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Bring some green indoors to enhance job performance and employee well-being

Bring some green indoors to enhance job performance and employee well-being

Green is the color of March, as it signals the St. Patrick’s Day holiday as well as the emergence of spring. Did you know that bringing some green into your workplace can have benefits year-round?

A Harvard Business Review study found that bringing small pieces of nature into the workplace positively impacts employee performance and well-being.

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Take these steps when rumors of marijuana use are in the air
2026-06-30T05:00:00Z

Take these steps when rumors of marijuana use are in the air

An employee smells, sees, or hears something that raises suspicions about another worker’s use of marijuana. They tell their supervisor about the rumor and expect action to be taken.

What should be done?

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Secondary containment alternative: Does your oil-filled operational equipment qualify?
2026-06-30T05:00:00Z

Secondary containment alternative: Does your oil-filled operational equipment qualify?

Facilities that run like a well-oiled machine often rely on just that — operational equipment that stores and uses oil to function (like hydraulic systems). But wherever oil is stored, there’s always the possibility of a leak, and spilled oil can do serious harm, especially if it reaches water.

That’s where the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) rule comes in. Usually, regulated facilities must equip oil-filled operational equipment with general secondary containment, which is designed to temporarily hold discharged oil until it can be properly cleaned up. However, some facilities may have another compliance option available.

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Why give employees time off to grieve?
2026-06-30T05:00:00Z

Why give employees time off to grieve?

The continually growing number of state leave laws makes employee leave management more and more challenging for companies to maintain production while staying compliant. Employers might wonder whether they should review their own company leave policies and make changes. With employees legally entitled to various types of leave, perhaps company policies can be scaled back.

Private employers have no federal bereavement law to comply with. Unless covered by a state bereavement leave law, employers are free to craft their own related company policies. Those policies usually define which family members of employees are included, such as a spouse, child, or parent. Some policies include more family members, like grandparents, but might allow less time off in the wake of their passing.

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2026-06-30T05:00:00Z

Expert Insights: Don't stop! A small, positive step makes all the difference when it comes to exercise

When I was in eighth grade, we had to do a long run, probably about a mile, as part of the Presidential Physical Fitness Test.

With the confidence of a 14-year-old who thought she was in great shape but had no long-distance running experience, I took off for what I thought would be a quick sprint around the cones set up on the playground. I ended the run with aching lungs and the determination to never repeat that miserable experience.

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