Although it does not go so far as recognizing workplace burnout as a medical condition, the World Health Organization (WHO) has classified the burnout many employees experience on the job as a bonafide occupational phenomenon in its International Classification of Diseases. Overworked, under compensated, with work related emails and texts to answer 24/7, many American… Read More »
Archives for May 2019
Raising Awareness to Prevent Swimming Pool Drowning & Injury
May is National Water Safety Month and this year, organizers hope to raise pool and spa safety awareness ahead of the summer swimming season. Unfortunately, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) over 4,000 people lose their lives every year in drowning accidents in the U.S. Thousands of others suffer swimming pool… Read More »
Firefighter Injury Compensation
An Iowa firefighter who survived an 80 foot fall after an explosion at a silo inferno is speaking out about the perilous experience. Back in January, the 23-year-old man and another firefighter were putting out a fire on top of a silo when the structure caught fire. Soon after an explosion erupted knocking the firefighters… Read More »