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Sensors can read your sweat and predict overheating. Here's why privacy advocates care
4 months ago

Sensors can read your sweat and predict overheating. Here's why privacy advocates care

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. VULNERABLE TO HEAT At the …

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Mangaluru International Airport bags Apex India OHS Platinum Award
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Mangaluru International Airport bags Apex India OHS Platinum Award

The Hindu  

Mangaluru International Airport received the Platinum Award conferred by Apex India Foundation at the eighth Apex India Occupational Health and Safety Awards 2023 ceremony held at Delhi on Sunday. A release from the airport on Monday said that throughout its operational journey since commercial operation date, the airport has consistently implemented robust safety measures with an emphasis on zero worksite-related …

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Occupational Health Allowance extended to outsourced sanitation workers in Andhra Pradesh; park workers excluded
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Occupational Health Allowance extended to outsourced sanitation workers in Andhra Pradesh; park workers excluded

The Hindu  

The State government has extended the monthly Occupational Health Allowance of ₹6,000 to outsourced underground drainage workers, sanitation vehicle drivers and malaria workers of the Public Health Department. The government has been providing the allowance to public health workers of the urban local bodies in the State since August 15, 2019. Special Chief Secretary of Municipal Administration and Urban Development, …

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California countertop workers died of a preventable disease. The threat was known years earlier
1 year, 1 month ago

California countertop workers died of a preventable disease. The threat was known years earlier

LA Times  

When Wendy Solano first heard the word “silicosis,” her husband Jose Raul Garcia Leon was already suffering from the incurable disease that would kill him. “This is an epidemic of silicosis — a completely preventable lung disease — in this industry all for the sake of having a fashionable kitchen countertop,” Hoy said. Cal/OSHA officials have generally described silicosis as …

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California housekeepers won’t get work safety protections after another Newsom veto
1 year, 2 months ago

California housekeepers won’t get work safety protections after another Newsom veto

LA Times  

Domestic workers march through the Capitol Annex Swing Space office building in Sacramento in August. “The households that employ domestic workers include middle- and low-income families and older Californians who require daily assistance, ranging from personal care to home cleaning to childcare,” he said in a veto message Saturday. “I am particularly concerned given that approximately 44% of the households …

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Outdoor occupational groups at risk of diseases caused by air pollution: Study
1 year, 5 months ago

Outdoor occupational groups at risk of diseases caused by air pollution: Study

Hindustan Times  

A large percentage of Delhi residents in certain outdoor occupational groups, such as municipal sweepers, security guards, and waste pickers, have severely been impacted by air pollution, and a lack of proper protective gear and other amenities is leading to serious health implications, a study released on Friday has revealed. The study, titled Unfair Air Quality: The impact of air …

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Coronavirus spread at Brisbane's Hotel Grand Chancellor 'most likely' from airborne transmission, experts warn
3 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus spread at Brisbane's Hotel Grand Chancellor 'most likely' from airborne transmission, experts warn

ABC  

A dozen doctors have written to the Queensland Government warning that airborne disease specialists need to be employed to investigate whether there was any airborne transmission of the UK strain of coronavirus at Brisbane's Hotel Grand Chancellor. "There's an ongoing concern amongst a lot of health professionals that the Government isn't acting on the possibility of aerosol transmission of COVID-19," …

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Centre Notifies Three Labour Codes [Read Notifications]
4 years, 2 months ago

Centre Notifies Three Labour Codes [Read Notifications]

Live Law  

The Central Government on Tuesday notified the three Labour Codes namely: Occupational Safety, Health & Working Conditions Code, 2020 The Industrial Relations Code, 2020 The Code on Social Security, 2020 The three codes are part of the four codes that consolidate 29 central labour laws. The Occupational Safety, Health & Working Conditions Code, 2020 repeals as many as 13 central …

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Parliament Clears Three Codes To Reform Indian Labour Laws [Read Bills]
4 years, 3 months ago

Parliament Clears Three Codes To Reform Indian Labour Laws [Read Bills]

Live Law  

The Rajya Sabha today passed three Labour codes namely: Occupational Safety, Health & Working Conditions Code, 2020 The Industrial Relations Code, 2020 The Code on Social Security, 2020 These Bills were introduced by Labour Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar. Inter-state migrant workers and unorganized workers Inter-state migrant workers include a person who: has been recruited by an employer or contractor for …

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Parliament proceedings | Lok Sabha clears three labour Bills
4 years, 3 months ago

Parliament proceedings | Lok Sabha clears three labour Bills

The Hindu  

The Lok Sabha on Tuesday cleared three labour Bills amalgamating laws on social security, occupational safety and industrial relations which would usher in changes including allowing companies with less than 300 workers to hire and fire without prior approval and provide gig and platform workers social security. The Industrial Relations Code, 2020; the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, …

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Parliament proceedings | Codes on occupational safety, social security and industrial relations introduced in Lok Sabha
4 years, 3 months ago

Parliament proceedings | Codes on occupational safety, social security and industrial relations introduced in Lok Sabha

The Hindu  

The government on Saturday introduced three Bills in the Lok Sabha to amalgamate laws on social security, occupational safety and industrial relations, which would, among other changes, allow companies with less than 300 workers to terminate employment without prior approval and provide gig and platform workers social security schemes. Labour and Employment Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar introduced the Industrial Relations …

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