Category: Articles, Business & Commerce, Food Safety and Production, Resources for Attorneys, Resources for Experts, Safety How the Food Industry is Managing COVID-19 TASA ID: 18725 The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the way the world operates, and no one was prepared for it. One of the essential businesses that were given the OK to keep running was the food industry. Food manufacturing, beverages, dietary supplements and functional foods and restaurants are still showing at their locations, while most people are encouraged to work from home. This article wants to present different aspects of how the food industry in general has been managing the pandemic, using different public resources to obtain reliable information. COVID-19 news and scientific reports are always changing and while we are all trying to understand it, we cannot stop operations: we all have to eat. Read more
Category: Articles, Business & Commerce, Medical & Healthcare, Resources for Attorneys, Resources for Experts, Safety HAVE NEGLIGENCE AND COVID-19 CONSPIRED TO HARM YOUR CLIENT? TASA ID: 14071 Has your client’s workplace or medical provider stepped up to the plate and provided or employed safe, adequate and fully appropriate personal protective equipment or proper safeguards to meet the unprecedented challenge of COVID-19? Has your client contracted the virus due to lack of attention to these details? Read more
Category: Articles, Education, Media, Medical & Healthcare, Resources for Attorneys, Resources for Experts, Safety What We Can Learn from the 1918 Pandemic TASA ID: 1056 The social impact of the Spanish Flu and Covid-19 are eerily similar. There are many things we can learn from the 1918 Pandemic’s impact on society, the economy and employee behaviors. Similar to Covid-19, businesses and schools were forced to close, social distancing was the new norm, economies took a terrible blow and production was slowed. One of the most important lessons we have learned from the Spanish Flu is that we cannot ease our guard too quickly. In the summer of 1918, we thought we had conquered the pandemic; however, it lasted through the spring of 1919 because we underestimated its resistance. Read more
Category: Articles, Resources for Attorneys, Resources for Experts, Safety, Social Work/Child Welfare, Working With Experts CPS Checklist for Discovery (While this applies primarily to California Child Welfare Agencies, it can be applicable to Child Welfare Agencies in the counties of other states as well.) TASA ID: 1220 If you have not had a great deal of experience in litigation against county child welfare agencies, then there are some things which are helpful to know up front. Like most people being sued, CPS agencies don’t like it. They see themselves as “on the side of the angels” for children being abused and neglected and as proponents for strengthening families. And indeed, the vast majority of the time, they are. However, owing to a number of factors, including caseloads, insufficient staffing, divergent levels of skills, personal bias, ill-serving mindsets, and lack of resources; to name a few, mistakes will occur. Sometimes in my experience, they are unintended. They may not be deliberate owing to the press of work that rushes a judgment or fails to look at all the details, including exculpatory evidence. Read more
Category: Articles, Resources for Attorneys, Safety, Security What Authority or Power do I Have as a Security Officer? TASA ID: 10544 Randy A. Martens is a Certified Protection Officer (CPO). We don’t know Randy but can tell you he has raised a serious issue, that many security and protection officers face day in and day out. Randy said, “One of the leading questions asked by security professionals nationwide is, “What power do I really have?” In all fairness, this is a legitimate question and the answer to that question is not always simplistic! Typically, a security officer is hired to do one thing: protect people, assets, and information. Read more
