26: Why An Effective Fire Safety Strategy Is Vital For Your Business
A look at the legal responsibilities of managers as business owners to ensure the safety of their workers in the event of fire....

27: The Difference Between Good and Evil Concerning Collection Agencies
When you are dealing with collection agencies the first thing to understand is that not all of them are like the ones you see in the debt counseling commercials. Some are respectful of your rights under the law....

28: Collection Agencies and the Law
Collectors have to study and pass tests with their companies in many cases before they become collectors. They know the laws that they legally must adhere to as collectors and they can actually be fined for breaking the law....

29: What to Do About Collection Agency Harassment
When the collector calls you an excessive amount of time per day that is one form of harassment. This harassment can be stopped. You have protection under the law against certain abusive tactics that some collection agencies employ....

30: Why Your Business Needs Precautionary Measures To Deal With Fire
A look at fire regulations in the UK, how they affect business operations and why training and safety procedures are essential....

31: Fire Safety Responsibilities In Hotels
A look at the responsibilities of hotel owners and managers and how they can meet regulatory requirements....

32: Working On A Scaffold; An Issue Of Competency
A look at the training that the competent person should possess when people are working on a scaffold structure....

33: The Need For A Fire Safety Consultant In Your Business Or Warehouse
A look at fire regulations and how having a consultant will ensure your regulatory needs are met....

34: Why Fire Risk Assessment Is Important For Your Business
A look at how bosses must ensure the safety of there staff and enact efficient prevention protocols to limit the risk of fire....

35: Employers Beware: Violation Fines To Increase Exponentially
On February 22, 2008, Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey announced higher civil fines against employers who violate federal immigration laws. The new rule will become effective as of March 27, 2008....

36: Is Your Home Business Legal?
If you are running a home business you know that there is so much more to being successful than simply hanging out a shingle advertising your availability....

37: Minimum Wages On The Rise In California
Attention California Employers: On January 1, 2008, the Minimum Wage will rise to $8 per hour from $7.50. So, you will need to make appropriate adjustments to your payroll systems. Further, many employers also are raising their employee's wages that are above the minimum wage in order to retain them....

38: What's an Employer to do When They Receive an SSA Mismatch Letter?
Attention small business owners. Recently, Immigration has dramatically increased workplace enforcement of Immigration law, after the failure of Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform....

39: Your Helpful Home Legal Business Basics
When your business starts taking off you want to protect yourself from the legal pitfalls that can ruin your financial opportunities...

40: What You Need to Know About OSHA Hazardous Waste Operations And Emergency Response
"Don't cry over spilt milk" may be a good course of action for a child. But employers with hazardous spills and waste, must implement and execute cleanup, disposal, emergency response plans. Otherwise, they face reprimand and fines from OSHA....

41: RoHS Chemicals Legislation In Europe and China
About 35 million tons of electrical and electronic items are discarded worldwide every year. Leakage of chemicals in land fills from such discarded equipment pose serious environmental pollution problems. Legislation has been enacted in EU member countries and in China to arrest such pollution....

42: Antitrust Violations - Exploding Monopolies
The word "antitrust" was first widely used when the US government began drafting policies to fight the creation of business trusts. More known today as cartels, trusts tend to promote unfair corporate practices and monopolies....

43: OSHA Process Safety Management (PSM) of Highly Hazardous Chemicals
Disaster in the workplace is a constant possibility for people working with dangerous chemical compounds. OSHA's Process Safety Management (PSM) program seeks to minimize the impact of catastrophic release of chemicals that could cost lives and cause serious destruction....

44: OSHA Guide to Noise and Hearing Safety, Health And Conservation
"Between 1990 and 2050 the number of hearing-impaired Americans will increase at a faster rate than the total US population." Loud noises are more than a nuisance. - They can cause hearing loss. OSHA has a vital role in rescuing the ears of the American worker....

45: The RoHS Lead Free Directive and How to Comply
Health hazards caused by discarded electrical and electronic products are an increasing reality worldwide. The danger arises mainly from lead in components, though other materials may also be toxic. The RoHS directive is one of the affirmative actions used to protect the environment, established by the European Union (EU)....

46: Problems In the Health and Nutrition Arena
Since the death last September of founder David B. Shakarian, nutrition search in the company has been consumed by a power struggle between his son-in-law, David Lucas, and his handpicked successor as chief executive, Gary A. Daum....

47: RoHS Complaint Industrial Control Switches
Industrial control switches are at the heart of the monitoring and control systems of modern machinery. They range from the simple electro-mechanical push-button to embedded PCBs (Printed Circuit Boards), to wireless or infrared activated devices. All industrial plants and virtually all products in daily use, including the ubiquitous microwave oven and dishwasher, have them....

48: Preparing For and Surviving an OSHA Inspection
Avoid the cost and the pain of an OSHA Inspection. Like a good Boy Scout - "Be prepared". The goal is for employers to pass the compliance test and get the merit badge of approval from OSHA....

49: What Manufacturers Need To Know About WEEE: The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive
Manufacturers have obligations that go beyond the production of electrical and electronic equipment. If they are doing business in the United Kingdom or the European Union (EU), manufacturers must make it convenient for consumers to dispose of that equipment in an environmentally friendly way. And the manufacturers are on the hook for the costs....

50: Techniques For RoHS Class Compliance
The Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive 2002/95/EC is a directive of the European Parliament. It restricts the use of six hazardous materials in the manufacture and sale of various electrical and electronic equipment in the European Union. The materials are lead, cadmium, mercury, chromium (VI), PBB (poly-brominated biphenyls) and PBDE (polybrominated diphenyl ethers)....