On December 11, 2023, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced that its employees would now be using safety helmets in place of traditional hard hats when inspecting employer establishments....more
Many employers annually submit injury and illness Form 300A data through OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application (ITA). For the first time in 2024, employers with 100 or more employees identified in an updated “high-hazard...more
Summary of the Proposed Regulation On August 29, 2023, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a press release announcing proposed changes to the Representatives of Employers and Employees standard. In...more
This is a friendly reminder that certain employers covered by the OSHA 300 recordkeeping standard must submit electronic copies of the 300A to OSHA by March 2, 2023 using the OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA). Covered...more
On Wednesday, January 26, 2022, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a notice that it had formally withdrawn the OSHA COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) that...more
1/26/2022
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On Thursday, January 13, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to reinstate the stay on the OSHA COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) that was previously lifted by the Court of Appeals for the...more
1/14/2022
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On November 4, 2021, the Biden administration announced two new rules which implement vaccine mandates in the workplace. OSHA Rule Impacting Employers with 100 or more Employees The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety...more
11/5/2021
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On September 9, 2021, President Biden announced a six-part plan as part of a broad effort to increase the number of fully vaccinated individuals in the U.S. As part of that plan, the President directed the Occupational Safety...more
As has been widely reported, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently announced that fully vaccinated individuals may resume "activities without wearing masks or physically distancing . . . ." The...more
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Based on welcome news that the COVID-19 vaccine may be available to the public in the coming months, many employers are beginning to consider whether mandatory vaccinations can be incorporated into existing strategies to...more
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Based on welcome recent news surrounding plans to distribute a successful COVID-19 vaccine in the coming months, many employers are beginning to consider whether mandatory vaccinations can be incorporated into existing...more
Based on changing information and recommendations relating to COVID-19, employers who recently reopened or who are considering reopening should regularly check state and federal agency guidance for the latest information....more
Now that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (“CDC”) has recommended that the public wear cloth face masks to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, we anticipate that employees will increasingly seek to use face masks in the...more
Recent news demonstrates that workplace violence prevention remains an important issue that employers should not overlook. For example, a workers’ advocacy group recently announced that its members had targeted an employer...more
Under the Occupational Safety & Health Administration’s (OSHA) 1999 Multi-Employer Citation Policy, general contractors, construction companies, and other “host” employers can face liability for accidents involving...more
Following all-too-frequent news reports, employers ask what the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has said about workplace violence. Recent OSHA citations have begun to provide guidance as to the steps that...more
OSHA’s civil penalties for violations of workplace safety and health standards increased to adjust for inflation. New penalties for willful and repeat violations are now $132,598 per violation; serious, other-than-serious,...more
In a Memorandum to Regional Administrators dated October 11, 2018, OSHA provided further guidance on whether certain drug testing policies or safety incentive programs would violate OSHA’s anti-retaliation standard. In its...more
Recently, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced that it was fixing an “error” relating to its requirement that employers annually submit injury and illness data to OSHA....more
As one of its last acts under President Obama, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) issued a final rule that requires employers to ensure that their injury and illness records are accurate during the entire...more
In addition to waging a successful challenge of the Department of Labor’s (DOL) overtime regulations, industry groups had also fought the implementation of Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) relatively new...more
Effective November 1, 2016, employers now face several new requirements from OSHA relating to injury and illness reporting. Among other requirements that went into effect, employers should now post OSHA’s “It’s the Law”...more
For the first time in twenty-five years, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) fines have increased significantly. In particular, last fall Congress enacted legislation that required all federal agencies to...more