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Lawsuit to Enjoin OSHA Violations Ends When Agency Finds No Violations

Section 662(d) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act) allows employees to file suit against employers seeking compliance with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) safety standards in urgent...more

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Whistle While You Work: OSHA Whistleblower Liability Expands

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Employers face growing numbers of OSHA whistleblower complaints from aggrieved employees, largely alleging that they faced discipline and discharge on account of safety complaints. The Agency’s recent...more

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What Not to Do: Construction Contractor Charged With Lying to OSHA

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Seyfarth Synopsis: A construction contractor twice orders, via text message, his employees to work on a roof, and both times the employees fall through. ...more

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Weekly Round Up – February 4, 2018

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Mercifully, this has not been a week of big OSHA developments, so we focus on practical observations on safety compliance and on managing OSHA inspections. Because safety professionals in particular, and managers in general,...more

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OSHA Joins the SEC in Attacking Confidentiality and Other Provisions in Private Settlement Agreements

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On September 15, 2016, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released new policy guidelines for its review of private settlement agreements presented to the agency for approval in whistleblowing...more

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What GCs Need to Know About Employment Enforcement Agencies

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his is the third in our series of posts meant to give General Counsel (and those who support and inform them) a quick overview of employment law issues they are likely to encounter. As we have noted in previous posts, the...more

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Is OSHA Going to Put You in Jail?

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The answer to my admittedly provocative question is “probably not,” but recent developments demand that employers consider criminal exposure under labor laws, Including the OSHAct. My partner and fellow OSHA nerd, Ed...more

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OSHA Updates Whistleblower Manual, Focusing On Damages And Settlement Agreements

On May 21, 2015, OSHA—which has responsibility for investigating and enforcement under 22 whistleblower retaliation statutes—released an updated edition of its Whistleblower Investigations Manual (the Manual), the first such...more

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