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This monthly observance promotes electrical safety in the workplace, at school, and at home.

This month-long observance brings attention to the health benefits that come with better sleep.

This month-long observance educates people on how to protect their vision.

This month-long observance raises awareness about building safety at personal, local, and global levels.

This month-long observance focuses on hearing and balance disorders, and the role audiologists and regular treatment play in better hearing health.

This month is designed to create awareness about mental health and reduce the stigma surrounding illnesses like depression and bipolar disorder. Mental and behavioral health services are essential health benefits. Insurance plans should offer comparable benefits for both physical and mental health care.

While celebrating moms, take time to review laws regarding moms in the workplace. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) employers must provide “reasonable break time for an employee to express breast milk for [a] nursing child for one year after the child’s birth each time such employee has need to express the milk.” Employers are also required to provide “a place, other than a bathroom, that is shielded from view and free from intrusion from coworkers and the public, which may be used by an employee to express breast milk.”

The last Monday of May is a federal holiday set aside to honor fallen soldiers. Often, it’s also considered the unofficial start of summer. Now’s a good time to brush up on rules about paid time off (PTO), vacation, holiday pay, and flex time.

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.

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.

This month-long observance promotes water awareness and swim safety.

This event highlights resources that increase air quality awareness and encourages people to take actions that positively impact air quality.

Companies, organizations, and individuals who manufacture (including import) mercury or mercury-added products, or otherwise intentionally use mercury in a manufacturing process must submit their mercury information to EPA every three years.

EPA requires community water systems to deliver a Consumer Confidence Report, also known as an annual drinking water quality report, to their customers. These reports provide Americans information about their local drinking water quality.

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).