December, 2008

With a focus on productivity, Joyce Hamel of Rusin undertook a re-evaluation of the firm’s stand-alone digital dictation technology. Hamel opted for a software solution, BigHand, with a reputation as a legal workflow system designed for attorney and secretary relationships.

WASHINGTON — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reports it exceeded its enforcement goals during fiscal year 2008. The agency said its emphasis on identifying and eliminating serious safety and health hazards has resulted in a record of 80 percent of all violations issued being in the most serious categories.

BEDFORD — Though Shawna Girgis was elected as an independent candidate in November 2007, some believed she would declare a party of preference once she began serving as Bedford’s first woman mayor in January 2008.

While some states are struggling to come up with money to pay unemployment benefits, Michael Morris, director of the West Virginia Unemployment Compensation Division, said the state’s jobless benefits fund is in no danger of becoming insolvent. “At the end of November, the fund had a balance of $249 million,” Morris told The Inter-Mountain in a telephone interview Wednesday.

A new study funded by U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health reports that foreign-born workers reported a lower rate of non-fatal work-related injuries than U.S.-born workers, based on data collected from the National Health Interview Survey from 1997 to 2005.

A new study funded by U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health says that foreign-born workers reported a lower rate of non-fatal work-related injuries than U.S.-born workers, …

A new study funded by U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health reports that foreign-born workers reported a lower rate of non-fatal work-related injuries than U.S.-born workers, based on data collected from the National Health Interview Survey from 1997 to 2005.

Data released by the Workers Compensation Board of Nova Scotia has listed employers and companies with the highest rates of work accidents. Board spokeswoman Mary Kingston said making the data public should encourage employers to improve work safety. The data show that work injury levels stayed fairly consistent until 2008, when a new surcharge program was introduced. …

Data released by the Workers Compensation Board of Nova Scotia has listed employers and companies with the highest rates of work accidents. Board spokeswoman Mary Kingston said making the data public should encourage employers to improve work safety. The data show that work injury levels stayed fairly consistent until 2008, when a new surcharge program was introduced. …

Data released by the Workers Compensation Board of Nova Scotia has listed employers and companies with the highest rates of work accidents. Board spokeswoman Mary Kingston said making the data public should encourage employers to improve work safety. The data show that work injury levels stayed fairly consistent until 2008, when a new surcharge program was introduced. …