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The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) is a United States federal agency established in 1970 by the Occupational Health and Safety Act. OSHA is part of the Department of Labor and is charged with assuring healthy, safe, working environments. OSHA sets and enforces safety standards and policies. Examples of OSHA's duties include setting limits on workers' exposure to hazardous substances, ensuring workers have access to safety information and protective equipment, and providing employers and workers proper training to prevent dangerous conditions. less -

Hurricane Ian and Preparing for Landfall: Employer Best Practices in the Face of a Natural Disaster

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/27/2022

Hurricane Ian is expected to make landfall somewhere between Tampa, Florida, and the Florida panhandle this week as a Category 4 hurricane according to the National Hurricane Center. Evacuation orders have been issued and,...more

A Vaccine is Coming: Can Employers Require Employees to Take it?

Polsinelli on 7/29/2020

As clinical trials continue across the world for a COVID-19 vaccine, many employers are asking whether they will be able to require employees to take the vaccine when it becomes available in the United States. Like with so...more

How to Manage Employees Who Appear Sick but Report to Work

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 3/18/2020

It will surprise no one to learn that our employment attorneys have spent much of the last two weeks answering questions about the impact of COVID-19 on the workplace. Among other questions, employers want to know their...more

Coronavirus Update for U.S. Employers

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 2/5/2020

Recent fast-paced developments, increasing employee apprehensions, and uncertainty regarding the Novel Coronavirus 2019-nCoV have left employers and employees with some concerns. We recently discussed the emergence of the...more

The Coronavirus Outbreak - Things Employers Should Know

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/29/2020

Coronavirus strain 2019-nCoV has reached the United States. According to the World Health Organization, “common signs of infection include respiratory symptoms, fever, cough, shortness of breath and breathing difficulties....more

Howard’s Weekly Roundup - January 27 - Part 2.

Fisher Phillips on 1/31/2018

We’ve separated Saturday’s Weekly Roundup into two posts for more easy consumption. This section includes comments from two nationally recognized professionals in our industry who commented on safety, employment law, and...more

Hurricane Ready: 5 Ways Florida Employers Can Prepare for the Next Big Storm

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/8/2017

With the peak of hurricane season approaching, the devastating effects of Hurricane Harvey fresh in our minds, and Hurricane Irma intensifying in the Atlantic Ocean with a westward path, Florida employers may want to...more

As the Northeast Prepares for a Major, Late Season Snow Storm, HR Legalist Reminds our Readers of the Importance of Employer...

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP on 3/14/2017

In January 2015, HR Legalist contributor, Teleicia D’Amberville, wrote about employer responsibilities towards employees when a serious weather event occurs. As a major snow storm is set to hit the Northeast of the United...more

OSHA Releases “Recommended Practices for Anti-Retaliation Programs”

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 1/24/2017

Last week OSHA announced the release of its “Recommended Practices for Anti-Retaliations Programs.” The publication is “intended to assist employers in creating workplaces that are free of retaliation … This document is...more

Richard Marx Won’t Be 'Right Here Waiting' To Save You From Workplace Intruders: Lessons To Make Sure Your Workers Are Prepared

Fisher Phillips on 12/29/2016

Richard Marx Won’t Be Right Here Waiting To Save You From Workplace Intruders: Lessons To Make Sure Your Workers Are Prepared....more

Massachusetts Environmental and Land Use Alert

Beveridge & Diamond PC on 10/25/2016

Off to Court We Go: Petitioners Challenge EPA’s Small MS4 General Permit for Massachusetts - The storm of debate and criticism over the terms and conditions of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) General...more

How Would Coach Nick Saban Handle an OSHA Inspection? Lessons for Employers from the Crimson Tide’s Championship Football Coach

Fisher Phillips on 9/9/2016

How Would Coach Nick Saban Handle an OSHA Inspection? Lessons for Employers from the Crimson Tide’s Championship Football Coach September has arrived. That can only mean one thing: it’s time for college football!...more

B.U.G. O.F.F.! Six Tips for Dealing With Zika Questions and Concerns

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/9/2016

As of August 24, 2016, according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), there were 2,517 cases of Zika virus in the United States, 29 of which were “[l]ocally acquired mosquito-borne cases” (all 29 of those were in...more

Preparing for an OSHA Interview Under the Current Administration

Fisher Phillips on 9/7/2016

As many employers know, OSHA has attempted to gain unprecedented power in the inspection process. Indeed, as this article is written, battles are being fought in federal court relative to OSHA’s authority and power in the...more

Zika Is Here: 7 Tips For Keeping Your Employees Safe

Fisher Phillips on 8/31/2016

Now that the first cases of locally transmitted Zika virus have hit the continental United States, it is time for employers to sit up and take notice. Until recently, Americans could generally acquire the virus only if they...more

OSHA Issues Special Zika Guidance to Employers

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 8/19/2016

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued “interim guidance” to provide employers and workers information and advice on preventing occupational exposure to the mosquito-borne Zika virus....more

Quirky Question #288: Zika in the Workplace?

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 8/19/2016

Question: We have been flooded with coverage of Zika, from the Rio Olympics to the recent travel restrictions in Miami As an employer, I want to be prepared and proactive to protect my employees, but I am also concerned...more

The Rio Olympics and the Zika Virus: Guidance for Employers

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP on 8/18/2016

The Olympics in Rio have been a huge success for American athletes, but the games have also brought some hazards. U.S. Swimmer, Ryan Lochte, was mugged at gunpoint and other athletes have dealt with any number of...more

Zika-Carrying Mosquitoes Are Here: Tips For Keeping Your Employees Safe

Fisher Phillips on 8/1/2016

Last week Florida public health administrators reported the first locally transmitted Zika virus cases in the continental United States. Officials believe that four individuals in a northern Miami neighborhood contracted the...more

OSHA Promotes Workplace Safety by . . . Limiting Drug and Alcohol Testing?

Stoel Rives - World of Employment on 7/11/2016

Employers that promote workplace safety by ensuring workers are not under the influence of drugs or alcohol after they suffer a workplace injury will soon face greater scrutiny from the Occupational Safety and Health...more

WATER. REST. SHADE.

Fisher Phillips on 6/23/2016

Heat is Creating More Legal Problems this Summer. It has been close to 100° in many southern states and even worse in the West. The Union of Concerned Scientists has warned of a “dangerous heat wave and steps to take....more

Heat, Lightning Hazards are Focus of Federal Safety Campaigns

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 6/15/2016

With the arrival of summer, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has launched initiatives to alert employers and workers to heat and lightning hazards and the steps to take to prevent injury or illness from them....more

You Are a Workplace Safety Rockstar: A Supervisor’s Guide to Taking Safety to the Next Level

Fisher Phillips on 5/25/2016

It’s time to improve your workplace safety program. Fed-OSHA just announced the sweeping new requirement that, beginning in 2017, many employers must electronically provide to the Agency the details concerning the workplace...more

Divisive Devices: Navigating Workplace Pitfalls Caused By Connectivity And Mobile Apps

Fisher Phillips on 5/9/2016

It is unlikely that the Slovenian psychoanalytic Marxist philosopher Slavoj Zizek had in mind the wellbeing of corporate defendants in workplace litigation when he articulated this “ultimate horror of the digital age.”...more

The Zika Virus: FAQs For Hospitality Employers

Fisher Phillips on 3/9/2016

The World Health Organization recently declared Zika a global public health emergency, only the fourth time the agency has declared the spread of a disease to be a health emergency of international concern. The following...more

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