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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 -

A SCOTUS Stay of OSHA's "Vax or Test" Rule: What Does It Mean for Independent Schools?

Venable LLP on 1/14/2022

As we previously wrote, on September 9, 2021 President Biden announced a strategy to combat COVID-19 that, among other things, directed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to issue an Emergency Temporary...more

Tennessee and Florida State Law Restrictions on Employer Vaccine Mandates

Husch Blackwell LLP on 11/23/2021

Tennessee and Florida enacted state laws earlier this month that impose restrictions on an employer’s ability to impose vaccine mandates or to ensure employees are vaccinated. While Tennessee’s law provides employers who are...more

Breaking News: OSHA Announces It Is Suspending Vaccination ETS Pending Court Challenges

Franczek P.C. on 11/17/2021

On Tuesday, November 16, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced that it is suspending all implementation and enforcement efforts related to the emergency temporary standard (ETS) on mandatory...more

The Top 15 Workplace Law Stories from October 2021

Fisher Phillips on 11/3/2021

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

Vaccine Mandates are Becoming the Rule and Not the Exception: What Employers Need to Know

Laner Muchin, Ltd. on 10/20/2021

The COVID-19 pandemic threw the world into a state of uncertainty and life-threatening risk with ever changing health and safety recommendations and mandates. The alleged “two weeks” that it would take to combat the virus has...more

White House Announces New Measures to Fight COVID-19 Pandemic

Miller Canfield on 9/13/2021

On September 9, 2021, the White House announced a COVID-19 Plan that contains a comprehensive national strategy to address the rise in COVID-19 cases caused by the delta variant. The strategy employs six detailed points of...more

June 2021: The Top 19 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 7/7/2021

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

Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines, April 2021 # 8

Hogan Lovells on 4/29/2021

In Washington: On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) eased its guidelines on wearing masks outdoors, saying fully vaccinated Americans don’t need to mask up unless they are in certain crowded...more

50-State Update On COVID-19 Business Liability Protections

Husch Blackwell LLP on 2/23/2021

A number of states have passed or are considering passing legislation to shield certain businesses from liability from claims for injury caused by exposure to COVID-19. Generally, the laws require that the business was in...more

Tennessee Passes Broad COVID-19 Liability Shield Legislation

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 8/21/2020

Tennessee joins a growing list of states passing liability protections around the country. The Tennessee COVID-19 Recovery Act (the Act) protects from lawsuits arising from COVID-19 in the absence of gross negligence or...more

Nevada Laws Link Immunity And Business Licenses To ‘Controlling Health Standards’

Fox Rothschild LLP on 8/14/2020

Nevada recently enacted a pair of COVID-19 related laws that reward businesses for adhering to safety standards and carry the threat of serious business interruption for any that don’t. The first law grants legal immunity...more

Hot List – What’s Happening in the California Legislature 3/27-3/31

Fisher Phillips on 3/25/2017

Our weekly California Legislature “hot list” provides you with a preview of the bills that are up (as well as other important legislative action) the following week...more

What Can Employers Glean from the DOE’s and the DOJ’s Position on the Provision of Transgender Bathrooms under Title IX?

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. on 2/28/2017

On February 22, 2017, the Department of Justice and the Department of Education issued a “Dear Colleague” letter withdrawing the statements of policy and guidance issued by the Department of Education on January 7, 2015 and...more

Special Report: How Should NC Employers Apply Restroom Policies Following HB2?

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 5/3/2016

The Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act, commonly known as HB2, continues to generate controversy and confusion. The new law has caused many employers to reexamine their policies with regard to restroom use by employees...more

House Bill 2: What It Does and Does Not Do (A Private Sector Business Perspective)

Smith Anderson on 4/21/2016

H.B. 2 does not preclude private sector businesses or employers from adopting policies that prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity nor regulate their decisions with regard to employee or...more

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