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What to Do When Employees Won’t Speak Up
When employees won't speak up, it can cause conflict and confusion about a variety of workplace issues. Managing employees means dealing with a lot of different personalities each day. Some might be very extroverted and outspoken while others will be quiet and...
3 Reasons to Embrace Training Videos
Every business owner should consider using training videos for a cost-efficient and engaging employee experience. Think back to your most positive training experiences. Chances are the presentations incorporated video. No matter how charismatic or engaging an...
5 Workplace Safety Tips All Employees Should Know
Workplace safety should be one of a company's top concerns. Accidents represent one of the most significant costs a business can face. The National Safety Council reports that workplace safety incidents cost employers $163.9 billion. And that doesn’t address the pain...
Avoid Assigning Repetitive Tasks
In many workplaces, repetitive tasks can be a hazard. When the same movements must be performed over and over, this can raise the risk for occupational overuse syndrome (OOS) or repetitive strain injury (RSI). Here is what you should know when assigning job tasks. ...
How to establish a workplace safety culture
If an organization wants to develop an effective safety culture, it must start with senior management and extend to the least senior worker. And nowhere along the chain of command is safety more important than with managers on the shop floor. Why? Because these are...
Annual Turkeys for Thanksgiving a Huge Success
Victorville – The ICR team is always ready to lend a helping hand…Or more accurately, in November, a helping hand of Turkeys for Thanksgiving. Starting in 1991, the team at the staffing service started supporting Lois Fox’s Good Samaritans nonprofit with Turkeys for...
Understand the Risks of Not Following Procedure
Do you understand the risks of not following procedure? A weak health and safety culture can be devastating to you, your employer, your coworkers, and even customers. Remember that your employer has put procedures in place for a reason, with everyone’s health and...
3 Tips to Reduce Candidate Ghosting
How can you prevent candidate ghosting? When employers are having trouble filling their vacant roles, it can be tempting to blame it on current trends. Instead, take this opportunity to look at your company culture and ask yourself why people are ghosting you: How Can...
Your Safety Responsibilities As an Employer
Your safety responsibilities as an employer must be taken extremely seriously. Businesses are required to comply with OSHA regulations for a few reasons. First, it’s the law. Second, if you don’t prioritize safety and one of your employees gets injured, your...
Why Are Safety Measures Important?
It’s easy to get lax about safety measures. After all, you’ve probably performed your duties a million times without an accident. Not to mention that some of your personal protective equipment (PPE) doesn’t fit quite right. But stop. Safety has to be a...
How to Run an Ethical Workplace
Wondering how to run an ethical workplace? Time and time again, we hear about companies paying massive fines to the federal government for legal and ethical violations that got out of hand—JP Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Citigroup, Chevron, Goldman Sachs, and even...
Night Shift Safety Tips
Hidden Hazards: Night Shift Safety Tips If you employ graveyard shift workers, it is absolutely essential that you are up to date on night shift safety tips. The third shift, more commonly known as the night shift, usually runs from 11 p.m. or midnight to 7 or 8 a.m....
How to Identify a Great Employee During the Interview
Wondering how to identify a great employee during the interview? Let’s be honest, some people just interview really well. They’re personable and charismatic, maintain effective eye contact, and tell you everything you want to hear. They came into the interview and...
Take Advantage of Safety Signs and Labels
Safety signs are everywhere. Or at least they should be everywhere. And for a good reason. With a lot of big machinery and many moving parts on a manufacturing floor, there’s a lot that could go wrong. Since there are so many people on and off the floor, a lot of...
4 Mistakes New Bosses Make
Can you guess some of the main mistakes new bosses make? Bad managers can be devastating to the health of a company. Not only do they make their employees roll their eyes, but they can also stifle their growth and create a toxic work environment. But it’s hard to know...
The REAL Cost of a Bad Hire
You probably already know the importance of getting it right when you make hiring decisions, but do you actually know the real cost of a bad hire? A bad hire can ruin your productivity, force your best employees to work twice as hard, and tank both employee morale and...
Prepare Routine Risk Assessments
Routine risk assessments are essential for any workplace to identify and manage hazards. To prepare one, examine the entire work environment, procedures, and equipment to assess whether any health hazards put your employees at risk. If there are, most risk assessments...
Six benefits of creating a safe work environment
Ensuring a safe work environment for your employees is an absolute necessity. If nothing else, the federal government requires it under the oversight of OSHA. The cost of workplace injuries, illnesses, and deaths is high, especially when you consider the damage it can...
What to Do if You Used Up All Your Sick Days
If you wake up for work feeling sick, but you've run out of sick days not to despair. You have options. No matter what the reason you need the day off, you can feel helpless if taking the day off could lead to losing your job. What Do You Do If You Used Up All Your...
Safety Conversations Should Be Frequent
Safety conversations are often awkward, but communication is the key to any effective workplace safety program. No one wants to be lectured, and different people may have different strong opinions on whether a hazard exists and how it should be addressed. To improve...
5 Signs a Company is the Right Fit
How do you know if a company is the right fit? When you’re searching for jobs, you’re always thinking about how to show off your best self and prove that you’re a good match for the job. But it’s also important to consider whether the job is a good match for you....