IHMM Remotely Proctored Exams Available Now
IHMM is pleased to announce that the American National Standards Institute [ANSI] has approved Kryterion Remotely Proctored Exams for IHMM’s CHMM, CHMP, and CDGP exams. IHMM has been using the Kryterion Remotely Proctored Exams for the CSHM and CSMP exams since April of this year.
About 65% of Kryterion in-person testing centers have reopened. If you prefer the comfort and convenience of taking your exam from your home or office instead of at a Kryterion center, IHMM is ready to enroll you in a remotely proctored examination.
Please contact either Kortney Tunstall at [email protected] for the CHMM, CHMP, or CDGP exams or Kaylene Cagle at [email protected] for the CSHM or CSMP exams.
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
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IHMM Credential Recognition
Below you will see the credential badges that are now in each CHMM, CHMP, CDGT, CDGP, Student CHMM, CSHM, CSMP, and ASHM certificant’s MYIHMM account. Every IHMM certificant may use these badges, linked as those below are to their IHMM credential page, for their email signatures, business cards, and other social media applications. You’re justifiably proud of the accomplishment of having earned your credential and you can show the rest of the world. Simply right-click on the badge of choice, then save as to your computer, and then load it to wherever you want to use it, and please link that back to https://ihmm.org/.
IHMM Certificant Recognition
IHMM has completed inserting new credential badges in every certificant’s MYIHMM account. Everyone may access those badges for use in their email signatures, LinkedIn accounts, and other social media and communications media. With a link from your credential badge to the IHMM website [see above] you can not only stand out as an IHMM-certified professional, you can also promote IHMM credentials to others. Right-click on the badge of choice, save as to your computer, then load it to whatever medium you choose.
Throughout our certificant’s MYIHMM accounts are also now placed 10 Year, 20 Year, and 30 Year badges signifying their longevity as an IHMM certified professional.
IHMM has also added Distinguished Diplomates and Fellows of the Institute badges to the appropriate people in the MYIHMM database. These two badges will be accompanied by new lapel pins to be sent to each of those distinguished by holding these designations.
Need Help? On the IHMM website just click on the “NEED HELP?” button
and let us know what you need and the right person will get right back with you.
The Biden administration is proposing requiring financial institutions report to the IRS all transactions worth more than $600
Free college, child care, and all the spending that has been taking place in Washington D.C. has to be paid for somehow. It is not free money. The Biden administration has proposed strengthening its coffers by bolstering the IRS to go after every penny that they can.
The Biden administration has proposed requiring financial institutions to report to the IRS all transactions of all business and personal accounts worth more than $600, including withdrawals and deposits, instead of relying on the taxpayers themselves.
The most recent development, wrapped in fancy trappings, is the American Families Plan.
Read more >> https://ihmm.org/the-biden-administration-is-proposing-requiring-financial-institutions-report-to-the-irs-all-transactions-worth-more-than-600/
CALL TO ACTION – Freedom to Invest in Tomorrow’s Workforce Act
IHMM and PCC will host a “virtual fly-in” on October 6 at 1:00 p.m. ET to urge Members of Congress to support H.R. 2171/S. 905, the Freedom to Invest in Tomorrow’s Workforce Act, and the soon-to-be-introduced REBUILD Skills Act. Visit our website to register.
The goal of the fly-in is to encourage Members of Congress to cosponsor each of these bills and to persuade them to request that congressional leaders allow the bills to move expeditiously, either on a standalone basis or as part of a larger legislative package. We are pleased to announce that Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), the author of the Freedom to Invest in Tomorrow’s Workforce Act, is confirmed to speak to participating PCC members at the beginning of the virtual fly-in. After the Congresswoman’s remarks and an internal PCC member strategy and prep session, PCC members will participate in virtual meetings with their Members of Congress (arranged either by the PCC or by the PCC members, depending on preference/availability).
You can support this effort with your voice and message. Go here> https://ihmm.org/45-in-5-task-force/ and fill out your contact information where provided and help to pass H.R. 2171/S. 905.
