Coronavirus/COVID-19, OSHA

#WorkforceWednesday: Union Reps at OSHA Inspections, New COVID-19 Guidance, and Minimum Wage Updates - Employment Law This Week®

Epstein Becker & Green on 4/10/2024

This week, we’re learning more about the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA’s) final rule on safety inspections, new COVID-19 guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and minimum...more

The CDC Issues New COVID-Related Guidance: What This Means for Employers

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints on 3/27/2024

For the first time since 2021, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued new guidance relaxing the quarantine requirements for COVID-19. The new guidance is the result of fewer COVID-related deaths and...more

What Employers Should Know About the Latest CDC COVID-19 Guidance

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 3/6/2024

It has been almost exactly four years since the COVID-19 pandemic changed the American working landscape. Many of us followed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) through multiple changes and guidance,...more

2023 Health Care Employment Law Year in Review

K&L Gates LLP on 2/29/2024

Employment matters in the health care industry once again prompted significant attention from federal and state governments in 2023. While much of our 2022 Year in Review discussed how states were beginning to address...more

OSHA Proposes to Replace Its Existing Fire Brigades Standard With New Comprehensive Emergency Response Standard

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 2/14/2024

On February 5, 2024, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) related to the Fire Brigades standard, 29 C.F.R. 1910.156, and related standards. ...more

Workplace Law Update: 10 Essential Items on Your February To-Do List

Fisher Phillips on 2/5/2024

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law, especially since the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace. In order to ensure you stay on top of the latest changes and have an action plan...more

California Department of Public Health Issues New Order Revising COVID-19 Definitions and Procedures

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/10/2024

On January 9, 2024, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued an order addressing COVID-19 disease control and prevention. The new order is for non-healthcare settings, takes effect immediately, and is...more

How Does OSHA Prioritize The Worksites It Inspects?

Hendershot Cowart P.C. on 12/12/2023

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has limited resources, and it cannot inspect every worksite. As a result, the agency uses a risk-based approach to target inspections at high-risk workplaces where...more

OSHA Recommendations on COVID Are Not Enough to Qualify a Business for the Employee Retention Credit

Miller Canfield on 12/11/2023

The IRS recently issued guidance explaining that OSHA communications regarding COVID-19 precautions alone do not allow employers to qualify for the Employee Retention Credit (“ERC”). Other than some start-up businesses,...more

Workplace Law Forecast 2024 - Your workplace law recap for 2023 and predictions for 2024 to help you prepare for the coming year.

Fisher Phillips on 12/4/2023

When I reflect on the relationship that our firm has with our clients, I’m most proud of the fact that you can always count on us. That often means defending complex litigation, steering you through regulatory threats,...more

Legal Insights for Manufacturing: Outlook for 2024

Husch Blackwell LLP on 11/2/2023

Our downloadable report, Legal Insights for Manufacturing, explores how the business, legal, and regulatory framework is evolving—and will evolve—to address the large generational shifts taking place. This year, our report...more

OSHA—Critical Updates for 2023 & 2024

Amundsen Davis LLC on 9/14/2023

OSHA has been particularly busy and aggressive lately, making good on Biden Administration promises and talking points—hiring more inspectors, appointing new administrators, conducting more inspections, aggressively issuing...more

Workplace Law Update: 22 Essential Items on Your August To-Do List

Fisher Phillips on 8/7/2023

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law, especially since the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace. In order to ensure you stay on top of the latest changes and have an action plan...more

GAO Encourages OSHA to Take Action in Meat and Poultry Industry

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 7/18/2023

Recently, the United States General Accounting Office (GAO), which is a nonpartisan agency in the legislative branch, took on oversight of the executive branch agency, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). In...more

Public Health Emergency No More: Pitfalls Employers Should Avoid While Easing Their COVID-Era Policies

Akerman LLP - HR Defense on 6/6/2023

After more than three years, both the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HSS) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have ended their classification of COVID-19 as a public/global health emergency. In conjunction...more

COVID-19 and the Workplace: Where Do We Stand?

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace on 5/9/2023

As we have reported previously, on April 10, 2023 President Biden signed legislation ending the COVID-19 National Emergency. However, the rollback of COVID-19 requirements was already underway in many state and municipal...more

Highlights from the 2023 Hot Topics in Employment Law Seminar

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 5/4/2023

Miles & Stockbridge’s Labor, Employment, Benefits & Immigration Practice Group presented its 21st annual Hot Topics in Employment Law seminar April 25 to clients from throughout Maryland and beyond. Topics covered included...more

Oregon Joins the Growing Number of States Loosening COVID-19 Requirements in the Workplace

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 4/20/2023

Effective April 3, 2023, Oregon OSHA suspended its rules addressing the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency and Amended Work Clothing Rules via Oregon OSHA Administrative Order 1-2023. The COVID-19 rules have been temporarily...more

Beltway Buzz - April 2023

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 4/17/2023

POTUS Signs Bill Ending COVID-19 Emergency. On April 10, 2023, President Biden signed a congressional resolution officially ending the COVID-19 national emergency. The resolution was passed out of the U.S. House of...more

The Site Report - Construction Law Insights, Issue 2, January 2023

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 3/1/2023

EEOC Increases Scrutiny on Discrimination and Harassment in the Construction Industry as Federal Infrastructure Dollars Start Flowing - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) plans to prioritize its efforts to...more

Revisiting Volks - Is OSHA Buying Itself More Time to Issue More Citations?

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 2/22/2023

Recordkeeping under the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act is often top of mind for workplace safety professionals. Under the OSH Act, employers must record injuries and illnesses resulting in medical treatment beyond...more

Employee Right to Sue for OSHA Violations has Strict Time Limit

Foley & Lardner LLP on 2/14/2023

Timing really does matter. In a “first of its kind” decision arising from a Pennsylvania meatpacking plant and its COVID response, a federal appeals court has severely limited when a private person may sue for alleged OSHA...more

Beltway Buzz - February 2023

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 2/6/2023

The Pandemic Is Dead! Long Live the Pandemic! This week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution to immediately end the COVID-19 national emergency, as well as a bill to end the COVID-19 public health emergency....more

Class Action Trends Report Winter 2023

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 1/31/2023

In this issue of the Jackson Lewis Class Action Trends Report, we welcome the New Year and look back at the most significant developments affecting employment class and collective action litigation in 2022. We also look ahead...more

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