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As you may recall, way back on July 2nd, OSHA “revealed” an unofficial pre-publication version of a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for a federal Indoor and Outdoor Heat Illness Prevention Rule. After a peculiar delay...more
On July 2, OSHA unveiled its proposed heat safety rule, currently awaiting official publication in the Federal Register. This rule aims to protect employees from heat-related injuries and illnesses by establishing...more
To kick off the 4th of July Celebration early, today, July 2, 2024, OSHA released an unofficial version of its Indoor and Outdoor Heat Illness Prevention Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”). An official version will be...more
After an unusually short time at OMB, earlier today, OSHA revealed a pre-publication version of its Final Worker Walkaround Representative Designation Process Rule. The Official Final Rule will issue when it is published in...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
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has a new enforcement initiative that will target one of the agency’s top priorities after the appearance of COVID-19: indoor and outdoor heat-related workplace...more
On January 26, 2022, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) withdrew its emergency temporary standard (ETS), which required large employers to either mandate vaccination or weekly COVID-19 testing. The ETS...more
OSHA has advised the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals that it is withdrawing the emergency temporary standard (ETS) for employers with 100 or more employees. Formal notice will be published in the Federal Register on January 26. ...more
The list of laws and regulations governing vaccinations and testing is growing and changing at a frenetic pace. Employers can add U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) guidance on the compensability of time spent undergoing testing...more
The Supreme Court is currently considering the validity of two rules promulgated by federal agencies in the past months regarding vaccines and testing in the workplace. Whether those rules—OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard...more
A federal appeals court on Friday revived the sweeping vaccine mandate for employers with 100 or more employees imposed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, but its fate remains unclear amid an immediate...more
UPDATED: On November 16, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit based in Cincinnati “won” the lottery. Here is the order. All pending cases challenging the ETS will be transferred to the 6th Circuit and a panel...more
As soon as the Occupational Safety and Heath Administration’s emergency temporary standard (ETS) was published in the Federal Register on November 5, 2021, litigants raced to the courthouse to file multiple challenges to the...more
The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published its much-anticipated Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) regarding COVID-19 vaccination and testing on November 5, 2021. The ETS went into effect...more
On September 9, 2021, the White House’s “Path Out of the Pandemic: President Biden’s COVID-19 Action Plan,” directed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to issue an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS)...more
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released its highly anticipated draft COVID-19 vaccination emergency temporary standard (Vaccine ETS) yesterday. As anticipated, the rule requires most employers with...more
This morning the Occupational Safety and Health Administration formally issued its Emergency Temporary Standard on COVID vaccinations. Most employers with 100 or more employees will have to require their employees to get...more
Substantively moderate, but logistically? Ugh. As I'm sure you all have seen, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration released yesterday its long-awaited Emergency Temporary Standard on COVID-19 vaccinations. ...more
In September, the Biden administration announced that the Department of Labor would mandate that all businesses with 100 or more workers require their employees to either get vaccinated against the Coronavirus or face...more
On June 10, 2021 OSHA issued a Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) to help address the circumstances surrounding occupational hazards existing in health care during the COVID-19 pandemic. The rule was published in...more
On June 9, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released its long anticipated interim final rule and request for comments for the Occupational Exposure to COVID-19; Emergency Temporary Standard...more
On June 10, 2021, OSHA issued an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) applicable to employers of employees who perform healthcare services and support, and revised guidance for all other employers. OSHA expressly acknowledges...more
On June 10, 2021, Marty Walsh, Labor Secretary and acting assistant Secretary of Labor for Jim Frederick of Occupational Safety and Health Administration, announced the “emergency temporary standard,” or ETS, that identifies...more
Fifteen months after the COVID-19 pandemic began, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has promulgated an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) for healthcare employers. OSHA has published voluntary guidance...more