Challenges and choices: Highlights from Triad 2024

Andrew Hasty, Darnice Marsh
The Triad 2024 conference recently held in New York City brought together practitioners, academics and neutrals in labor affairs to discuss domestic and international labor issues. Here are some key takeaways.

6 steps to an effective job hazard analysis

Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Whether you are a construction worker working at heights, an agricultural worker handling a chemical substance or a warehouse worker lifting heavy objects, you can use a job hazard analysis to stay safe.

EMPLEO: 20 years of fighting worker exploitation

Older and wiser, but not richer: The gender pay gap for older workers

Erin George, Gretchen Livingston
The gender pay gap is wider for older women, which means that while overall, women who work full-time, year-round are paid 84 cents for every dollar men are paid, women 50+ are paid 75 cents or less.

New tool connects miners with vital health resources

Jason Dittrich, Mike Pulsifer
OCIO worked collaboratively with the Mine Safety and Health Administration to develop a new tool that provides quick access to health services tailored to miners' unique needs.

Updated federal grant guidance will help create good jobs

Bart Sheard
Updated federal guidance gives state and local governments more tools to ensure efficient use of funds while advancing good jobs, equity in recruitment and hiring, and environmental sustainability.