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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 -

OSHA Clarifies That Alternative Digital Recordkeeping is Permissible

Cozen O'Connor on 6/18/2025

A recent standard interpretation letter dated April 29, 2025, addressed whether employers may use software-generated documents in place of the OSHA-required injury and illness recordkeeping forms, specifically Forms 300...more

Workplace Safety Officials Provide New Guidance on When You Must Report Musculoskeletal Injuries

Fisher Phillips on 7/2/2024

When are employee musculoskeletal illnesses and injuries required to be recorded and reported to federal workplace safety officials? The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently released a new memorandum...more

OSHA Issues CSHO Recordkeeping Guidance on Certain Musculoskeletal Treatments During Working Hours

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/17/2024

On May 2, 2024, OSHA issued recordkeeping guidance that provides guidance to Compliance Safety and Health Officers (CSHOs) when the treatment given is first aid, Active Release Techniques (ART), and/or exercises and...more

OSHA Enforcement Guidance Could Subject Employers to More Citations

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 2/3/2023

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) can now issue separate citations for each instance of an alleged high-gravity serious violation. OSHA is also encouraged to issue multiple violations instead of...more

Virginia Repeals Workplace COVID-19 Standard, Replaces It With Guidance

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 3/22/2022

Virginia has repealed its first-in-the-nation standard on COVID-19 in the workplace. On July 15, 2020, the Virginia Safety and Health Codes Board (which included author Courtney Malveaux) made Virginia the first state in...more

COVID-19: US OSHA Issues Much-Anticipated COVID-19 Vaccine Emergency Temporary Standard for Private Employers

BCLP on 11/5/2021

Nearly two months after President Biden announced that a federal emergency temporary standard (“ETS”) regarding a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private employers would be forthcoming, the Occupational Safety and Health...more

OSHA Releases COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Rule for Private-Sector Workers

Amundsen Davis LLC on 11/5/2021

The United States Department of Labor released a long-awaited Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) for private employers with over 100 employees. The 490 page interim final rule answers a number of questions employers have...more

#WorkforceWednesday: OSHA Updates COVID-19 Guidance, NLRB GC’s Priorities, Biometrics at Work - Employment Law This Week®

Epstein Becker & Green on 8/25/2021

This week, we look at new federal guidance recommending all employees wear masks in the workplace and unique vaccination considerations for unionized workplaces. OSHA Updates COVID-19 Mask, Vaccination Guidance (see attached...more

10 Considerations for Employers Contemplating Mandatory Vaccination Policies

Bailey & Glasser, LLP on 8/17/2021

If you’re an employer contemplating implementing a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy for your workforce, you aren’t alone. With COVID-19 cases surging around the country and leading to new Centers for Disease Control and...more

Compliance Guidance For Healthcare: OSHA Directive For COVID-19 ETS

Husch Blackwell LLP on 7/27/2021

On June 28, 2021, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) issued a new directive that establishes a change in its inspection and enforcement procedures to facilitate the uniform enforcement of OSHA’s...more

OSHA Issues New Guidance Applicable To All Employers Not Covered By The ETS

Husch Blackwell LLP on 6/29/2021

On June 9, 2021, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) issued a new COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) with the scope of the ETS limited to certain workplace settings that are defined as healthcare...more

OSHA’s COVID-19 Requirements for Healthcare Employers Take Effect

McDermott Will & Emery on 6/23/2021

On June 21, 2021, the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) long-anticipated Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) for COVID-19 requirements in the healthcare industry went into effect. Most of the...more

OSHA Issues COVID-19 Rules For Health Care Employers

Fox Rothschild LLP on 6/14/2021

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued its interim final rule on June 10, 2021, addressing occupational exposure to COVID-19 in health care settings (“the rule”). The rule, which exceeds 900 pages...more

In The Absence Of Any Grave Danger, OSHA Still Issues A COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard But Limits Its Coverage To...

Cozen O'Connor on 6/14/2021

On May 26, 2021, we told our readers that we thought that although an “emergency” no longer existed about OSHA’s need to regulate employers’ handling of the COVID-19 virus. OSHA would nonetheless still issue an emergency...more

OSHA Issues Its Emergency COVID-19 Standard

Amundsen Davis LLC on 6/11/2021

On June 10th, OSHA issued its long-promised COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). Surprisingly, the ETS relates only to the healthcare industry, but updated guidance has been issued for all industries, as outlined...more

OSHA Issues Enforcement Guidance For Electronic Recordkeeping Rule And Promises Aggressive Enforcement

Cozen O'Connor on 6/4/2021

As discussed in a previous blog, covered employers were required to electronically submit 300A data for the calendar year 2020 between January 2, 2021, through March 2, 2021. In a recent standard interpretation dated May 6,...more

Beltway Buzz - May 2021 #4

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/1/2021

EEOC Releases Vaccine Guidance. On May 28, 2021, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued much-needed guidance regarding COVID-19 vaccinations and the workplace. According to the guidance...more

New OSHA Guidance for Recording Obligations When Mandating Vaccination

Holland & Knight LLP on 5/11/2021

This is an update to Holland & Knight's previous blog, "Employers May Encourage Employees to Receive COVID-19 Vaccine, But Requiring it Raises Issues," April 26, 2021. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)...more

OSHA Update: Recording Vaccine Reactions At Worksites And COVID-19 ETS Budget Draft

Husch Blackwell LLP on 4/28/2021

On April 20, 2021, the Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued guidance related to adverse reactions after receiving a COVID-19 vaccination. According to the guidance, an adverse...more

Workers’ COVID-19 Vaccine Reactions Might Be Recordable on Your OSHA 300 Logs

Fisher Phillips on 4/26/2021

If an employee has a reaction to the COVID-19 vaccine, do you need to record that illness on your 300 log? The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently provided guidance on this issue, one that many...more

Adverse Vaccine Reaction: An OSHA Recordable Event Or Not?

Cozen O'Connor on 4/26/2021

As more businesses reopen without restrictions and increased availability of vaccine supplies, many employers contemplate a mandatory vaccine policy. The decision turns on individualized facts to each organization, such as...more

New OSHA Guidance Calls For Recordkeeping If COVID-19 Vaccines Are Mandatory

Fox Rothschild LLP on 4/23/2021

In a February 2021 alert, we addressed many of the employment issues surrounding COVID-19 vaccines, including when it may be permissible to require the vaccine, the duty to allow for exceptions to such a rule and...more

OSHA’s New Guidance on Recordability of COVID-19 Vaccine Reactions

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 4/22/2021

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has answered a question that has been troubling employers since the pace of vaccinations started to accelerate: when must an employer record an adverse reaction to...more

OSHA Issues Revised COVID-19 Workplace Safety Guidance

WilmerHale on 2/3/2021

On January 29, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued updated guidance aimed at helping employers implement COVID-19 Prevention Programs to better identify workplace risks that could lead to...more

COVID-19 Employment Law Update: EEOC and Cal/OSHA Developments

Fenwick & West LLP on 12/28/2020

The rollout of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines in the United States has triggered extensive discussion around the law concerning mandatory vaccine policies in the workplace. This discussion will almost certainly evolve over...more

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