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- For the IBM collaboration software product, see IBM Workplace.
Workplace means a place (whether or not within or forming part of a building, structure, or vehicle) where any person is to work, is working, for the time being works, or customarily works, for gain or reward; and in relation to an employee, includes a place, or part of a place, under the control of the employer (not being domestic accommodation provided for the employee),
- Where the employee comes or may come to eat, rest, or get first-aid or pay
- Where the employee comes or may come as part of the employee's duties to report in or out, get instructions, or deliver goods or vehicles
- Through which the employee may or must pass to reach a place of work.
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Hi New Va. Governor! Should I leave the workplace and go home to get knocked up NOW, or will your beliefs take a while to take effect?
spuffyduds (spuffyduds) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:49:31 -0000
Hi New Va. Governor! Should I leave the workplace and go home to get knocked up NOW, or will your beliefs take a while to take effect?
10 workplace lessons from 'The Twilight Zone' http://tiny.cc/NG8Wk #work #job #tv #Halloween
kenyamccullum (Kenya McCullum) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:49:22 -0000
10 workplace lessons from 'The Twilight Zone' http://tiny.cc/NG8Wk #work #job #tv #Halloween
#Halloween reading: True stories of workplace hauntings http://tiny.cc/LBWTn #job #work #paranormal
kenyamccullum (Kenya McCullum) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:49:10 -0000
#Halloween reading: True stories of workplace hauntings http://tiny.cc/LBWTn #job #work #paranormal
Casting a workplace spell http://tiny.cc/aox7b #job #work Halloween
kenyamccullum (Kenya McCullum) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:49:05 -0000
Casting a workplace spell http://tiny.cc/aox7b #job #work Halloween
7 #Halloween workplace lessons from It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown http://tiny.cc/K1qlt #job #television #tv
kenyamccullum (Kenya McCullum) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:49:00 -0000
7 #Halloween workplace lessons from It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown http://tiny.cc/K1qlt #job #television #tv
@elenielstorm Someone on reddit tells me that his workplace web filter (Fortiguard) is censoring The Iris Network as "pornography".
stillgray (Ian Miles Cheong) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:48:58 -0000
@elenielstorm Someone on reddit tells me that his workplace web filter (Fortiguard) is censoring The Iris Network as "pornography".
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the Work Place - Fact sheet on secondhand smoke in the workplace, from the Maryland Tobacco Page.
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Another Blue-Collar Woe: Higher Exposure to Secondhand Smoke - Blue-collar and service workers are exposed to more secondhand smoke on the job than other employees.
Meta Description: [ Occupational Health & Safety is a trade publication based on industrial safety and hygiene news with focused articles on OSHA compliance in ergonomics, confined space, personal protective equipment, worker's compensation, office hazards, and occupational health. ]
Bar and Restaurant Workers Inhale Smoke Equivalent to Active Smokers - Harvard School of Public Health research study.
Meta Description: [ 04/04/2001.. ]
Bartenders Breathe Easier After Establishment of Smoke-free Bars and Taverns - General-interest report on recent research, explains in lay terms.
Meta Description: [ Cleanlungs.com - helping young people of the
world understand the dangers of smoking. ]
BREATH - The California Smoke-free Bar Program - Explains the hows and whys of California's smoke-free bars.
Clearing the Air - No Smoking Policies in the Workplace - HR Magazine article report on why and how companies successfully and effectively implemented smokefree policies at the workplace.
Meta Description: [ Clearing the air - enforcing no smoking policies in the work place - includes related article - Special Report from HR Magazine in Array provided free by LookSmart Find Articles. ]
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Epidemiological Basis for an Occupational and Environmental Policy on Environmental Tobacco Smoke - From the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine summarizes the science behind smokefree policies.
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ETS in the Workplace - Annotated list of web resources on making your workplaces smoke-free and smoke-free business.
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Guidance Note: Secondhand Smoke - Washington state factsheet and short notes on secondhand smoke, its effects and how to reduce exposure to it at the workplace.
Health Effects of Secondhand Smoke in the Workplace - Summary of scientific report performed by the government of Ireland.
