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Trump Nominates David Keeling to Lead OSHA: 7 Things Employers Need to Know

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is about to get a new leader. President Donald Trump has nominated David Keeling, a workplace safety veteran with experience at UPS and Amazon, to take the lead at the...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

 That’s It, Folks! Cal/OSHA’s COVID Rule Has (Mostly) Expired

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As of February 3, 2025, California’s COVID-19-specific workplace regulations will expire, though employers must still track COVID-19 cases until February 3, 2026. Cal/OSHA can enforce COVID-19 as a workplace hazard under the...more

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What Cal/OSHA’s “Permanent” COVID Standards Mean for Employers

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Effective Feb. 3, 2023, California has implemented new, “permanent,” COVID-19 standards. The new regulations were adopted by Cal/OSHA on Dec. 15, 2022, but only became effective upon the review and final approval by the...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Returned Provider Relief Funds for Failure to Report? You May Be Able to Get them Back

The Health Resources & Services Administration (“HRSA”) has allowed Provider Relief Fund (“Fund”) recipients who failed to timely report on use of Funds, but still retained them, to request to report late. We previously...more

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D.C. Court of Appeals Panel to Hear Argument for Reinstating Healthcare ETS

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On April 4, 2022, a merits panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments on a petition seeking to force OSHA to issue a permanent standard for healthcare occupational exposure to COVID-19 and to...more

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AB 654: Clarification of employers' notification, reporting requirements after COVID-19 exposure in the workplace

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Assembly Bill 654, which became effective October 5, 2021, makes notable revisions to an employer's COVID-19 exposure notification and reporting requirements. Last year's AB 685, which was effective January 1, 2021, provided...more

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Provider Relief Fund Reporting Guidance: HHS to Reopen Provider Relief Fund Period 1 Reporting Dec. 13–20

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HHS to Reopen Provider Relief Fund Period 1 Reporting Dec. 13-20 - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reporting portal includes a new statement appearing to give providers an additional week in...more

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Home-Office Pflicht Relaunch

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Das Gesetz zur Änderung des Infektionsschutzgesetzes und weiterer Gesetze (also das, was nach Vorstellung der angehenden Ampel-Koalition anstatt der Feststellung der epidemischen Lage nationaler Tragweite durch den Bundestag...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

OSHA to Large Employers – Your ‎Employees Must Get Vaccinated or Get ‎Tested and Mask Up

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Updated January 18, 2021 UPDATE: On December 17, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ‎issued an Opinion lifting the Fifth Circuit’s stay of OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing ‎Emergency...more

Smith Anderson

OSHA Issues its Vaccine Mandate

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") published a new Emergency Temporary Standard ("ETS") in the Federal Register today. This is the workplace vaccine mandate promised by President Biden on September...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

OSHA Issues Long-Awaited Emergency Temporary Standard for Employers

On November 4, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor (“OSHA”), issued its long-awaited Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”), applicable to employers with at least 100...more

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New Reporting, Notification, and Accommodation Requirements Issued for Washington Employers During the Pandemic

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Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed the Health Emergency Labor Standards Act (HELSA) on May 11, 2021. HELSA went into effect immediately and applies to workplaces only during a declared public health emergency involving an...more

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Health Care E-Note - July 2021

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Helpful Hints - HHS Releases Revised Reporting Requirements and Timeline for Provider Relief Fund Payments - On June 11, 2021, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released revised reporting requirements...more

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Hospitals Face Another Administrative Challenge: A New Obligation to Report and Track Employee Vaccination Rates

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In shrewd consideration of the healthcare industry’s unique acute care settings, states, localities, and individual hospitals across the nation have prioritized efforts to increase vaccination rates among healthcare workers....more

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OSHA Issues New Workplace Guidance In Response to Rising Numbers of COVID-19 Cases

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On August 13, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued updated guidance on mitigating and preventing the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace. OSHA’s latest guidance is...more

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7 Steps Your Business Must Take to Comply with San Francisco’s New High-Risk Environment Vaccine Mandate

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San Francisco Mayor London Breed just announced enhancements to the city’s Department of Public Health Order setting forth new vaccination requirements for high-contact indoor business such as gyms, restaurants, bars, and...more

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OSHA’s First Mandatory COVID-19 Workplace Safety Rule Outlines Safety Regulations for Healthcare Employees and Requires Employee...

On June 21, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) published its first mandatory COVID-19 workplace safety rule, which as discussed below, also includes a surprising paid leave component for...more

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HHS Announces CARES Provider Relief Fund Reporting Deadlines

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The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) released its highly anticipated Provider Relief Fund (PRF) reporting guidance on June 11, 2021, which outlines deadlines for providers to use the funding received and when...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

OSHA Announces COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard for Healthcare Industry

On January 21, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order on Protecting Worker Health and Safety. The order directed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to take action to reduce the risk that workers...more

Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson PLLC

Employment Law Alert: The New Health Emergency Labor Standards Act

On May 11, 2021, Governor Inslee signed into law the Health Emergency Labor Standards Act. The Act revises the state’s workers’ compensation and industrial health and safety statutes to provide new protections for high risk...more

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The 7 Main Takeaways for Healthcare Employers Now That OSHA Has Finally Unveiled Its Long-Awaited COVID-19 Emergency Temporary...

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Almost six months after President Joe Biden directed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to determine whether emergency temporary standards (ETS) concerning COVID-19 were necessary, OSHA finally issued the...more

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Washington State’s New Health Emergency Labor Standards Act

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Governor Jay Inslee recently signed the Health Emergency Labor Standards Act (HELSA or the Act), a sweeping worker protection bill recently passed by the state legislature. The Act amends the state’s worker’s compensation and...more

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Workplace Law Lowdown | Recording Adverse Employee Reactions to COVID-19 Vaccines

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) has issued guidance on when an employer must record an employee’s adverse COVID-19 vaccine reaction in its OSHA 300 Log....more

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To Record Vaccine Reactions Or Not - The Form 300 Question

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Do either Cal/OSHA or Fed/OSHA require employers to record instances of reactions to COVID-19 vaccines as a “workplace” injury or illness on the “Form 300”? ...more

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OSHA Adds a New Consideration for Employers Related to Adverse Reactions to Vaccines

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It is probably safe to say that as more businesses continue to reopen without restrictions and there is increased availability to vaccine supplies, many employers are considering whether they want to implement a mandatory...more

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