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This month-long observance promotes eye health in the workplace, particularly in industrial settings.

This month-long observance promotes ladder safety and an awareness of injuries caused by misusing ladders.

Employers covered under 1904.41 must electronically submit their injury and illness records to OSHA by March 2nd of the year after the calendar year covered by the form.

Employees (remote and onsite) are honored the first Friday in March. This observance was created for all companies as the day when bosses take the time and make an effort to thank their employees for their hard work and effort throughout the year. Make sure employees feel appreciated. Remember tax obligations if rewarding employees with cash or gift cards.

Celebrated annually on this date, IWD is a worldwide event that originated in the early 1900s to honor working women everywhere. Now may be a good time to review wage and benefit packages to ensure they are fair, compliant, and gender balanced.

Nonexempt employees who are working on this date at 2:00 a.m. may lose an hour of pay since they will not work between 2:00 and 3:00 a.m. when the clocks move forward. Employers may, however, adjust nonexempt employees’ schedules for that day to give them an additional hour of work. Some states and locations do not observe DST and some are working on adopting it year-round.

Exporters of used (broken or intact) CRTs for recycling must submit annual reports electronically to EPA using EPA’s WIETS for all export shipments made the previous calendar year. If an exporter does not ship any hazardous waste after having obtained consent to export certain hazardous wastes, the exporter should submit an export annual report noting that the quantity shipped under the issued consent(s) was zero. See 40 CFR 261.39(a)(5)(x - xi).

Exporters must submit an annual report to EPA by March 1 of each year (40 CFR 262.83(g)). This report summarizes the type, quantity, frequency, and ultimate destination of all hazardous waste exported during the previous calendar year. For the specific information required in the annual report, refer to 40 CFR 262.83(g)(1)-(6).

According to 40 CFR 370, Tier II chemical inventory data must be submitted to the state emergency response commission, local emergency planning committee, and local fire department if a facility has a hazardous chemical present at any time that is required to have a safety data sheet under OSHA’s Hazardous Communication Standard and that hazardous chemical exceeds the reporting threshold and is not exempt. A state may have more stringent requirements than federal EPA.