The US Supreme Court issued two decisions on January 13, 2022 in cases challenging the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA’s) Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) on Vaccination and Testing and the Centers for...more
1/17/2022
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Employer Liability Issues ,
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OSHA ,
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Vaccinations ,
Virus Testing ,
Workplace Safety
On December 17, 2021, a divided panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit granted the federal government’s emergency motion to dissolve the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit’s stay of the Occupational...more
12/21/2021
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Employer Liability Issues ,
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Workplace Safety
The Fifth Circuit temporarily stayed the Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s Emergency Temporary Standard on COVID-19, placing it in legal limbo. In addition, state governments continue to take actions related to...more
After long anticipation by US companies and their employees, the US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published its 490-page Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) and preamble on COVID-19...more
11/8/2021
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Mandates ,
Federal Contractors ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
OSHA ,
Vaccinations ,
Workplace Safety
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently updated its nonbinding COVID-19 guidance applicable to all industries not otherwise covered by its Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). The primary purpose of...more
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued important updates to its COVID-19 guidance for employers on June 10. To start, the long-awaited COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) is effective...more
6/14/2021
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Emergency Management Plans ,
Essential Workers ,
Health and Safety ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Infectious Diseases ,
OSHA ,
Public Health ,
Workplace Safety
Among other features, the new guidance recommends that employers implement a COVID-19 prevention program and identifies key measures for limiting the spread of COVID-19. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration...more
Virginia employers should take note of how the new COVID-19 permanent standard differs from last summer’s temporary standard and ensure that training and policies are updated accordingly. In July 2020, the Commonwealth of...more
President Joe Biden has signed several executive orders and announced other directives that will impact employers in the first 100 days of his administration, including guidance on protecting worker health and safety,...more
1/29/2021
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Biden Administration ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Financial Stimulus ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Labor Reform ,
Labor Regulations ,
LGBTQ ,
Minimum Wage ,
Relief Measures ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Wage and Hour
While workplace safety standards have been thrust into the national conversation since the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic began, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) enforcement has been relatively quiet....more
Effective immediately, Michigan will require employers to make coronavirus (COVID-19) workplace exposure determinations for all job tasks and procedures, prepare written preparedness and response plans, and implement a series...more
10/30/2020
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Employer Liability Issues ,
Health and Safety ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Occupational Exposure ,
OSHA ,
Personal Protective Equipment ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Risk Assessment ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Workplace Safety
The US Department of Labor’s chief administrative law judge (ALJ) issued an administrative order and notice on June 1, indefinitely suspending all in-person hearings before the Office of Administrative Law Judges (OALJ). ...more
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued an Updated Interim Enforcement Response Plan on May 19 for enforcing OSHA’s requirements with respect to coronavirus (COVID-19) and a Revised Enforcement...more
Employers are facing issues relating to shortages of respirators and non-surgical face coverings. The ever-evolving local, state, and federal regulatory landscape, coupled with these shortages, has sent employers scrambling,...more
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued a new guidance allowing field offices flexibility in handling COVID-19-related matters, including complaints. ...more
The US Department of Labor’s chief administrative law judge (ALJ) issued a supplemental administrative order on April 10, extending the suspension of in-person hearings before the Office of Administrative Law Judges (OALJ). ...more
The US Department of Labor’s Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) released a statement on April 8 reminding employers that they cannot retaliate against workers who report unsafe or unhealthy working...more
In response to the coronavirus (COVID-19), the US Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) chief administrative law judge (ALJ) issued an administrative order on March 19 clarifying the status of matters pending before the DOL’s Office...more
The outbreak of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has created a number of questions and compliance challenges for employers in the United States as well as across the globe. This is a fluid and rapidly changing...more
2/5/2020
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Airplane Accidents ,
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China ,
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Customs and Border Protection ,
Discrimination ,
Emergency Management Plans ,
Emergency Response ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Foreign Nationals ,
General Duty Clause ,
Harassment ,
Health and Safety ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Incident Response Plans ,
Infectious Diseases ,
International Travel ,
Labor Regulations ,
Medical Records ,
OSHA ,
Personal Protective Equipment ,
PHI ,
Public Health ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Screening Procedures ,
Travel Restrictions ,
Traveling Employee ,
Workplace Illness and Injury Reporting ,
Workplace Safety ,
World Health Organization
The process of establishing public policy is changing rapidly. While Congress still legislates and the executive branch still administers, the procedures under which those processes occur are transforming how corporate...more
Employers subject to recordkeeping regulations should immediately begin preparing electronic submissions to comply with the December 15 deadline.
On December 18, 2017, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration...more
Employers subject to recordkeeping regulations should immediately begin preparing electronic submissions to comply with the December 15 deadline....more
The “pilot” Severe Violator Enforcement Program will impose more stringent inspection procedures, enhanced settlement provisions, and “public scrutiny” for employers that OSHA deems to have engaged in “egregious behavior and...more
OSHA issues long-anticipated amendments to its recordkeeping regulations.
On May 12, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued its long-anticipated amendments to its recordkeeping regulations. Most...more
The executive order poses another significant financial and administrative burden for federal contractors.
Continuing his practice of using executive orders to implement his labor and employment agenda, on September 7,...more
9/15/2015
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Barack Obama ,
Davis-Bacon Act ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Documentation ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Executive Orders ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Medical Certification Requests ,
Paid Leave ,
Service Contract Act ,
Sick Leave ,
Subcontractors ,
Wage and Hour