The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) continues to focus on preventing workplace violence in hospitals, nursing homes, and other healthcare settings, where employees are five...more
7/25/2024
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On June 10, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued an Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”), a mandatory workplace safety rule aimed at protecting healthcare workers from COVID-19. OSHA also...more
On April 20, 2021, OSHA issued new guidance on when employers must report instances in which an employee suffers an adverse reaction to a COVID-19 vaccination. According to the guidance, employers who require their employees...more
4/23/2021
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Are these the “end times”? No, but the degree of threat that Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) poses to the world’s population keeps being debated in the print, broadcast, cable, and social media. Although the disease...more
3/9/2020
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