Finding the Program You Want at HMS/Education and Training
There are 388 candidates getting ready to take the CHMM examination. Where does IHMM send those 388 people to find a prep course for the exam? The Hazardous Materials Society website under the Education & Training section.
First, go to https://hazmatsociety.org/education-training/
Second, see the row of quick-search buttons, shown below with “CHMM PREP” circled in red.
Press the CHMM PREP button and you will see the available CHMM PREP courses in the system come up on the list:
It’s really very easy.
President Biden Announces Sweeping COVID Mandates
President Biden is implementing a six-pronged, comprehensive national strategy that employs the same science-based approach that was used to successfully combat previous variants of COVID-19 earlier this year. This plan will ensure that we are using every available tool to combat COVID-19 and save even more lives in the months ahead, while also keeping schools open and safe, and protecting our economy from lockdowns and damage.
Read more: https://www.whitehouse.gov/covidplan/
NPDES: Creating the Water Workforce of the Future: Webinar Series
Developing and Maintaining Workforce and Equity Partnerships
September 15, 2021
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time
Register Here
The water sector faces workforce challenges that can only be addressed by strong and sustainable partnerships that also focus on the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace. Water jobs at utilities offer good pay, security, and a real opportunity to make a difference in our communities. Please join us on September 15th for this webinar.
Candi Jones from the Philadelphia Water Department will describe an innovative partnership with PowerCorps Philadelphia to attract and retain men and women from disadvantaged communities into meaningful careers. She will be joined by Andy Kricun, formerly the director of the Camden County Municipal Authority (CCMUA), and now with Moonshot Missions. Andy will talk about engaging and fostering partnerships with organizations across New Jersey to develop a state-wide water workforce program involving state agencies, utilities, NGOs, community colleges, and others to help address the acute need for water workers across the state.
This webinar is part of an ongoing webinar series hosted by EPA, in partnership with leading water sector organizations around the country. More information on this webinar series can be found at
https://www.epa.gov/sustainable-water-infrastructure/water-sector-workforce-webinars
Moderator
- Jim Horne, U.S. EPA
Speakers
- Candi Jones, Assistant Deputy Commissioner- HR, Philadelphia Water Department
- Andy Kricun, Managing Director, Moonshot Missions
For any questions related to this announcement, please contact [email protected].
IHMM Certified Hazardous Materials Specialist [CHMS] Committee
The IHMM Certified Hazardous Materials Specialist Committee [CHMS] is in the latter stages of creating a new hazardous materials credential targeted specifically at the more than 250,000 military service personnel who muster out of the armed services each year with no degree and less than three years experience in a MOS, as well as recent college graduates with degrees in targeted disciplines but with no experience as they begin their hazmat careers. The latter serves as the next step after IHMM’s present Student CHMM program.
Call for Volunteers – Student CHMM Committee
From Spring 2020 through Early Summer 2021 IHMM ran a pilot program for the newly created Student CHMM credential. See > https://ihmm.org/student-chmm/ The pilot program involved two colleges that brought forth 90 Student CHMM applications. Having successfully conducted this pilot program, IHMM now seeks to have a small group of volunteers oversee and help to guide the program.
You can learn more about the program here > https://ihmm.org/ihmm-student-chmm-committee/ including the charter of the committee as approved by the IHMM Board of Directors.
If you would like to help increase interest in IHMM credentials among college students, this is your opportunity to make a meaningful and valuable contribution to IHMM and to college students before they graduate from college and start their professional hazmat careers.
Go here > https://ihmm.org/ihmm-student-chmm-committee/ and volunteer today! Preference is given to CHMMs.
Call for Volunteers – IHMM Professional Textbook Committee
IHMM is calling for volunteers to participate in updating the IHMM Managing Hazardous Materials – A Definitive Text, textbook. Preference is given to those who last participated in this endeavor, though IHMM seeks CHMM and CHMP hazardous materials professionals generally to populate this committee and contribute to this effort.
Information about and volunteering for this committee is here > https://ihmm.org/ihmm-professional-textbook-committee/ Note that this scholarly work will be peer-reviewed. In addition, this committee will be permanent and provide continuous improvement of the material by not only produced a single new textbook but also producing an annual update of material.
