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Who Is Responsible For Temporary Worker Safety?

FDR Safety

OSHA has made it clear that staffing agencies and host employers are jointly responsible for temporary worker safety. This can pose a particular challenge for employers, since many staffing agencies lack the expertise to provide training or to ensure that record keeping requirements are met. Just ask OSHA.

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Lassoing Jobs in Texas

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Not so in Texas, where Gov. Rick Perry has fiercely embraced his role as champion of the state’s economic development program, ready to saddle up and steer herds full of jobs into the big Texas corral from near and far. We told Gov. “I started working on this when I was an itty-bitty state legislator,” he recalled.

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Higher Education Partnerships: Closing The Gap

Business Facilities

Partnerships with higher education organizations are making a clear impact on businesses today, especially regarding workforce training.

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FEATURE STORY: State of the Year – Texas

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Texas, a perennial front-runner for Business Facilities’ State of the Year designation, has reclaimed its position at the top of our annual list with a tour de force that vaulted the Lone Star State to the top of just about every credible business ranking out there, including those created by our competitors and the general business media.

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New Texas Power Plant Brings Investment, Jobs To Harlingen, TX

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Deatherage met with Harlingen EDC, Cameron County Workforce Solutions and Texas State Technical College executives to discuss employment and training of the customized work force needed for success of the project. The post New Texas Power Plant Brings Investment, Jobs To Harlingen, TX appeared first on Business Facilities.

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Skilled labor shortage amplifies need to boost vocational education

The Korte Company

Vocational education is disappearing. in states like Nevada, Arizona, Texas and Florida) where populations are skyrocketing and new construction is booming. The problem is the systematic de-emphasis of vocational education in America’s schools. And yet, school systems still devalue vocational education as a matter of policy.

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Texas: Bigger And Better

Business Facilities

From a skilled, growing workforce to low taxes and competitive incentives, everything is bigger and better in Texas. Read: Texas: Bigger And Better at BusinessFacilities.com.

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