the span of a year and a half. That driver had enough points to ...

Loyaltyworks, an Atlanta-based premium provider of incentive programs, customer loyalty programs and employee recognition programs, is proud to announce an expanded focus on providing safety incentive ...

For at least a century, safety incentive programs have often been misunderstood and misused. Many have delivered positive results, but some have produced unintended consequences. Quite often, ...