Here is how a professional certification body operates:
The IHMM Managing Hazardous Materials text is an integral part of the system that begins with producing or updating a blueprint for an IHMM credential, such as the CHMM or CHMP. Arising from the blueprint next comes creating examinations and item banks of questions that feed the exams. The IHMM text then mirrors the blueprint and examinations in order to best prepare applicants to take the exam. Then, arising from the blueprint and textbook comes the creation of preparatory courses further enabling applicants to prepare for and ultimately to pass the exam. The prep courses are offered through IHMM’s foundation at the Hazardous Materials Society.
Call for Volunteers – IHMM CSSS-CSSM Committee
IHMM is calling for CSSS and CSSM volunteers to participate in the CSSS-CSSM Committee. IHMM inherited the CSSS and CSSM credentials when it acquired ISHM in April 2019. The CSSS and CSSM credentials have no job task analysis, no blueprints, no exams, or item banks. Now that IHMM has spent the past 18 months establishing the updated processes to recreate the CSHM and CSMP credentials, we can turn to the CSSS and CSSM designations.
IHMM welcomes CSSS and CSSM designation holders to volunteer and participate in the committee. Volunteering may be done here > https://ihmm.org/csss-cssm-committee/
IHMM-AHMP 45 in 5 Task Force
We are preparing an initiated rulemaking at EPA to amend 40 CFR § 312.10 – Definitions to include CHMMs, as well as a petition to the Small Business Administration recognizing CHMMs for the purposes of conducting Phase I and Phase II site assessments.
These regulatory proposals go to the IHMM Board for its September 24, 2021 meeting.
IHMM CSHM Scheme Committee
The IHMM CSHM Scheme Committee is expected to complete the task of creating a new blueprint for the credential by Q4 of 2021. When released, this will lead to IHMM creating a separate group to organize the creation of new supporting text materials as well as working to create a new exam preparatory course.
IHMM CSMP Scheme Committee
The IHMM CSMP Scheme Committee is expected to complete the task of creating a new blueprint for the credential by Q4 of 2021. When released, this will lead to IHMM creating a separate group to organize the creation of new supporting text materials as well as working to create a new exam preparatory course.
IHMM
IHMM is pleased to announce that three new credential videos are underway for the CSHM, CSMP, and ASHM credentials. These videos follow the two credential videos already produced for the CHMM and CHMP; see https://youtu.be/EGAChcNVeeY and https://youtu.be/tAV-RlKeHJ4
IHMM is also completing an update with Association Anywhere/MYIHMM to facilitate the transition of former ISHM credential holders [CSHM and CSMP] to participate in the IHMM recertification system. When formally announced, CSHM and CSMP credential holders will have one year to complete what will be a simple process of recertification.
IHMM has been soliciting responses to its RFP for a 360° cybersecurity audit of its operations and those of the contractors with whom IHMM works. IHMM has solid cybersecurity protection and is making sure that status remains ahead of the curve.
IHMM has just completed its application for ANSI/ANAB accreditation audit for the 2020-2021 year. The strength of credentials is based on the strength of their accreditation and IHMM’s ANSI/ANAB accreditation is the gold standard.
IHMM Certified Hazardous Materials Practitioner [CHMP]
The IHMM is in its second month of promoting the CHMP credential to more than 6,000 college and university hazmat professionals. This program features June Brock-Carroll, CHMP and IHMM Board Member and Treasurer. https://ihmm.org/chmp/
When Colonial Pipeline Looks for an Environmental Program Manager, Colonial Looks for an IHMM CHMM
When Stripe Looks for a Global Head of Environmental Health & Safety, Stripe Looks for an IHMM CHMM
When Rolls Royce Looks for a Health Safety & Environmental Manager, Rolls Royce Looks for an IHMM CHMM
When SMUD is Looking for an Environmental Specialist – Sustainability, SMUD Looks for an IHMM CHMM
When Cardinal Health Looks for an EH&S Manager, Cardinal Health Looks for an IHMM CHMM
When Thermo Fisher Scientific in Belgium is Looking for a Senior Manager, EHS, Thermo Fisher Scientific Looks for an IHMM CHMM
When ERM in Beijing, China is Looking for a Safety Partner, ERM Looks for an IHMM CHMM
When the Orange County Transportation Authority is Looking for a Health, Safety & Environmental Specialist, OCTA Looks for an IHMM CHMM
When MSD in Tokyo, Japan Looks for a Senior EHS Specialist, MSD Looks for an IHMM CHMM
When Viasat in Canberra, Australia Looks for an HSEQ Manager for Australia and Asia Pacific, Viasat Looks for an IHMM CHMM
EPA: Preliminary Effluent Guidelines Program Plan
[NPPTL] Happy Respiratory Protection Week!
