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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 -

EEOC, DOL Issue 2024 Regulatory Agendas

Hall Benefits Law on 2/28/2024

As part of the Biden administration’s Fall 2023 Regulatory Plan, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) and the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) have released their 2024 regulatory agendas....more

OFCCP Week In Review: December 2023 #2

DirectEmployers Association on 12/11/2023

Tuesday, December 5, 2023: JOLTS Report – Job Openings Decreased by 617k in September, Rate Decreased to 5.3% - Confirming that the U.S. jobs market is continuing to shrink (as the Federal Reserve hopes to help tame...more

The Top 14 Workplace Law Stories from October 2022

Fisher Phillips on 11/9/2022

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

Construction Industry Workplace Law Update – Summer 2022

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 7/1/2022

How Law Limiting Arbitration Agreements for Sexual Assault, Harassment Claims Affects Construction- In an industry often targeted by anti-discrimination agencies, construction industry employers need to be aware of a new...more

100 Days of the Biden Administration, Part II: Key Labor and Employment Policy Developments

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 5/21/2021

In its first 100 days in office, the Biden administration has advanced its policy priorities, many of which have involved repealing the policy accomplishments of the previous presidential administration. The Biden...more

Beltway Buzz - May 2021 #2

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 5/17/2021

Unemployment Insurance Update. Late last week, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Bureau of Labor Statistics released a report showing that the nonfarm economy added only 266,000 jobs in April 2021, well short of the 1...more

Latest Developments from the Connecticut General Assembly: The Labor and Public Employees Committee Has Spoken (Part Three-Even...

Pullman & Comley - Labor, Employment and... on 5/6/2021

Our two prior blog posts, found here and here, covered the General Assembly’s Labor and Public Employees Committee’s final flurry of activity of approving and advancing bills out of committee. In addition to the bills that...more

Policy Matters Newsletter - April 2021

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 4/15/2021

Ruling From Parliamentarian Gives Democrats an Extra Shot at Reconciliation. At the onset of the Biden Presidency, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer sat for an interview with NBC News in which he telegraphed a so-called...more

What Can Employers Expect From the Biden Administration?

ArentFox Schiff on 2/10/2021

In brief: A sharp pivot toward employee- and union-friendly executive actions and legislation. Here’s what we mean. Executive Order 13950 - As we’ve reported, President Biden Revokes Executive Order 13950 | Arent Fox,...more

Your Comprehensive Guide to 2018 Proposed California Legislation

Fisher Phillips on 2/28/2018

February 16 was the deadline to introduce new bills in the California Legislature. By that date, nearly 2,200 bills were introduced. While that may seem like a staggering amount of legislative proposals (especially for a...more

What California Bills Survived the Suspense File?

Fisher Phillips on 5/31/2017

As we discussed recently, this was a significant week in the California Legislature, as the Assembly and Senate Appropriations Committees decided the fate of hundreds of bills in announcing which bills made it off the...more

California Legislative Update: Which Bills Made the Final Cut?

Littler on 10/4/2016

Although the California Legislature sent Governor Jerry Brown bills on bed bugs, powdered alcohol, and making denim the official state fabric, the laws enacted in 2016 affecting the state’s private-sector employers were...more

All Over But the Penning: the California Legislature Completes its Work for 2015

Littler on 9/15/2015

The California Legislature adjourned its 2015 regular session early last Saturday morning. It is now up to Governor Brown to sign or veto the last of the Legislature’s 2015 work product. He has until Sunday, October 11, to...more

All Over But the Penning: the California Legislature Completes its Work for 2015

Littler on 9/14/2015

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