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[Webinar] 2024 Labor & Employment Law Virtual Update - September 18th, 8:30 am - 11:00 am ET

It has been a particularly busy year on the labor and employment law front. To learn more about the major challenges employers face and developments your organization needs to address before year's end, we encourage you to...more

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OSHA Provides Webinar and Instructional Materials to Instruct Employers On New Obligations in Using OSHA’s Injury Tracking...

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Seyfarth Synopsis: As a new update this year, certain employes are required to submit OSHA Form 300, 301 and 300A online.  OSHA recently offered a webinar on using it’s Injury Tracking Application (ITA) to submit this data....more

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OSHA’s New Electronic Recordkeeping Rule Takes Effect: 6 Major Takeaways + 3 Key Steps for Employers

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A long-anticipated workplace safety rule just took effect on January 1 prompting changes for certain employers that need to submit work-related injury and illness data. Specifically, the new recordkeeping rule updates the...more

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DOL Issues Final Rule Regarding Independent Contractor Classification

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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued its Final Rule regarding the test for independent contractor classification. The Final Rule, which becomes effective March 11, 2024, largely mirrors the DOL’s proposed rule announced...more

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Your Recordkeeping Data Is About to Steal the Spotlight–How to Prepare for OSHA’s Expanded E-Recordkeeping Rule

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On July 21, 2023, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a final rule in the Federal Register amending its regulation on Improved Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses. The final rule...more

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Workplace Law Update: 22 Essential Items on Your August To-Do List

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law, especially since the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace. In order to ensure you stay on top of the latest changes and have an action plan...more

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OFCCP Week In Review: July 2022 #4

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Cynthia L. Hackerott. In today’s edition,...more

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Labor Department Loosens Tip Pool Rules For Hospitality Employers

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The U.S. Department of Labor issued a long-awaited final rule right before Christmas addressing the issue of tipped employees. The final rule, released on December 22 but not effective until February 20, 2021, provides...more

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OSHA Reporting Freeze Continues As Court Dismisses Challenge

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A federal judge recently dismissed a lawsuit alleging that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration wrongfully delayed the compliance deadline for its own recordkeeping reporting regulation. The court said that the...more

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OSHA Issues Final Rule Affecting Employer Electronic Reporting Requirements

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On January 25, 2019, OSHA published a final rule amending its recordkeeping regulations related to electronic submission of employee injury information. The final rule eliminates the requirement for employers with 250 or more...more

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What’s Next Now that OSHA Rescinded Part of the Electronic Recordkeeping Requirements?

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As we reported earlier yesterday, OSHA released its Final Rule eliminating the responsibility of certain employers to electronically submit to OSHA data from its Form 300 Workplace Injury and Illness Log and the 300A forms...more

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Is OSHA Backtracking on the Anti-Retaliation Provisions in the Recordkeeping Regulation?

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) added an anti-retaliation provision to the recordkeeping regulation finalized in May 2016, and it seems as if the workplace safety and health community has not stopped...more

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OSHA Announces Two-Week Extension for Electronic Submission of Form 300A

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Employers subject to recordkeeping regulations should immediately begin preparing electronic submissions to comply with the December 15 deadline....more

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If Pain, Yes Gain—Part XL: Arizona Publishes Final Sick Leave Rules

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Seyfarth Synopsis: More than several months after the Arizona Fair Wages and Healthy Families Act went into effect, the state published its long-awaited paid sick time final rules. The final rules, among other things, explain...more

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Status of State Plan Implementation of OSHA’s E-Recordkeeping Data Submission Rule – Updated

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OSHA’s Final Rule to “Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses” (aka the E-Recordkeeping Rule) requires employers of certain sizes that fall into certain categories to proactively submit electronic injury and...more

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Lawsuits Challenging OSHA Rule Halted as OSHA Reconsiders Rule

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In May 2016, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) promulgated the Record Keeping Modernization Rule (the Rule) which required certain employers to submit injury and illness data electronically and...more

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OSHA Issues Final Rule Clarifying Ongoing Recordkeeping Obligations

OSHA is scheduled to publish a final rule January 19, 2017 in the Federal Register, clarifying an employer’s ongoing duty to correct records of injuries and illnesses. The rule, which modifies 29 CFR Part 1904, will become...more

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OSHA “Clarifies” Employers’ Injury and Illness Recordkeeping Obligations

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In the closing days of the Obama Administration, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a final rule that “clarifies” employers’ “continuing obligation” to make and maintain an accurate record of...more

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OSHA Announces Rule Clarifying Workplace Injury Reporting That Imposes Continuing Obligation' on Employers to Maintain Injury...

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On Dec. 16, 2016, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued the latest major record-keeping rule change that the agency had set its sights on during the final year of the Obama administration. Pursuant...more

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OSHA Issues Final Rule “Clarifying” The Ongoing Obligation To Make And Maintain Accurate Records Of Work-Related Injuries And...

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Seyfarth Synopsis: OSHA finalizes rule that “more clearly states employers’ obligations” to record an injury or illness which continues for the full five-year record-retention period. The Occupational Safety and Health...more

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BREAKING: OSHA Set to Publish Final Rule Clarifying Continuing Obligation to Record Injuries & Illnesses

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On December 16, 2016, OSHA announced that it will publish in the Federal Register a rule on Monday that clarifies that an employer’s duty to make and maintain accurate records of work-related injuries and illnesses is an...more

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OSHA’s New Anti-Retaliation Workplace Illness and Injury Reporting Rule: How Employers Can Prepare

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On November 28, 2016, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas denied a preliminary injunction that sought to block the nationwide implementation of the new Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s...more

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OSHA’s Regulation of Post-Accident Drug and Alcohol Testing to Become Effective, For Now

On November 28, 2016, a federal district court issued an order that allowed OSHA to move forward with implementation of its controversial standards related to mandatory post-accident drug testing programs and incident-based...more

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OSHA Anti-Retaliation Rule Will Take Effect December 1

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A federal judge on November 28 refused to block implementation of the anti-retaliation provisions of OSHA’s recordkeeping and reporting rule scheduled to take effect December 1, 2016. The business groups challenging the rule...more

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OSHA Delays Enforcement of Portions of New Recordkeeping Rules

In response to employer complaints and a new federal lawsuit, on July 13, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced a delay in enforcement of the non-retaliation portions of its new injury and...more

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