Safety Incentive Programs: How To Encourage Safe Behaviors Without Encouraging Underreporting or Lawbreaking
Safety Incentive Programs Webinar Recording
In March, OSHA released a new enforcement memo entitled “Employer Safety Incentive and Disincentive Policies and Practices.”
The memo addresses various concerns about safety incentive and disincentive programs – specifically, that they may violate workers’ whistleblower rights and encourage underreporting of incidents.
Don’t let your incentive program – designed to make your workplace safer – leave you wide open to OSHA citations (or, even worse, a tragic accident that could have been prevented had the early warning signs been reported).
Join us on July 23 for an in-depth webinar on this topic. Our speaker, an experienced safety attorney, will explain exactly what you can and can’t do with your safety incentives.
You’ll learn:
- Key points you need to be aware of in OSHA’s new “Employer Safety Incentive and Disincentive Policies and Practices” memo
- Recent National Emphasis Program enforcement activities relating to safety incentive programs gone wrong
- What makes a safety incentive program compliant and effective – and what could potentially make it illegal
- How to encourage safe behaviors without discouraging reporting of accidents and near-misses
- The role of disciplinary programs in incentive/disincentive programs
- GAO’s recent recommendations to OSHA for improvements in the area of incentives/disincentives – as well as guidance to inspectors
- Your employees’ whistleblower rights guaranteed by federal law – and how to ensure you don’t inadvertently violate them
- Safety incentive/disincentive best practices that have worked well for other employers
- Practical tips for making your program a success
This webinar was recorded on Monday, July 23, 2012
Safety Incentive Programs: How To Encourage Safe Behaviors Without Encouraging Underreporting or Lawbreaking
About Your Speaker:
Adele Abrams, Esq., CMSP, is an attorney and safety professional who is recognized as a national expert on occupational safety and health. She heads a nine-attorney firm that represents employers and contractors nationwide in OSHA and MSHA litigation, and provides safety and health training, auditing, and consultation services. She is a Certified Mine Safety Professional, and a Department of Labor–approved trainer. She is also a professional member of the American Society of Safety Engineers, and is co-author of several safety-related textbooks. She is chair of the National Safety Council’s Business & Industry Division committee on regulatory and legal affairs. She is admitted to the Bars of MD, DC and PA, as well as multiple federal courts including the US Supreme Court.
