CHR Newsletter – November 6, 2014

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Employees With Disabilities: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You and Them

New regulations aimed at increasing the number of people with disabilities in the workforce will have a major impact on federal contractors

With just over one-quarter (26.3 percent) of working-age (16-64) people with disabilities participating in the workforce versus 71.9 percent of working-age people without disabilities, revisions to the regulations for Section 503 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act intended to reduce the disparity went into effect last March.

These changes impact federal contractors in a major way and are designed to improve employment outcomes for employees with disabilities. A key revision recommends contractors have a target of 7 percent of their workforce being employees with disabilities. The goal is to make management more aware of employing disabled workers and to provide some accountability.

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Walking Workstations Improve Physical, Mental Health

Builds Healthier Workplace

Walking workstations can improve not only physical, but also mental health during the workday, a new study released this week found. The research was conducted by faculty and student researchers from the Department of Psychology in the School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI).

With growing concerns regarding obesity in the United States, Michael Sliter, assistant professor of psychology, hopes the study encourages employers to examine methods to assist workers in in healthy living.

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Automated Tracking Increases Compliance of Flu Vaccination

Automated system also reduced workload burden on human resources and occupational health staff

New research found tracking influenza vaccination of healthcare personnel through an automated system increased vaccination compliance and reduced workload burden on human resources and occupational health staff. The study is published in the November issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA).

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New AOHNP Leader Sees Collaborative Future for Occupational Health

The voice of OH nursing continues to be heard, as OH becomes more collaborative and multidisciplinary.

As OH becomes ever more collaborative and multidisciplinary, it is going to be increasingly important to ensure that the voice of OH nurses is not lost, the incoming new president of the Association of Occupational Health Nurse Practitioners UK (AOHNP) has warned.

Diane Romano-Woodward, director at OH consultancy Sunny Blue Sky Ltd, will be taking over from Christina Butterworth following the association’s annual general meeting on 20 November.

A former Occupational Health nurse of the year, in her first interview with Occupational Health, Romano-Woodward said Butterworth would be a hard act to follow

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Occupational Health News Round-up

Recent News & Articles on Workplace Health

• Long-Term Shift Work May Drain the Brain
• Almost 1 in 5 Americans Plagued by Constant Pain
• AAOHN Publishes Ebola Resources Guide for Nurse
• NTSB: Prohibit Hands-Free Phone Use by Commercial Drivers
• NHS occupational health network launches promotional strategy
• NTSB Releases Agenda for Drowsy Driving Forum
• Mental health problems still a workplace stigma

Upcoming Conferences

• OAOHN, November 6-8, 2014
• CSAOHN, November 13-15, 2014
• NECOEM/MaAOHN, December 4-5, 2014
• PAAOHN, March 10-13, 2015
• More to come; Stay tuned…

Past Conferences Supported

• NEAOHN/NYSAOHN, October 27-29, 2014
• ROHC, October 18, 2014
• POEMS, October 18, 2014
• NCAOHN, October 15-17, 2014
• HTAOHN, October 11, 2014
• IAOHN (IL), October 2-3, 2014
• SVAPOHN, October 1-2, 2014
• IAOHN (IN), September 26, 2014
• WOEMA, September 17-20, 2014
• FSAOHN, September 11-14, 2014
• GKCMAOHN, September 10, 2014
• LAOHN, August 7-9, 2014
• AAOHN, May 5-8, 2014
• ACOEM, April 27-30, 2014
• NCAOHN, March 26-28, 2014
• Humana Forum 2014, March 25, 2014
• NJSAOHN, March 19, 2014
• CSOEMA, March 14-15, 2014
• NECOEM / MaAOHN, Boston, MA, Dec. 5-6, 2013
• NCAOHN, Charlotte, NC, November 6-8, 2013
• IFDAT, Coral Gables, FL, November 4-5, 2013
• OAOHN, Celina, OH, October 24-26, 2013
• CSAOHN, Sacramento, CA, October 17-19, 2013
• NEAOHN, Newark, DE, October 9-11, 2013
• VSAOHN / VOSH, Hampton, VA, October 9-11, 2013
• IL AOHN, Bloomington, IL, October 3-4, 2013
• SVAPOHN, Wilkes-Barre, PA, October 2-4, 2013
• WOHC, Oahu, Hawaii, September 26-28, 2013
• IN AOHN, Nashville, IN,
  Sep. 20, 2013
• TSAOHN, San Antonio, TX,
  Sep. 19-21, 2013
• FL AOHN, Orlando, FL, September 19-21, 2013

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