Whistleblower complaints represent a distinct category of MSHA investigations, primarily rooted in employment law rather than safety and health regulations. This distinction often leads to misunderstandings and mishandling by...more
4/8/2025
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Complaint Procedures ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Mine Act ,
Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) ,
Webinars ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers ,
Workplace Investigations ,
Workplace Safety
As the priorities of the new Administration take shape, we foresee states stepping in to take on a more significant role in enforcing wage and hour laws and regulations over the next several years. This was one of the main...more
The incoming Presidential administration and its agenda raise valid questions about the future roles, responsibilities, scopes of authority, and priorities of the Department of Labor, the EEOC, the NLRB, and the Federal...more
1/16/2025
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Collective Bargaining ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Federal Judiciary ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Labor Regulations ,
Legislative Agendas ,
NLRB ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Scope of Authority ,
Trump Administration ,
Unions ,
Webinars
Following another close national election, President Trump returns to the White House for a second term, and resumes control over the vast Executive Branch bureaucracy, including the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety...more
12/4/2024
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Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Emergency Response ,
Health and Safety ,
Heat Exposure ,
Infectious Diseases ,
New Rules ,
OSHA ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Safety Inspections ,
Safety Violations ,
Trump Administration ,
Webinars ,
Workplace Safety
On November 15, 2024, U.S. District Judge Sean D. Jordan of the Eastern District of Texas vacated the Biden Administration’s overtime exemption rule. The final rule, which went into effect on July 1, 2024, included a...more
11/19/2024
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Executive Compensation ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Joe Biden ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
Minimum Wage ,
Over-Time ,
Salaried Employees ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Threshold Requirements ,
Vacated ,
Wage and Hour
As the dust settles on the 2024 Election Cycle and the pundits continue analyzing and dissecting the results, the OSHA/MSHA Team at Conn Maciel Carey draws from decades of experience representing employers during Republican...more
11/13/2024
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Corner Post Inc v Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System ,
Employee Representatives ,
Enforcement ,
Inspections ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) ,
OSHA ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Trump Administration ,
Workplace Safety