Biden Announces Sweeping New Vaccine Mandates
House Ways and Means Begins Reconciliation Markup
The Biden administration is proposing requiring financial institutions report to the IRS all transactions worth more than $600
Kuwait starts to recycle massive tyre graveyard
Life Lessons in Safety
Sea Change: Biden Administration Halts Trump-Era Regulation and Expands Clean Water Act Protections
Transforming ‘sewer Gas’ Into Clean Hydrogen Fuel
Hazardous Waste Management System; Final Exclusion for Identifying and Listing Hazardous Waste
U.S. EPA, CalEPA launch joint effort to strengthen environmental enforcement in communities overburdened by pollution
Guidance on New PFAS Reporting Rule for Manufacturers
Webinar 9/16 – Managing Global EHS Compliance Amid a Storm of Regulatory Change
National Safety Council
IHMM is a member of the National Safety Council and is pleased to bring this important information to all of its certificants.
OSHA maritime advisory committee to meet Sept. 14
NSC calls on employers to require employee COVID-19 vaccination
Safety incentive programs
Trends in personal protective equipment 2021
NSC Webinars
September 15 – Forklift Safety & Compliance – Answering the Tough Questions
September 16 – Audits & Inspections Best Practices: How Knowing the Basics Can Boost Your Safety Program
September 16 – Cognitive Bias and Incident Investigations – How it Happens & How to Avoid It
September 21 – A Perfect Pair: Workplace Incident Investigations and an International Standard
September 22 – Reducing Sub-Contractor Hand Injuries: How primary contractors can improve sub-contractor hand safety
HMS Education and Training
Hazardous Materials Society now has 6,347 education and training programs on its website, with more coming every week. Certificants will note that most of these programs carry a CMP value, making it easier to know in advance what to expect. The HMS Education and Training platform also provides a wide variety of courses for professional development across all of IHMM’s credentials – and more are being developed by the HMS Education and Training Committee.
IHMM applicants and certificants are free to search the landscape for training. IHMM wanted to make that task easier by aggregating training in one place if you choose to use it. Among these more than 11.000 programs are webinars delivered online and virtually all carry IHMM CMPs values with them for your annual / 5-year CMP planning.
Hazardous Materials Society [HMS] Scholarship Applications for 2021 LIVE
Dan Levine, Chair of the HMS Scholarship Committee is pleased to announce that HMS Scholarship applications for 2021 are live and available on the HMS website.
Visit the HMS Scholarship page and click the big red button that says APPLY NOW GET THE APPLICATION FORM HERE!
Thank you to Dan and his committee for getting the HMS Scholarship open in 2021, and for more information and the application form, please visit the website link above.
Donate to HMS
One of the most important projects of the Hazardous Materials Society is our Scholarship Program.
HMS wants to make it as easy as possible for those who cannot always afford to participate in pursuing certification, or keeping up with professional development, or attending great conferences and receiving outstanding training. HMS does not solicit contributions from the general public. HMS does ask IHMM’s certificants and their companies and our education and training vendors to consider a contribution.
Here, through your generosity, you can make a difference in promoting the ability of those who can afford it least to become participants in our communities of practice.
It’s never too late to make a difference, so don’t let this opportunity to make a difference pass you by. Please consider a tax-deductible donation of $250, $500 or what you can to help build HMS’s effort to help others in our communities of practice.
