occupational safety and health

  • Use Your Work Rivalry for Good

    Use Your Work Rivalry for Good

    Elizabeth Yuko

    Given how much time we spend interacting with coworkers either in person or virtually, various relationship and dynamics are bound to emerge. Sometimes colleagues can become genuine friends; other times, those relationships can turn out to be toxic or manipulative. Another common dynamic is the workplace rivalry. In a 2020 survey by ResumeLab, roughly 82…

  • Stop Wearing Cloth Masks

    Stop Wearing Cloth Masks

    Meredith Dietz

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    The highly transmissible Omicron variant continues to drive a surge of infections across the country. According to the CDC’s COVID data tracker, the seven-day average for COVID-19 hospitalizations increased by more than 40% during the week between Christmas and New Year’s Eve. And in light of this current wave, many medical experts are urging the…

  • What Kind of Burnt Out Are You? (And Why It Matters)

    What Kind of Burnt Out Are You? (And Why It Matters)

    Rachel Fairbank

    By now, many of us are burnt out. In addition to the stresses about our health and safety, we’ve had to worry about job losses, changes in working conditions, as well as juggling family and work in a way that is even more exhausting than the usual. (And the usual wasn’t all that great either.)…