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Workplace Violence Prevention Plans Required For California Employers by July 2024(update)

Senate Bill 553, signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom, requires nearly all employers in the State of California to prepare a Workplace Violence Prevention Plan, train employees on how to identify and avoid workplace...more

Workplace Violence Prevention Plans Required For California Employers by July 2024

Seyfarth Synopsis: Senate Bill 553, signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom, requires nearly all employers in the State of California to prepare a Workplace Violence Prevention Plan, train employees on how to identify and...more

MSHA Launches Enforcement Initiative To Protect Miners From Overexposure To Respirable Crystalline Silica

Seyfarth Synopsis: We recently blogged that Silica is the New Asbestos: New OSHA Regional Emphasis Program Will Target Respirable Silica Hazards in Six States. Now the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has...more

Cal/OSHA Cites Food Manufacturer and its Staffing Firm for Failing to Protect Hundreds of Workers from COVID-19 Exposure

Seyfarth Synopsis: Cal/OSHA, in a press release, noted that it recently issued citations to a food manufacturer and its temporary employment agency, with over $200,000 in proposed penalties to each employer for “failing to...more

Cal/OSHA Announces Citations to Multiple Employers for COVID-19 Violations

Seyfarth Synopsis: Cal/OSHA announced that it has cited eleven employers for not protecting employees from COVID-19 exposure during inspections of industries where workers have an elevated risk of exposure. The industries...more

Day Three at the ABA Occupational Safety and Health Law Committee Midwinter Meeting

Seyfarth Synopsis: Seyfarth Shaw’s OSHA/MSHA group is at the ABA’s Occupational Safety and Health Law Committee Midwinter Meeting this week. Today, we heard from panels that discussed California Workplace Violence and Indoor...more

MSHA Increases Civil Penalties for 2020

Seyfarth Synopsis: The DOL has published its 2020 increases to MSHA civil penalties. The DOL has finalized the 2020 inflation adjustments, which will nudge the penalties up 1.764%.  85 Fed. Reg. 2292 (Jan. 15, 2020)....more

OSHA Standard Interpretation Repeats Vague Warnings on Employee Use of Headphones in the Workplace

Seyfarth Synopsis: The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a standard interpretation cautioning employers on the use of headphones to listen to music on a construction site....more

Reminder — Cal/OSHA Emergency Regulation to Protect Workers from Wildfire Smoke Now in Effect

Seyfarth Synopsis: CalOSHA emergency regulation for workers exposed to wildfire smoke.. With wildfires now active in many parts of California, it’s important that employers in California remember Cal/OSHA’s emergency...more

Cal/OSHA Drafts Rules For Workplace Violence Prevention In General Industry

Seyfarth Synopsis: The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) recently held an advisory meeting on the Agency’s draft rules for Workplace Violence Prevention in General Industry. It is seeking public...more

California Passes the Cleaning Product Right to Know Act

Seyfarth Synopsis: The Cleaning Product Right to Know Act makes California the first state to require ingredient labeling both on product labels and online for consumer cleaning products....more

OSHA Review Commission Back in Business

Seyfarth Synopsis: The Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission (Review Commission) issued two orders this month — the first we have heard from the Review Commission since April 27, 2017. The orders followed, on...more

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