Member Benefits of Hazardous Materials Society
81% of IHMM certificants are aware of the Hazardous Materials Society, which we appreciate. IHMM established the Hazardous Materials Society in order to support and provide services to IHMM certificants.
Did You Know?
Your company’s membership dues for Associate Membership in the Hazardous Materials Society (HMS) are 100% tax-deductible and your participation directly supports scholarship and education/training opportunities for professionals working in hazmat and EHS. Joining as an Associate Member expresses your commitment and your company’s leadership in giving back to our professional community. Join today to claim your tax deduction for the 2020 tax year while expressing your company’s professional affiliation and accessing tools for your marketing and business development plans.
To learn more about what HMS is doing now and what they are planning for the future, please see the new Member Benefits page here.
In February of 2020, the World Health Organization’s director-general has declared a public health emergency of international concern over the ongoing outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a novel coronavirus. On March 13, 2020 President Trump declared a national emergency for the United States. IHMM and HMS’ first concern is with the safety and health of all of us; our staff and families, colleagues, certificants and members. We will update this page regularly as credible, authoritative information is available.
INFORMATION FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS, PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, AND LABORATORIES.
New! Vaccine Data Dashboard. We now have a specific dashboard dedicated to state vaccination plans, updated daily. For each state, you’ll find:
- Current distribution phase,
- Brief overview of state plan,
- Current and future eligible populations, and
- Links to state documentation.
A Collaborative Culture
There are 489 different conversations going on in the IHMM/HMS Collaboration platform this week. A collaborative culture is important for every business but is especially important for our hazardous materials, dangerous goods, environment, health, and safety communities of practice. IHMM credentialed professionals are at the top 1% of their professions and their reach is global. We are at the forefront of environmental protection, health, and safety and this is where collaborating with the best people in their fields, always willing to help one another, lessens the stress of our jobs, and where we strive as a team to make a difference of which we are proud.
We opened COLLABORATION to enable thousands of certificants and supporters to collaborate together. You can collaborate here.
Retiring? IHMM Invites You to Become an Emeritus
You may have decided, after a long and successful career, to retire from active daily duty. Congratulations. That doesn’t mean you have to completely disengage from your profession. IHMM is pleased to offer Emeritus status to all certificants who will no longer be actively engaged in their communities of practice but who still want to stay in touch. Please let us know when you’re approaching that decision and we will assist you in the credential transition.
Please contact Jim Drosdak at [email protected] and he’ll be happy to help you.
Columbia Southern University
The Hazardous Materials Society [HMS] is a partner of Columbia Southern University. Columbia Southern University is an online university based in Orange Beach, Alabama, that strives to change and improve lives through higher education by enabling students to maximize their professional and personal potential.
A subsidiary of Columbia Southern Education Group, CSU offers online degree programs at the associate, bachelor, master, doctorate or certificate levels in a multitude of areas such as occupational safety and health, fire administration, criminal justice, business administration, human resource management, health care administration and more. CSU also features undergraduate and graduate certificate programs to provide focused training in specialized areas for adult learners.
Click on the CSU graphic at left and learn more about the professional development and degree program opportunities at CSU.
IHMM CONFERENCES FOR 2021
IHMM will attend and support a number of conferences and trade shows throughout 2021, virtually as well as in-person as COVID issues allow. Below are some of the conferences IHMM will support in 2021.
Are there conferences you believe IHMM should attend that do not appear here? If so, let us know! Send an email to Diane McLevy and tell us what conferences we should attend.
ASSP Safety21 Conference & Expo
September 13-15, 2021
Austin, Texas
Join thousands of safety professionals at the Nation’s leading event for occupational safety!
This is an in-person conference with a virtual component. View the brochure.
EnviroWorkShops 2021 Global Enviro Summit
POSTPONED to April 4-7, 2022
Charlotte, North Carolina
Contaminated soil, groundwater, and the air is a global issue and over $1 trillion is spent every year to mitigate pollution. There is a lot still to learn from each other on how each segment of the environmental industry impacts the next. The 2021 Global EnviroSummit is postponed until April 4-7, 2022 due to COVID-19 Delta variant.
