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This month-long observance highlights resources on the leading causes of preventable injury and death in the workplace and at home.

This month-long observance highlights the dangers of trenches and excavations.

This observance day focuses on forklift safety with an emphasis on operator training and safe work practices.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) Pride Month is celebrated in June to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan, which was a tipping point for the Gay Liberation Movement. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act forbids discrimination when it comes to any aspect of employment, including hiring, firing, pay, promotions, fringe benefits, and any other term or condition of employment.

SHRM's annual gathering is the world's largest HR conference. This year's 4-day conference takes place in Las Vegas, NV.

While a Father’s Day card would be nice, wouldn’t time to bond with a child be better? Under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), many new fathers have the ability to take leave from work, yet less than a quarter do so. If it applies to the organization, reiterate to employees that the FMLA allows eligible employees to take 12 weeks of unpaid leave when a child is born, adopted, or becomes ill, or when a pregnancy or illness requires a worker to care of a spouse.

Each year, certain industrial facilities submit Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) data to EPA. The data are due by July 1 and cover waste management activities that occurred during the previous calendar year. A facility is required to report if it meets chemical activity thresholds AND

-is either in a covered industry sector and exceeds the employee threshold, OR

-is specifically required to report based a determination by the Administrator under EPCRA 313(b)(2).

Each owner or operator of a facility (including high efficiency boiler operations) used for the commercial storage or disposal of PCBs and PCB Items must maintain annual records on the disposition of all PCBs and PCB items at the facility and prepare and maintain a written annual document log that includes the information required by 40 CFR 761.180(b)(2) for PCBs and PCB Items that were handled as PCB waste at the facility. The written annual document log must be prepared by July 1 for the previous calendar year (January through December).