The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has recently issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, addressing “Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings.” This proposed standard would apply to...more
Enforcement season begins July 1, 2024. Employers in California must have a Workplace Violence Prevention Plan in place by July 1, 2024 (except for limited and narrow exceptions found in Labor Code section 6401.9(b)(2)). In...more
OSHA penalties increased for citations issued in 2024 Consistent with the 2015 Inflation Adjustment Act, which provides for the annual increase in penalties under the Occupational Safety and Health Act by the previous year’s...more
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has announced a revision of its injury and illness electronic filing regulation, 29 CFR § 1904.41. Scheduled to be published in the Federal Register tomorrow and to go into...more
As we recently reported, all penalties levied by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration were increased by 7 percent due to a law that requires civil penalties to adjust for inflation. Penalties for serious...more
In 2015, Congress decided that penalties for violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act should automatically increase each year by the previous year’s rate of inflation. This decision was signed into law as the...more
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration officially withdrew its COVID-19 vaccination Emergency Temporary Standard, effective today.
The government has also asked that the ETS litigation (NFIB v. U.S. Department...more
With everyone trying to predict what the Occupational Safety and Health Administration will do under the Biden Administration, there is one certainty that we can let you know about. As now happens automatically every January...more
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently added to its COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions a recommendation that employers “encourage” their workers to wear face coverings. Previously, OSHA had stopped short...more
In July, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration published a “Frequently Asked Question” containing new instructions for reporting work-related hospitalization cases of COVID-19. Our July 16 bulletin explained that...more
In a nod to the challenges facing many employers during the ongoing pandemic, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued a “discretionary enforcement policy” titled “Discretion in Enforcement when...more
On March 14, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued initial Guidance explaining that due to the shortage of N95 filtering facepiece respirators, the Agency was not requiring health care employers to conduct...more
In 2015, Congress passed a law called the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015. It appears that the word “Improvements” may have been added in an unsuccessful attempt to make the law sound...more
It’s always California, isn’t it? The California Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision last week allowing civil prosecutions to be brought against employers who violate the standards of the California Division of...more
Well, we waited it out thinking that there might be yet another delay, and sure enough, OSHA announced today that the December 1 due date has been extended until December 15.
Remember, the new Electronic Filing requirement...more
As you may recall, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued a doozy of an Interpretation Letter back in 2013 allowing employees at non-union workplaces to designate non-employees, including “outsider” union...more
How will employers fare under a Trump Administration? We’ve asked for comment from the thought leaders and heads of the practice areas that are likely to be affected the most.
Affirmative Action/OFCCP Compliance Will...more
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The recent settlement of a whistleblower case brought under Section 11(c) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act has provided the first guidance by OSHA of its expectations under the new §1904.35 “Reasonable Reporting...more
As we reported in our May 13, 2016, OSHA Update, on August 10, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration will begin enforcing its new regulation requiring employers (1) to have a “reasonable procedure” for employees...more
On Wednesday, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration amended its occupational injury and illness recordkeeping rules to require larger establishments with at least 250 employees at any time during the previous...more
The U.S. Department of Labor recently filed suit against United States Steel Corporation, alleging that the company's injury-reporting policy violates §11(c) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act. The suit claims that the...more
Wow! How did this happen? Buried in the fine print of the recent budget agreement between Congress and the White House, and seemingly slipped in at the last minute with no one claiming responsibility for the change, the...more
OSHA’s “Interim Enforcement Procedures” Prioritize Its Responses to Reported Accidents, Calling for Inspections in Some Cases and Submission of the Employer’s Own Accident Investigation Report in Others....more
On September 11, 2014, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced a final rule containing two amendments to the Agency's injury and illness recordkeeping and reporting regulations that will go into...more