Takeaways from Tallahassee â Safety first
Safety first
While you might not know what EHS means, the profession and its functions in the workplace have been front-and-center for the past year.Â
The acronym stands for Environment, Health and Safety and covers everything from slip-and-falls to forklift accidents, carpal tunnel to workplace violence.Â
Before the COVID-19 crisis, The Florida Chamber had created a group designed to help propel the state to become one of the safest, healthiest, and most sustainable in the nation. The pandemic and its impact on every business in Florida highlight the critical importance of EHSâs purpose.
âThe Florida Chamber Safety Council tapped into Floridaâs leading companies and their safety leaders to create an Advisory Board that is an incubator of research, leadership and education, and provides resources, tools and best practices for small to mid-sized businesses that often do not have full-time safety, health and susta
TALLAHASSEE Veterans Florida, a state-created nonprofit organization that helps military veterans transition to civilian life, is adding another tool to its toolbox.
In the meantime, the organization is waiting for action from the Florida Legislature that would make it the state s principal assistance organization in the federal Department of Defense SkillBridge program, which has the same goals.
Locally at the present time, SkillBridge services are offered through CareerSource Okaloosa, which offers an array of employment services that gives priority to veterans needs.
SkillBridge, established in 2014, allows transitioning service members during the final 180 days of their military service to work as an apprentice, intern or fellow at a private or public employer while maintaining their military salary and benefits. The goal is to ease veterans into a new civilian career, and the employer does not have to pay the separating military member while he or she is receiving th