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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 -

Sneak Peek: Top 10 Trends in Risk and Compliance 2025 – Rising Temperatures and Workplace Violence

NAVEX on 1/3/2025

As 2025 approaches, compliance and risk management professionals must stay vigilant amidst escalating workplace challenges. Among the Top 10 Trends in Risk and Compliance for the upcoming year, two critical issues – rising...more

Better Call Saul’s Bob Odenkirk Had a Heart Attack On Set. Are You Prepared for a Medical Emergency at Your Business?

FordHarrison on 8/11/2021

Updated: Aug 11, 2021 - Bob Odenkirk, one of my favorite actors who stars as morally challenged criminal defense attorney Saul Goodman on Better Call Saul, was rushed to the hospital last week after suffering a heart...more

New OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard Could Impact Health Care Employer Benefit Plans

Poyner Spruill LLP on 6/30/2021

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) on June 10, 2021. The ETS directs covered health care employers to devise a plan that minimizes their employees’ potential...more

OSHA Issues ‘Stronger’ Workplace Guidance on COVID-19

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 2/3/2021

On January 29, 2021, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published new guidance on mitigating and preventing the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace. In a press release announcing the new guidance,...more

Virginia Issues First COVID-19 OSHA Standard

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog on 7/25/2020

While Federal OSHA has issued numerous COVID-related guidance documents, it has declined to issue an enforceable COVID standard. Instead, OSHA continues to reference numerous other statutory and regulatory standards that...more

DOL Issues FAQs About Face Coverings, Surgical Masks, and Respirators in the Workplace

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/12/2020

Seyfarth Synopsis: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has released a series of frequently asked questions and answers regarding the use of masks in the workplace to assist the regulated community....more

NIOSH-Approved Masks Defined as Covered Countermeasures for Liability Immunity Under Amended PREP Act Declaration

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC on 4/17/2020

As concern about availability of personal protective equipment (“PPE”) continues to grow amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government continues to take action aimed at increasing the availability of PPE with important...more

Standards Governing Use of Face Masks in the Workplace

Perkins Coie on 4/14/2020

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today revisited its prior recommendations for the selection and use of personal protective equipment (PPE) to protect workers and the general public from COVID-19...more

COVID-19 in the Workplace - We May Not Be at Peak Yet, but the Lawsuits Are Already Coming

Foley & Lardner LLP on 4/14/2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has placed significant strains on virtually every aspect of life. While state and local governments have forced many businesses to suspend operations in an effort to mitigate the spread of the virus,...more

CDC Issues Interim Guidance for Critical Infrastructure Workers

Holland & Hart LLP on 4/13/2020

In an attempt to keep critical infrastructure from being crippled by worker shortages as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, the CDC issued new interim guidance on Wednesday, April 9, 2020, directed at workers in critical...more

FDA Update: Enforcement Policies for Gowns, Gloves, Sterilizers, Disinfectant Devices and Air Purifiers

McDermott Will & Emery on 4/10/2020

In response to growing medical product supply shortages and need for information, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently issued multiple enforcement policies to provide guidance to industry. Here, we focus on...more

OSHA Guidance Allows Alternatives in Light of N95 Shortage Due to Coronavirus

Foley & Lardner LLP on 4/9/2020

On April 3, 2020, OSHA issued enforcement guidance that temporarily permits the extended and re-use of respirators as well as other alternatives, and clarifies when respirators, including N95 masks, may continue to be used...more

The Transport of Coronavirus by Exhaled Breath and Possible Protection with Homemade Face Coverings

ArentFox Schiff on 4/9/2020

As recently as March 27, the WHO was stating on its website that there was insufficient evidence to suggest that the novel coronavirus was airborne except in a handful of medical cases, such as when intubating an infected...more

CDC Provides Recommendations for Respirators When N95 Respirators Are Not Available in COVID-19 Crisis

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 4/7/2020

To combat shortages of N95 respirators, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued and continues to update its Strategies for Optimizing the Supply of N95 Respirators. The CDC’s N95 Respirator Strategies provide...more

Still Need A plan? Here’s How To Create Your Company’s COVID-19 Response Plan.

Husch Blackwell LLP on 3/24/2020

No company and no industry is immune from COVID-19. The virus is everywhere. If you haven’t been shut down by government order, your challenge is to adopt a plan to keep the virus from spreading at your workplace and to...more

OSHA Offers Employers ‘Guidance On Preparing Workplaces For COVID-19’

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 3/19/2020

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) have issued guidance to help employers monitor and respond to the spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19). ...more

COVID-19 Guidance for Institutions of Higher Education

Holland & Knight LLP on 3/18/2020

The fluid and fast-changing impact of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) has left institutions of higher education (IHEs) scrambling to address unexpected legal issues. This guidance addresses some of their more frequently asked...more

OSHA Issues Coronavirus Guidance for Employers

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 3/17/2020

Coronavirus (COVID-19) has dramatically changed our daily lives, at least for now and the foreseeable future. What tomorrow (or the next hour) will bring is a bit uncertain. In an effort to assist employers faced with unique...more

Employment Implications of COVID-19

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP on 3/17/2020

As COVID-19 spreads across the United States, it is having a profound impact on employment relationships. With the situation changing daily, employers are making decisions that may impact the health of their employees, their...more

Businesses Still Have Legal Obligations to Protect Employees During COVID-19 Pandemic

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 3/17/2020

As of March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (“WHO”) officially declared the COVID-19 virus outbreak to be a global pandemic. On an hourly basis, we are watching both government agencies and corporations respond by...more

OSHA Recording and Reporting of Cases of COVID-19

Littler on 3/17/2020

As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to increase within the United States, many employers are now asking whether they must record cases of COVID-19 on their Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 300 Logs...more

Beyond Hand Washing: What Employers Should be Doing Now in Response to COVID-19

Pierce Atwood LLP on 3/16/2020

Most of us have never seen anything like this! As we have watched COVID-19 spread, many clients have contacted us asking what they can do now to help stop the spread, what they should tell their employees, how they should...more

Coronavirus/COVID-19: Considerations for the Hospitality Industry

Holland & Knight LLP on 3/12/2020

COVID-2019 is a new strain of coronavirus that emerged in central China at the end of 2019 and continues to spread around the globe. The COVID-2019 outbreak has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO)...more

Client Alert: Coronavirus FAQs for Employers

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP on 3/12/2020

I. Employment - 1. Can we send sick employees’ home from work? - Yes, you may send sick employees home, provided you do so in a non-discriminatory manner. - Coronavirus guidance from Centers for Disease Control and...more

Client Alert: Employer Considerations for Preparing the Workplace for COVID-19

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP on 3/12/2020

On March 9, 2020, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued its "Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19" to instruct employers how best to reduce their employees' risk of exposure to COVID-19 and...more

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