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Changes to Alberta’s Occupational Health and Safety Code Take Effect March 31, 2025

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In December 2024, Ministerial Order 2024-12 introduced important amendments to Alberta's Occupational Health and Safety Code (the "Code"), expanding and streamlining workplace violence and harassment prevention requirements....more

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Cal/OSHA Approves Final Respirable Crystalline Silica Regulation, While Other Potential Limits on Engineered Stone Remain Under...

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On December 19, 2024, the Cal/OSHA Standards Board unanimously approved a proposal to make permanent amendments to its regulation regarding occupational exposures to respirable crystalline silica (RCS) in the general industry...more

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OSHA Proposes Changes to Align Hazard Communication Standard with GHS Revision 7

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On February 16, 2021, the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published in the Federal Register a notice of proposed rulemaking to update its Hazard Communication Standard (HCS)....more

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OSHA Issues Sobering Reminder to Employers About Reporting COVID-19 Related Fatalities and Hospitalizations

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As if employers aren’t already tested managing the challenges of the pandemic, on September 30, OSHA updated its COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions to remind employers about their duty to report and record COVID-19 related...more

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OSHA Issues Frequently Asked Questions Regarding COVID-19 Reporting Obligations

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On September 30, 2020, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released new Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) regarding an employer’s obligation to report to OSHA cases of work-related COVID-19.  The FAQs...more

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Rebuttable Presumption for COVID-19 Illnesses to Impact Employers Through 2022

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On September 17, 2020, Governor Newsom signed SB 1159 into law, expanding access to workers’ compensation and making it easier for first responders, health care workers, and other workers who test positive for COVID-19 due to...more

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California SB 1159 Codifies COVID-19 Workers' Compensation Presumption

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On September 17, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 1159, (SB 1159) which modifies and extends the Governor’s Executive Order N-62-20 creating a disputable workers’ compensation presumption...more

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New Mexico Implements Employer Reporting Rule for COVID-19 Cases

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In addition to other measures New Mexico is taking to try to control the coronavirus pandemic, effective August 5, 2020, the Occupational Health and Safety Bureau of the New Mexico Environment Department (NM OSHA) implemented...more

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Week in Review - What You Need to Know

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OSHA Now Requires Employers to Make Work Related Determinations in COVID-19 Cases - On May 19, 2020, OSHA issued a memorandum to its Regional Administrators and State Plan Designees. This new guidance went into effect...more

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COVID-19 Illnesses Now OSHA-Recordable Under Agency Shift

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued new guidance requiring all employers to evaluate confirmed cases of COVID-19 for work-relatedness and to record those cases that are determined to be...more

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OSHA Updates COVID-19 Guidance, Faces Lawsuit by AFL-CIO

As the country slowly begins the reopening process, OSHA has issued two new guidance documents—an Updated Interim Enforcement Response Plan for COVID-19 and Revised Enforcement Guidance for Recording Cases of COVID-19....more

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NDAttention – National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Adds Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Chemicals to TRI

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On December 20, 2019, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (NDAA) was signed into law, including provisions for adding certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to the EPA’s...more

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OSHA Tweets Out a Reminder – Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses Form 300A for Calendar Year 2019 are Due March 2

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Establishments with 250 or more employees that are currently required to keep OSHA injury and illness records, and establishments with 20-249 employees that are classified in specific industries with...more

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OSHA Form 300A reporting deadline approaching

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires most employers with 10 or more employees to track and report all work-related injuries and illnesses via Forms 300 (Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses)...more

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Changes to Cal/OSHA Reporting Requirements Go Into Effect January 1, 2020

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Effective January 1, 2020, Cal/OSHA is revising its injury reporting obligations to be more aligned with the injury reporting obligations under federal OSHA....more

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