Obama Announces New Initiative to Protect Federal Workers
From OSHA –
President Barak Obama issued a July 19 memorandum calling on all federal agencies to “improve workplace safety and health, reduce the financial burden of injury on taxpayers, and relieve unnecessary suffering by workers and their families.” The goals of the president’s four-year Protecting Our Workers and Ensuring Reemployment Initiative include setting aggressive performance targets for reducing occupational injuries and illnesses among federal workers and speeding the return to work of employees who do suffer serious job-related injuries or illnesses. OSHA’s Office of Federal Agency Programs is responsible for informing the president of progress meeting the POWER Initiative goals, and ensuring that each federal agency is provided with guidance necessary to implement an effective occupational safety and health program. The memorandum can be found at http://www.osha.gov/2010power.mem.rel.pdf