The national conversation around union organization – increasingly lively of late – has focused on “new” players, whether grassroots unions, college-educated employees in the service industry, or professionals in the...more
5/25/2022
/ Automotive Industry ,
Biden Administration ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Manufacturers ,
NLRB ,
NLRB General Counsel ,
Training ,
Union Representatives ,
Unions ,
Workplace Safety
As we await OSHA’s highly anticipated Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS)—which will require certain employers to implement “vaccine-or-test” policies—the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC) recently updated its...more
10/26/2021
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Mandates ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Health Care Providers ,
New Guidance ,
OSHA ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Title VII ,
Vaccinations ,
Workplace Safety
We’ve been saying for some time now that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was expected to release an emergency temporary standard on COVID-19 – now that day has finally come! On June 10, 2021, OSHA...more
6/11/2021
/ Compliance ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Healthcare ,
New Guidance ,
OSHA ,
Paid Leave ,
Personal Protective Equipment ,
Social Media ,
Vaccinations ,
Workplace Safety
Peter Ohr, the new top lawyer at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), issued a memorandum on March 31, 2021, regarding employees’ right to act together to improve their working conditions, which has long been guaranteed...more
More than 3,000 workers have filed complaints with OSHA since January 2020, alleging concerns over potential exposure to COVID-19, according to Freedom of Information Act records analyzed by the Washington Post. In the...more
On April 10, 2020, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued interim guidance regarding enforcement of employers’ obligation to record employees’ COVID-19 cases. The guidance recognizes that determining...more
On April 3, 2020, OSHA issued enforcement guidance that temporarily permits the extended and re-use of respirators as well as other alternatives, and clarifies when respirators, including N95 masks, may continue to be used...more
4/9/2020
/ Best Practices ,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Crisis Management ,
Emergency Management Plans ,
Face-Filtering ,
Health and Safety ,
Healthcare ,
Hospitals ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Medical Devices ,
OSHA ,
Personal Protective Equipment ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Public Health ,
Risk Management ,
Workplace Safety