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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 -

The Top 10 Takeaways for Businesses from the Supreme Court’s Three Big Administrative Law Decisions in 2024

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 7/31/2024

Now that the dust has settled following the Supreme Court’s overhaul of administrative law through three late-term decisions, Akin litigators and policy advisors offer the most significant takeaways for businesses and...more

Communication is Key: OSHA’s Amended Hazard Communication Standard

Williams Mullen on 6/25/2024

OSHA is amending its Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) regulations which require chemical manufacturers and importers to classify the hazards of chemicals they produce or import and to provide their employees information...more

Best Practices to Ensure Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Safety, Fatigue Rule Compliance

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 12/12/2023

Seyfarth Synopsis: Resources and laws supporting best practices to ensure commercial motor vehicle (“CMV”) driver safety include CDC guidance, the Surface Transportation Assistance Act (“STAA”), and OSHA’s Fatigue Rule. 49...more

Ohio Becomes 24th State to Legalize Recreational Use of Marijuana: 7 Key Considerations for Employers

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 11/10/2023

On November 7, 2023, Ohio voters made Ohio the twenty-fourth state in the United States to legalize the recreational possession and use of marijuana. Ohio Revised Code (R.C.) Section 3780, which is subject to amendment by the...more

The Site Report - Construction Law Insights, Issue 3, April 2023

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 4/6/2023

What Employers Can Do When a Union Knocks on Their Door - When a union knocks on an employer's door, it can be a shock and awe experience for the unprepared employer. It is important for employers to understand their...more

Connecticut Legalizes Recreational Marijuana

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 6/24/2021

Connecticut has become the 19th state to legalize recreational marijuana use by adults. Governor Ned Lamont signed the Act Concerning Responsible and Equitable Regulation of Adult-use Cannabis on June 22, 2021...more

Medical Marijuana/Employment-Safety Issues for the Oil/Gas Industry: May 26th Arkansas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 6/2/2021

My law firm colleague Nate Read and I undertook a presentation at the May 26th virtual meeting of the Arkansas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners (“AIPRO”) - The presentation was titled: Medical Marijuana:...more

Manufacturers Should Prepare For OSHA’s New And Altered Proposed Hazard Communication Requirements

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 3/29/2021

Manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, and importers have often struggled with communicating product hazards to downstream employees and users, due to complex hazard communication requirements in international standards, as...more

A Court-Side Seat: A Poultry Defense, a Houston Highway and a CERCLA Consent Decree that Won’t Budge

Pillsbury - Gravel2Gavel Construction & Real... on 3/3/2021

February saw the usual array of significant environmental decisions and federal regulatory notices. THE FEDERAL COURTS - U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia - Luminant Generation v. EPA - The court will be...more

New And Altered Hazard Communication Requirements Coming Soon

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 2/22/2021

Earlier this month, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) announced proposed amendments to the Hazard Communication Standard (“HCS”) in 29 CFR 1910.1200. The last time OSHA amended the HCS was in 2012 to...more

The Regulation of Medical Waste During COVID-19

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 5/18/2020

The rapid spread of the coronavirus has generated new interest in the regulation of medical waste. The COVID-19 crisis is generating a significant amount of regulated medical waste....more

Transportation/Hazardous Materials: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Interpretive Letter Addressing Medical...

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 2/19/2020

The United States Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (“PHMSA”) addressed in a January 2nd interpretive letter a question regarding the application of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (“HMR”) to...more

NYC Passes Bill to Ban Pre-Employment Marijuana Drug Testing

Epstein Becker & Green on 4/17/2019

On April 9, 2019, a proposed bill, Int. 1445-A (“Bill”), which prohibits employers from pre-employment drug testing for marijuana and tetrahydrocannabinols (“THC,” the active ingredient in marijuana), was passed by the New...more

Arkansas Medical Marijuana: Key Employment Law Issues for Petroleum Marketing Operations

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 1/18/2018

My law firm colleague Nate Read and myself authored an article for the Arkansas Oil Marketers Association publication The Canopy titled: Arkansas Medical Marijuana: Key Employment Law Issues for Petroleum Marketing...more

A Sign of Things to Come? Trump’s Regulatory Freeze and Other Early Actions

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 1/24/2017

Behind the pomp and circumstance of Friday’s inauguration, President Donald J. Trump and his administration set their sights on deploying a new guard of regulatory and economic policies focused on reducing burdensome...more

Wrap-Up of Federal and State Chemical Regulatory Developments, October 2016

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. on 10/18/2016

TSCA/FIFRA/IRIS/NTP/TRI - EPA Issues Statements Of Findings For September 2016: On September 23, 2016, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a notice announcing its findings after its review of Toxic...more

Overlapping Labels Can Lead to Liability

Williams Mullen on 8/12/2016

Multiple regulatory agencies worldwide exercise jurisdiction over how hazards associated with chemicals in the workplace are communicated to employees and others. This creates a complex web of requirements and...more

Environmental Notes - August 2016

Williams Mullen on 8/11/2016

Time to Pay More: EPA Increases Maximum Civil Penalties - Remember the days when the maximum civil penalty EPA could assess for a violation of environmental law was $25,000 per day? Those days disappeared 26 years ago...more

Update on Significant DOT, FAA and Other Federal Agencies’ Aviation-Related Regulatory Actions - February 2016

Cozen O'Connor on 2/3/2016

This edition of the Cozen O’Connor Aviation Regulatory Update includes the recently signed U.S.-Mexico bilateral agreement that liberalizes air services between the two countries, new Cuba-related regulations loosening...more

Preventing Whistleblower Claims in the Automotive Industry

Foley & Lardner LLP on 7/31/2015

Whistleblower and retaliation claims are some of the most costly claims brought by employees and they are on the rise. OSHA, who governs complaints for over 20 whistleblower statutes, reports a 58% increase in whistleblower...more

Congress Passes FY 2015 Omnibus Appropriations Bill: What it Means for Labor and Employment Agencies

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 12/15/2014

Narrowly averting a federal government shutdown, on December 13 in a rare Saturday evening session the Senate passed the massive 1600 page, $1.1 trillion FY2015 Omnibus Appropriations bill that will fund government operations...more

OSHA Comments on Distracted Driving Initiative

Adams and Reese LLP on 4/23/2014

In OSHA’s April 15, 2014, issue of “Quick Takes,” its bi-monthly newsletter, the agency commented on the US Department of Transportation’s national campaign to stop texting while driving and other forms of distracted driving....more

OSHA Issues Another $1 Million+ Whistleblower Award, Along With Reinstatement

Proskauer - Whistleblowing & Retaliation on 11/19/2013

On November 13, 2013, OSHA issued a press release stating that it ordered Gaines Motor Lines (the “Company”) to pay a total of $1,070,123 four whistleblowers, along with reinstatement. The press release indicates that...more

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