With over 75 speakers from around the globe, the EnviroSummit is likely the first environmental conference that will have presentations from all 6 continents about 4 different themes – Remediation, Air Quality, Vapor Intrusion, and Wastewater.
Federation of Environmental Technologists Environment 2021 Conference
December 7-9, 2021
The Ingleside Hotel, Pewaukee, Wisconsin
This will be an in-person event – more information here.
Beltway Buzz – Ogletree & Deakins
Administration to Mandate Vaccines for Federal and Private-Sector Employees. President Joe Biden this week dramatically ramped up his administration’s efforts to increase COVID-19 vaccination rates across the country.
- On September 9, 2021, the president issued an executive order requiring all executive branch employees to be vaccinated and another executive order that will likely result in a similar mandate for certain employees of federal contractors. Regarding the order applicable to federal contractors, most of the implementation details will be spelled out in forthcoming guidance from the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force. Leigh Nason has the details.
- Also on September 9, 2021, the president announced that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration would require private-sector employers with 100 or more employees to mandate vaccinations for their employees or engage in frequent testing. John Martin has the details.
House Begins Work on Potential Federal Employment Law Changes. Until this week, we have primarily been dealing with summary documents, fact sheets, and rumors of what will be contained in the congressional Democrats’ $3.5 trillion “Build Back Better” reconciliation package. But now, we actually have some draft legislative text to review. This week, both the House Committee on Ways and Means and the House Committee on Education and Labor released legislative text of their respective provisions of the budgetary reconciliation package. There is still a lot of process to go through, so all of this is subject to change, but the draft labor and employment policy provisions include the following proposals.
Federal Paid Leave (Ways and Means Committee)
- Creates a taxpayer-funded, 12-week paid family and medical leave benefit for all workers that would begin in July 2023 (there would be no phase-in period).
- Provides reimbursement for states continuing to operate qualifying preexisting paid leave laws, as well as for employers that sponsor or provide qualifying paid leave (which includes, in part, job protection for employees on leave).
Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act and Other Labor Provisions (Education and Labor Committee)
- Enacts civil penalties of up to $50,000 for each unfair labor practice (ULP) committed by an employer (interestingly, the bill does not include such penalties for ULPs committed by labor unions) and up to $100,000 for certain repeat violations. The “public interest” is one of the statutory factors that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) would consider in assessing the penalty amount.
- Permits civil penalties to be assessed against individual directors or officers of an employer.
- Prohibits the following conduct via a similar civil penalty scheme without requiring the employer to cease the prohibited activity (presumably to track as closely as possible to rules limiting the scope of reconciliation bills to federal revenue and budget issues):
- “promis[ing], threaten[ing], or tak[ing] any action” that would “permanently replace” striking employees, discriminate against employees for supporting or participating in a strike, or lock out employees;
- misclassifying a worker as outside the scope of the definition of “employee” under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA);
- “requir[ing] or coerc[ing] an employee to attend or participate” in the “employer’s campaign activities”; or
- requiring class action arbitration agreements.
- Appropriates $5 million for the “implementation of systems to conduct electronic voting for union representation elections.”
Wage and Hour, Child Labor, and Workplace Safety Issues (Education and Labor Committee)
- Increases fines on employers that repeatedly or willfully violate the minimum wage or overtime prescriptions from $1,100 to $20,740. The fines for unlawfully keeping employees’ tips would increase from $1,100 to $11,620. Civil penalties for violations of child labor prohibitions would also increase.
- Pursuant to the bill’s workplace safety provisions, the maximum penalty for a willful or repeat violation would increase from $70,000 (currently adjusted for inflation to $136,532) to $700,000, and the minimum penalty would increase from $5,000 (currently adjusted for inflation to $9,753) to $50,000. Caps on serious violations and failure to correct a violation would increase from $7,000 (currently adjusted for inflation to $13,653) to $70,000.
Retirement (Ways and Means Committee)
The bill would require employers with five or more employees that do not offer employer-sponsored retirement plans to automatically enroll their employees in individual retirement accounts (IRAs) or other automatic contribution plans or arrangements.
