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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 -

Snapshot on Healthcare Industry: April 2022

Fisher Phillips on 4/18/2022

Welcome to our latest Healthcare Snapshot, where we take a quick look at some of the most pressing issues facing employers in the industry. Even though COVID-19 numbers are generally trending in a positive direction,...more

Federal Vaccine Mandates: Where Employers Stand Now

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 12/17/2021

This week in Vaccine Mandate/Injunction Land. Well, kids, it's been another riotous week in the world of federal vaccine mandates. Here is where everything stands as of Friday morning Eastern Time, December 17, 2021:...more

Oregon Health Authority Releases Mandatory Vaccine Rule and Religious/Medical Exemption Forms for Health Care Workers

Stoel Rives - World of Employment on 8/27/2021

Last week, Governor Kate Brown announced that the State of Oregon would require that all health care workers be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless they could prove they were entitled to a religious or medical...more

OSHA Issues COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard

Epstein Becker & Green on 6/17/2021

On June 10, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued a long-awaited Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) to protect health care workers from COVID-19. This new temporary standard applies to...more

The 7 Main Takeaways for Healthcare Employers Now That OSHA Has Finally Unveiled Its Long-Awaited COVID-19 Emergency Temporary...

Fisher Phillips on 6/14/2021

Almost six months after President Joe Biden directed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to determine whether emergency temporary standards (ETS) concerning COVID-19 were necessary, OSHA finally issued the...more

Bill Aimed At Preventing Workplace Violence In The Health Care Industry Advances In Congress

Fisher Phillips on 2/13/2020

According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), health care employees experience nearly as many serious injuries due to workplace violence as do employees in all other industries combined. As a result,...more

Commission Decisions Confirm that Employers Must Take Action to Protect Employees from Workplace Violence

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 3/27/2019

Seyfarth Synopsis: In recent decisions—including Secretary of Labor v. Integra Health Management, Inc., No. 13-1124 (OSHRC Mar. 4, 2019)—the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) has upheld violations of...more

Assault of Home Health Worker by a Patient’s Father Prompts OSHA Violation

BakerHostetler on 8/29/2016

A provider of pediatric home health, Epic Health Services, was recently fined $98,000 by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in connection with the sexual assault of a home health employee by a patient’s...more

OSHA Hits Employer with Hefty Fine for Failing to Protect Employee from Assault by Client

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 7/13/2016

A national home health care provider, doing business in York Pennsylvania as Epic Health Services, was recently issued a citation and significant fine by The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in connection...more

Five Recent Developments in Labor and Employment Law That Health Care Employers Need to Know

Epstein Becker & Green on 10/29/2015

Recent actions by federal agencies and courts will have a direct impact on employers in the health care industry. While still wrestling with the changes wrought by the Affordable Care Act, health care employers will now need...more

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