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The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) is a United States federal agency established in 1970 by the Occupational Health and Safety Act. OSHA is part of the Department of Labor and is charged with assuring healthy, safe, working environments. OSHA sets and enforces safety standards and policies. Examples of OSHA's duties include setting limits on workers' exposure to hazardous substances, ensuring workers have access to safety information and protective equipment, and providing employers and workers proper training to prevent dangerous conditions. less -

Lawsuit to Enjoin OSHA Violations Ends When Agency Finds No Violations

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 2/3/2023

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

Weekly COVID-19 Oversight & Enforcement Report - May 2021

WilmerHale on 5/7/2021

The Congressional Oversight Commission released its 12th report on April 30. The report focuses on a $700 million loan to trucking company Yellow Corporation (formerly known as YRC Worldwide) under the CARES Act loan program...more

OSHA Announces New Enforcement Efforts Tied to COVID-19 Risks

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 3/19/2021

On March 12, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced a COVID-19 National Emphasis Program focusing enforcement efforts on employers with high frequencies of close employee contact with other...more

Whistle While You Work: OSHA Whistleblower Liability Expands

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 12/6/2019

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

OSHA Whistleblower Claims Are Up: Are Employers Prepared?

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 3/4/2019

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is the government agency responsible for enforcing the whistleblower retaliation provisions of numerous laws protecting workers in a wide-range of industries. The...more

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

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 2/21/2019

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

Weekly Round Up – February 4, 2018

Fisher Phillips on 2/6/2018

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

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

Littler on 9/20/2016

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

What GCs Need to Know About Employment Enforcement Agencies

Zelle LLP on 3/4/2016

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

The Truth Will Set (And Keep You) Free - Making False Statements to an OSHA Inspector Can Result in Criminal Charges

Miller & Martin PLLC on 10/22/2015

On April 6, 2015, the United States Department of Justice charged a roofing contractor doing business in Alabama with making false statements and lying to OSHA inspectors in connection with an incident investigation at one of...more

Is OSHA Going to Put You in Jail?

Fisher Phillips on 9/14/2015

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

OSHA Seeks to Extend Deadline for Citations Against Employers for Recordkeeping Violations

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 8/24/2015

Once the Occupational Safety and Health Administration opens an investigation of an employer, it has six months to complete the investigation and issue citations. In 2012, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals determined that...more

OSHA Updates Whistleblower Manual, Focusing On Damages And Settlement Agreements

Proskauer - Whistleblowing & Retaliation on 6/2/2015

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

OSHA’s Recent Guidance on Whistleblower Retaliation Investigations

Proskauer - Whistleblowing & Retaliation on 5/4/2015

The Directorate of Whistleblower Protection Programs recently issued a guidance memorandum titled “Clarification of the Investigative Standard for OSHA Whistleblower Investigations,” for the apparent purpose of clarifying the...more

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