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Slips, Trips, & Falls in the Workplace

Slips, Trips, & Falls in the Workplace may not be a glamorous legal topic, but it's an important one. As with most workers' compensation claims, slip and fall injuries end up being expensive for insurance and businesses alike. The loss of quality employees can lead to a drop in productivity, low morale and a spike [...]

2022-07-20T07:30:56-05:00July 20th, 2022|

Celebrating National Safety Month

June is National Safety Month in the United States, and all across the country, we celebrate by reminding each other of the importance of staying safe! We also participate in activities that further promote safety awareness and education. National Safety Month is a great time to practice total communication, which means paying attention to one [...]

2022-06-13T08:14:27-05:00May 31st, 2022|

HISTORY OF NATIONAL SAFETY MONTH

June is National Safety Month in the United States. National Safety Month is an annual observance created by the National Safety Council (NSC). The NSC is one of the largest nonprofit organizations that influence behavior, policy, and culture to eliminate preventable injuries and deaths at work, home, and play. National Safety Month was created in [...]

2022-05-31T07:27:42-05:00May 31st, 2022|

Heat Safety

During the warmest time of year, heat can be lethal if you don't know how to stay safe. Heat safety: understanding heat and how heat safety really does matter. As the temperature rises, so does the number of heat-related illness injuries. The following is a blog post around heat safety, are you prepared? Heat safety is [...]

2022-05-25T09:11:39-05:00May 19th, 2022|

The Propeller Club, Newport News Golf Tournament 2022

On Friday April 8th the staff of Tidewater Staffing Inc. had the opportunity to meet and serve the members of the propeller club. The club hosted their annual Golf Tournament at Sleepy Hole Golf Course in Suffolk, VA. The Propeller Club Port of Newport News has more than 300 members from all facets of the [...]

2022-04-20T10:05:46-05:00April 19th, 2022|

Tidewater Staffing Among Top B2B Service Providers on UpCity!

Tidewater Staffing is thrilled to officially announce that we are a part of the UpCity community of top B2B service providers!   At Tidewater Staffing, we provide unrivaled workforce solutions for our clients in the ship repair, warehousing, and light industrial and manufacturing industries. What takes most staffing organizations 2-3 weeks to find staff for, [...]

2022-01-17T08:26:31-05:00January 17th, 2022|

Labor and Manufacturing in the Digital Age

According to Forbes, 40% of all technology spending in 2019 went toward digital transformation, and nearly 70% of companies had a digital transformation strategy in place. Driven by changes in the population demographics, Covid-driven shifts in the workforce, and an explosion in big data analytics, manufacturers are embracing new technologies that are forever shifting the [...]

2021-11-22T10:20:36-05:00November 22nd, 2021|

How to Recycle and Reuse Your Trash for a Cleaner Environment

According to the EPA, the average person produces approximately 4.9 pounds of “solid waste” or trash per day. Thankfully, you can recycle many everyday household items to help promote a cleaner, greener environment. Recycling and reusing items can help each individual to produce less trash that goes into landfills, ultimately harming our soil, air, and water. We’ve [...]

2021-11-15T11:15:22-05:00November 15th, 2021|

Surviving the Interview

Congratulations! You've mastered your resume and it has landed you a callback for an interview. Interviews can be scary, but you'll almost always come out on top and land your dream job with the right tools. We have a list of some tips to help calm the interview nerves. Research the company you are interviewing [...]

2021-11-12T12:48:06-05:00November 12th, 2021|

The “Great Resignation”: How did this happen?

Today's labor market is filled with uncertainty due to the highest amounts of people quitting their jobs since 2008. The phenomenon we are witnessing right now is termed The Great Resignation. With a staggering total of  4 million Americans deciding to leave their jobs, employers are looking for new and creative ways to retain good, [...]

2021-11-08T08:11:42-05:00November 8th, 2021|