Seyfarth Synopsis: Employers face growing numbers of OSHA whistleblower complaints from aggrieved employees, largely alleging that they faced discipline and discharge on account of safety complaints. The Agency’s recent...more
12/6/2019
/ Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Complaint Procedures ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Government Investigations ,
Internal Reporting ,
Labor Regulations ,
Liability ,
OSHA ,
Retaliation ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers
Seyfarth Synopsis: Congress passes a Resolution to dismantle an OSHA final rule, adopted in December 2016, which despite statutory language to the opposite, “more clearly states employers’ obligations” to record an injury or...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Business organizations have once again brought suit against OSHA’s new electronic reporting and retaliation rule, arguing that the proposed online database violates employers’ First and Fifth Amendment...more
1/17/2017
/ Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Arbitrary and Capricious ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Databases ,
Electronic Reporting ,
Fifth Amendment ,
First Amendment ,
Lack of Authority ,
OSHA ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Workplace Safety
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Federal District Court has denied industry’s request to enjoin OSHA’s new rules on mandatory post-accident drug screenings and safety incentive programs, workplace retaliation, and requiring employers...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Despite an ongoing lawsuit over its rules, OSHA issues interpretation for its May 2016 retaliation and recordkeeping rule.
We previously blogged that OSHA had again delayed, to December 1, 2016,...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: After a lawsuit was filed against OSHA challenging its May 2016 retaliation and recordkeeping rule, OSHA again delays the rule’s effective date.
OSHA announced today that it has again delayed the...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: OSHA’s new final rules call into question mandatory post-accident drug screenings and safety incentive programs, open the door to new retaliation citations, and will require employers to post OSHA logs...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: OSHA’s new final rules call into question mandatory post-accident drug screenings and safety incentive programs, open the door to new retaliation citations, and will require employers to post OSHA logs...more