(December 2012) Fort Lesley J. McNair is a United States Army post located on the tip of Greenleaf Point, the peninsula that lies at the confluence of the Potomac River and the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C. To the peninsula's west is the Washington Channel, while the Anacostia River is on its south side.
In many industrialized countries, where the number of deaths from work-related accidents has been falling, deaths from occupational disease, notably asbestosis, is on the rise. Globally, asbestos alone is responsible for 100,000 occupational deaths per year.
Causes for adverse labor rate variance may include: 1  Increase in the national minimum wage rate. 2  Hiring of more skilled labor than anticipated in the standard (this should be reflected in a favorable labor efficiency variance) 3  Inefficient hiring by the HR department. 4  Effective negotiations by labor unions.