NLRB GC to Seek “Full Panoply of Remedies.” On September 8, 2021, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued a memorandum instructing regional directors to “request from the Board the full panoply of remedies available to ensure that victims of unlawful conduct are made whole for losses suffered as a result of unfair labor practices.” According to the memo, potential remedies include the following (most of which we relay verbatim):
For ULPs Committed During Organizing Drives
- “Union access (e.g., requiring an employer to provide a union with employee contact information, equal time to address employees if they are convened by their employer for a “captive audience” meeting about union representation, and reasonable access to an employer’s bulletin boards and all places where notices to employees are customarily posted)”
- “Reimbursement of organizational costs (e.g., requiring an employer to pay for organizational costs that a union incurs in a re-run election because the employer has engaged in unlawful conduct sufficiently egregious as to cause the results of the prior election to be set aside)”
- “Reading of the Notice to Employees and the Explanation of Rights to employees by a principal or, in the alternative, by a Board Agent, in the presence of supervisors and managers, with union representatives being permitted to attend all such readings”
- “Publication of the notice in newspapers and/or other forums (such as online publications and websites maintained by an employer, including social media websites), chosen by the Regional Director and paid for by the employer”
- “[R]equiring an employer to grant a Board Agent access to its facility and to produce records so that the agent can determine whether the employer has complied with posting, distribution, and mailing requirements”
- “Training of employees, including supervisors and managers, both current and new, on employees’ rights under the Act and/or compliance with the Board’s Orders (e.g., requiring an employer to provide such training, one time or ongoing, with an outline of the training submitted to the Agency in advance of what will be presented, or requiring that a Board Agent be permitted to conduct such training)”
- Requiring an employer to hire “a qualified applicant of the union’s choice in the event a discharged discriminatee is unable to return to work”
For ULPs Committed During Bargaining
- Mandated “[b]argaining schedules (e.g., requiring a respondent to bargain not less than twice a week, at least six hours per session, until an agreement or a bona fide impasse is reached)”
- “Submission of periodic progress reports to the Agency on the status of bargaining (e.g., requiring a respondent to submit sworn written reports to the Agency every 30 days, over the course of a specified period, showing in detail the nature and course of bargaining with the union and attaching any written communications between the parties with respect to such bargaining)”
- “12-month insulation periods, including extensions of the certification year … during which a union’s status as bargaining representative may not be challenged”
- “Reinstatement of unlawfully withdrawn bargaining proposals”
- “Reimbursement of collective-bargaining expenses (e.g., requiring a respondent to reimburse an opposing bargaining party for negotiation expenses incurred during the entire period in which it fails to bargain in good faith)”
OSHA – Request for Information on the Mechanical Power Presses Standard
OSHA – Request for Information on the Mechanical Power Presses StandardThe U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is requesting information and comment on issues related to the mechanical power presses standard. OSHA is seeking information regarding whether it should update the mechanical power presses standard and, if so, how closely the standard should follow the current ANSI standard for mechanical power presses. It is also seeking information on the types of presses that should be covered, the use and certification of equipment, and other topics such as presence-sensing device initiation (PSDI) systems, and requirements for press modifications, training, and injury reporting. Please reference the Federal Register here.
Individuals may submit comments electronically at http://www.regulations.gov (Docket No. OSHA-2007-0003, which also includes documents referenced by OSHA in the RFI). Please refer to the Federal Register notice for additional details. The deadline for submitting comments is October 26, 2021.
Vendor Alert: 884 – How much of this business did you get?
IHMM has seen a 100% jump in applications and examinations over 2019, and for the first 8 months of 2021, we stand at 884. 244 new certificants and 640 more awaiting examinations. How much of this business did your company see?
If you’re missing out contact Diane McLevy at [email protected] and see how you can benefit from a relationship with IHMM and HMS.
IHMM-HMS EVENTS CALENDAR
IHMM has a companion organization for which education and training programs are presented and delivered. The Hazardous Materials Society is IHMM’s Professional Association and HMS’ education and training website can be found here.
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