NLRB, Workplace Safety, OSHA

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

Fisher Phillips on 8/5/2024

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

OSHA Invites Feedback on Proposed Rule for Protecting Workers from Excessive Heat: Employers Should Remember the NLRA and LMRA

Husch Blackwell LLP on 6/18/2024

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration plans to propose a new rule requiring employers to protect employees exposed to high temperatures at work. This federal government regulation is the first of its kind to...more

Workplace Law Update: 12 Essential Items on Your May To-Do List

Fisher Phillips on 5/6/2024

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

OSHA Issues Final Rule Allowing Employee Third-Party Representatives to Enter Workplace – Including Labor Unions

Proskauer - Labor Relations Update on 4/3/2024

On March 29, 2024, the Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) released a final rule amending the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (“OSH Act”), clarifying who can serve as an...more

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

Fisher Phillips on 4/2/2024

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

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

SCOTUS Predictions: Blockbuster Decision Will Dismantle Workplace Regulations

Fisher Phillips on 2/2/2024

The Supreme Court is set to shake up the workplace world by taking away a great deal of power from federal agencies – including the regulators who oversee many of the nation’s labor and employment laws. That’s according to...more

Top 10 Workplace Law Predictions for 2024

Fisher Phillips on 12/29/2023

It’s never easy to make accurate predictions about what we’ll see in the workplace in the coming year, especially given the recent volatility we’ve experienced and expect for the foreseeable future. Despite the ever-present...more

Test Your 2023 Workplace Law Knowledge With This Quiz

Fisher Phillips on 12/28/2023

Were you paying attention to all the workplace law developments in 2023? While it’s hard to keep up with so many changes, you can take our quiz to test your knowledge and see how you stack up. But don’t worry if you get a...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

NLRB and OSHA’s New MOU Will Increase Interagency Cooperation and Coordination

Perkins Coie on 11/28/2023

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on October 31, 2023, that will help facilitate interagency coordination and...more

Snapshot on Manufacturing: Top 3 Compliance Challenges Stemming from OSHA and Labor Board Collaboration

Fisher Phillips on 11/28/2023

Welcome to this edition of the FP Snapshot on Manufacturing, where we take a quick snapshot look at recent workplace law developments and examine how they impact employers in the manufacturing industry. In this edition, we’ll...more

The “Joint Employer” Pendulum Swings Again. Or Does It?

Gould + Ratner LLP on 11/22/2023

For the third time in eight years, employers again face uncertainty as to whether they may be considered a “joint employer” with another business. This question is not academic and can have real world consequences. What...more

NLRB and OSHA Enter Into Memorandum of Understanding to Share Information and Make Referrals

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 11/21/2023

On October 31, 2023—Halloween—the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced a “scary” new agreement between the two federal...more

OSHA and the NLRB Partner to Coordinate Enforcement Actions

Maynard Nexsen on 11/16/2023

On October 31, 2023, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the federal government agency that enforces workplace safety standards, and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), which enforces labor laws,...more

Recent Updates on OSHA Policies and Rulemaking

Husch Blackwell LLP on 11/16/2023

Final Rule Expanding Submission Requirements for Injury & Illness Data- OSHA’s final rule requiring new submissions of injury and illness data for certain employers in high-hazard industries takes effect on January 1, 2024....more

Employers Take Notice: OSHA and NLRB Join Forces for Workplace Safety Investigations

Baker Donelson on 11/15/2023

On Tuesday, October 31, 2023, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) published a Memorandum of Understanding (2023 MOU) to facilitate interagency cooperation and...more

NLRB and OSHA Announce Partnership Over Worker Safety Protections

Morgan Lewis on 11/9/2023

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on October 31 regarding a partnership designed to strengthen their efforts to...more

Beltway Buzz - November 2023

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 11/6/2023

POTUS Issues Executive Order on AI Framework. On October 30, 2023, President Biden issued the “Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence” (EO). According to its...more

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

Fisher Phillips on 11/6/2023

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

NLRB and OSHA Announce MOU to Strengthen Health and Safety

Littler on 11/3/2023

On October 31, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced that the agencies have executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) “to strengthen the...more

OSHA Rule Could Allow Union Representatives to Join Inspections – Even at Non-Unionized Worksites

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 11/3/2023

The U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has proposed revisions to the existing rules governing who can participate in OSHA's onsite workplace inspections. The purpose of these...more

Employers Beware: New Federal Partnership Shines Spotlight on Workplace Safety and Health Programs

Fisher Phillips on 11/3/2023

Employers should prepare for increased safety and health enforcement efforts now that federal labor and workplace safety officials have entered a partnership to bolster whistleblower protections. Specifically, the National...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's Proposed Rule a Potential Boost for Unions

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC on 10/4/2023

Imagine a frustrated union organizer having a hard time persuading a group of employees to sign cards. That organizer will undoubtedly be delighted to learn that on August 30, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration...more

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