Effective new employee training leads to both professional and personal growth, which, in turn, leads to increased productivity and to helping organizations achieve their long-term goals. New Employee Onboarding. The goal of your safety policy should be to ensure an accident-free workplace while maintaining a high level of productivity. Your new employee orientation checklist should include teaching new hires during employee orientation training to: Continue to participate in all safety training sessions as required; Report any hazards and unsafe conditions they see.
2012 Social Security Disability Statistics. 1  In 2012, the number of applications submitted was 2,820,812. 2  Only 979,973 applications were awarded SSD benefits. 3  1,840,839 people were denied SSD benefits in 2012.  From the previous year, awarded payments for 2012 went down by 4.39%.
Shulkin said the backlog in disability appeals now stands at about 450,000 cases. Without action from Congress, that's just going to continue to grow, he said. He said the backlog of initial disability claims has been reduced from about 611,000 in recent years to about 100,000 cases, but there was a slight uptick during the hiring freeze.