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Inflation Adjustments Occupational Safety and Health Administration Penalties

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Happy new year, OSHA penalties went up again

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

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

Recent Inflation Increase Pushes Up OSHA and Other Labor Law Penalties

The recent spike in inflation has now caused a 6.2 percent rise in penalties for violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 and other labor laws. On January 14, 2022, the Occupational Safety and Health...more

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Can You Take Me High Enough? OSHA Increases Maximum Penalties

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The Department of Labor just published its increases to the maximum civil penalties that can be assessed against employers by federal agencies, and it includes some moderate increases in the area of workplace safety....more

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Are Mandatory OSHA Settlement Conferences Still Mandatory?

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Administrative Law Judges are increasingly exercising their discretion to waive mandatory settlement conferences for Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) citation contests with large penalties. The increased...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

OSHA To Increase Maximum Civil Penalties in 2016

As employers look ahead to 2016, it will be important to consider the impact of Section 701 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (H.R. 1314), which was signed into law by President Obama on November 2, 2015. This bill...more

Sherman & Howard L.L.C.

OSHA Fines to Increase Dramatically

For the first time in 25 years, OSHA fines likely will be increasing. The change will take effect no later than August 1, 2016, and each year thereafter. A relatively obscure provision in the 2015 budget bill passed by...more

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The November Surprise: OSHA Raises Penalties 82% And No One Notices

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Employers woke up to a surprise on November 3. That’s when we learned that the Federal Budget Agreement, which was quickly worked out behind closed doors and signed the day before, includes surprise provisions authorizing the...more

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