Word: herman
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This year's committee included Professor of Biology Kenneth J. Boss and Herman B. Leonard '74, academic dean of the Kennedy School of Government...
...Occupational Safety and Health Administration, but first reported by the Washington Post Tuesday, the advisory offers a modern interpretation of a 30-year-old policy. Business groups and some prominent Republican lawmakers blasted it as a narrow-minded interpretation of an arcane rule, forcing Labor secretary Alexis Herman to say it was only meant as a response to an inquiring firm...
...labor groups that are miffed, arguing that because employers are spared a host of expenses when workers stay at home it's only fair that they ante-up their share to keep the workplace safe. And some business groups are calling Herman's backpeddling insincere and ineffectual since these advisories traditionally set national precedents. "Despite what OSHA says, this is clearly a change of policy," said Ed Petter, president of the Employment Policy Foundation. The real coup for the laptop-reliant worker: When employers are forced to have ergonomically correct chairs installed at Starbucks...