Meta Description: [ Office of Tobacco Control ]
Multnomah County Smokefree workplace - Resources of use to any smokefree worksite, including health effects of workplace exposure to secondhand smoke, benefits to employers of going smokefree, and extensive findings of a task force investigating smokefree workplaces.
Meta Description: [ Welcome to the website for the Multnomah County Smokefree Work and Public Places Law (MCC ยง 21.500 et seq.) This website has been designed to help employers, employees, and the public learn about the law and to implement it properly. ]
NIOSH: Secondhand Smoke in the Workplace - 1991 report on occupational exposure to secondhand smoke and its effects.
NYC Department of Health - DOH Smoke / Tobacco Control - Are you breathing secondhand smoke in the workplace? In public places? What you can do; steps to a smokefree workplace.
OSH Answers on Secondhand Smoke - General information and health effects, from Canada's national occupational health and safety resource.
Meta Description: [ What is Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)? What information is covered in this document? What is the general composition of tobacco smoke? ]
Passive Smoke Nearly Doubles Risk of Heart Attack - Based on a study of 32,000 nurses; nurses who were regularly exposed to secondhand smoke by their co-workers or home companions had a 91% higher risk of a heart attack or death; nurses with occasional exposure to secondhand smoke had a 58% greater risk.
Passive Smoking At Work: the Short Term Cost - Exposure to secondhand smoke at work costs employers money for increased health services and increased time off.
Passive Smoking Hits Workplace Health - Non-smokers' productivity suffers when their colleagues light up, say researchers.
Meta Description: [ Non-smokers' productivity suffers when their colleagues light up, say researchers. ]
Second Hand Smoke in the Workplace in Canada - The Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia provides health and legal information on secondhand smoke in the workplace.
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Secondhand Smoke Can Triple Risk - People who are routinely exposed to a lot of second-hand smoke, such as workers in bars and restaurants, can see their risk of lung cancer triple, a new study says.
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Secondhand smoke danger shown in study - September 1997: research presented at the American Chemical Society convention. Marker for exposure to ETS was found in the urine of nonsmoking hospital workers caring for patients in a smoking area of a Canadian veterans hospital.
Secondhand Smoke Exposure - Emphasis is on measurements taken at workplaces: offices, bars, casinos, airlines, and so on.
SmokeFree Educational Services, Inc. - Together we can win smokefree workplace legislation, including smokefree offices, restaurants, bowling alleys, bars, and clubs. Facilitates letter writing between smokefree advocates and key decision makers.
Smokefree Workplace Law means Californians Continue to Breathe Easier - Article from the American Lung Association of California. In the fourth year of California's smokefree workplace law, contrary to the dire predictions of the tobacco industry, restaurants are booming in California, tourism is up, and the hospitality industry is doing good business. And the number of Californians protected from secondhand smoke has grown tremendously.
Meta Description: [ News Release: Bars are Healthier and Safer Work Environments- Dec. 29, 1998. American Lung Association of California ]
Smokefree Workplaces, Restaurants, and Airlines - Fully footnoted factsheets on health and economic aspects.
Study into Secondhand Smoke - A new study reveals that non-smoking hospitality workers are breathing in increasing amounts of nicotine by-products.
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The Economic Impact of Smokefree Workplaces in Nova Scotia - Analysis of economic data in Nova Scotia indicates that business does not suffer when workplaces go smokefree; if anything, business increases.
The Implications of ASHRAE's Guidance on Ventilation for Smoking-Permitted Areas - Policy paper analyzes implications of engineering standards group approaches to secondhand smoke.
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Waitress Gets Lung Cancer from Secondhand Smoke - Heather Cross breathed in secondhand smoke as she worked for 40 years in an Ottowa restaurant; she now has advanced, inoperable lung cancer.
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www.WorkingSmokeFree.com - Helping North Carolina Businesses Achieve Smokefree Workplaces - Information to aid in making the decision to adopt a smokefree workplace policy, including health and financial reasons become a smokefree workplace, implementation tips, success stories from N.C. businesses, and smokefree workplace and restaurant listings.
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