Healthier Workforce Center
 NIOSH Funding Renewed
NIOSH Renews HWC Funding for Five Years

The Healthier Workforce Center of the Midwest has recently been awarded a renewed five-year grant from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health totaling more than $6 million. Since its establishment as a Center of Excellence...

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New Podcasts & Video Released
In an increasingly digital world with more private information being stored online than ever before, it is becoming a challenge for businesses to maintain the privacy of their employees’ data. Designing and enforcing appropriate privacy protections goes beyond ensuring that only authorized personnel have access to sensitive safety and health information.
In this episode, we looked at how managers and employers engage their workforce. Especially with remote workers, engaging employees has become more difficult. So what about engagement should change regarding remote work, and what can stay the same?

We talked with University of Iowa experts and staff to address employee engagement.
This episode of Workplace Matters examines specific behaviors that effective leaders need to have to enable success in their workplace.

Colonel John Bolduc is the Superintendent of Law Enforcement and Public Safety for the Nebraska State Patrol. He leads a massive group of officers and shared six behaviors he has found effective for leading employees.
Bonus Resources & Events
Did you know that the CDC offers free communication resources for employers?
Digital and print materials such as posters, toolkits, graphics and more can be found online: