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New OSHA Whistleblower ‘Shaming’ Program Draws Fire

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has launched a pilot program in the Midwest region to shame employers who allegedly violate their employees’ whistleblower rights egregiously, but a critic contends the...more

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OSHA Rolls Out a New Severe Violators Enforcement Program, but for Whistleblower and Not Safety Violations.

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Even when I disagree with an OSHA safety initiative, I’ll concede that some good comes out of it, even if it is only to remind employers of the cost of neglecting safety. However, a Whistleblower Severe Violators Enforcement...more

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Some Agreement at the ABA OSHA Midwinter Meetings about Reporting Severe Injuries – and a Few Lessons and Changes

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It may be more entertaining to describe heated disagreement between employers, OSHA and unions, but areas of tacit agreement are more significant, at least when it comes to guaranteeing worker safety....more

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Startlingly Large Verdict Reminds Employers of the Perils of Workplace Safety Failings

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Never having to tell a wife or child that their loved one was killed at your worksite is reason enough to maintain a safe workplace, but businesspeople would be foolish not to also consider the legal costs of unsafe work...more

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OSHA Adds Employers in the Upstream Oil and Gas Drilling Industry to Its Severe Violator Enforcement Program

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On February 11, 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) announced revisions to its Severe Violator Enforcement Program (“SVEP”). Under SVEP, employers in designated...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Employer on OSHA Severe Violator List Fined $1.76 Million Over Widespread Employee Injuries

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration maintains a Severe Violator Enforcement Program (SVEP) that concentrates inspection and enforcement resources on employers alleged to have committed repeated or willful...more

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OSHA Enforcement Trends

At an American Bar Association meeting in March 2013, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health Richard Fairfax discussed recent statistics that continue to reflect OSHA’s enforcement efforts....more

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

Three-Year Waiting Period for SVEP Removal

In August 2012, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) issued a memorandum to all regional administrators within the agency setting out criteria for removing employers from the Severe Violator Enforcement...more

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