{"id":13229,"date":"2014-11-10T22:47:08","date_gmt":"2014-11-11T03:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/?p=13229"},"modified":"2014-11-10T22:47:08","modified_gmt":"2014-11-11T03:47:08","slug":"training-temps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/training-temps\/","title":{"rendered":"Think Training Temps Isn\u2019t Your Problem? Think Again"},"content":{"rendered":"
This week I attended EH&S Today magazine\u2019s Safety Leadership Conference, which may be, by the way, the best kept secret in safety conferences, but an outstanding place to hear from thought leaders in safety talk in depth about some of the emerging challenges to safety. I was, for a change, an attendee and except for a 2:43 welcome and opening comments at a speaker appreciation dinner did not speak at the event.<\/p>\n
The first session I attended was in the compliance track, and it was called They\u2019re Not My Employees: The Practical and Legal Pitfalls Involving Temporary Employee Safety<\/em>. Compliance tracks at conferences tend to be mind-numbingly dull and unduly complicated affairs that usually have the participants praying to die, but thanks to the folks at Fisher & Phililips LLP (who sponsors the compliance track) the two sessions I attended were lively and dare I say it? engaging, even entertaining. They\u2019re Not My Employees: The Practical and Legal Pitfalls Involving Temporary Employee Safety<\/em> was no exception. Moderated by Victor Geraci and presented by and Ed Foulke, ( both are partners at Fisher & Phillips), and General Counsel to the American Staffing Association, Stephen Dwyer, this session had more than its fair share of good advice for anyone who uses temporary workers. Here\u2019s what I took away from the presentation:<\/p>\n OSHA as put out a resource for helping companies to protect temporary workers and it\u2019s worth reading\u00a0https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/temp_workers\/<\/a><\/p>\n This article retrieved from\u00a0Philladuke.wordpress.com<\/a><\/p>\n <\/a> Employees can easily learn to team up, keep everyone safe and get the job done right on time. View Product<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/a> You are responsible for the safety of contract workers at your site. View Product<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/a> When it comes down to it, the host employer is ultimately responsible for the training of it’s employees. View Product<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This week I attended EH&S Today magazine\u2019s Safety Leadership Conference, which may be, by the way, the best kept secret in safety conferences, but an outstanding place to hear from thought leaders in safety talk in depth about some of the emerging challenges to safety. I was, for a change, an attendee and except for …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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\n\u201cHost employers need to treat temporary workers as they treat existing employees. Temporary staffing agencies and host employers share control over the employee, and are therefore jointly responsible for temp employee\u2019s safety and health. It is essential that <\/strong>both employers comply with all relevant OSHA requirements.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\n
David Michaels, PhD, MPH, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health<\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\n
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Related Training DVDs:<\/h2>\n
Contractor Safety It’s Everybody’s Business Training DVD<\/h3>\n
Contractor Safety: Module 4 – Construction Workers Training Video<\/h3>\n
Contractor Safety General Requirements Training DVD<\/h3>\n