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Oppenheimer Investigations Group

The Investigative Interview: Best Practices When Interacting with Third Persons

An investigative interview is an opportunity for the investigator to gather relevant facts related to a concern in a workplace. The role of the investigator during an investigative interview is to hear the perspective of the...more

Venable LLP

The OSHA Inspector Is Here, and He’s Not Alone

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Fast forward: It’s June 1, 2024, and you’ve just received a call from one of your Safety Managers. He tells you that a Compliance Safety and Health Officer (CSHO) has arrived at the workplace and wants to conduct an...more

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Employment Law Update: Employees Can Now Have Representation During The Walk Around Portion Of OSHA Inspections

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On March 29, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a final Rule clarifying the rights of employees to have a representative attend inspections performed by...more

McAfee & Taft

Outsiders to be allowed in workplace for OSHA inspections

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When the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) decides to conduct an inspection of a workplace, the “walkaround rule” regulation currently permits employees to designate a representative to accompany the...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

OSHA Finalizes Rule to Allow Union Reps to Take Part in Inspections

Last Friday, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued final rules changing the way the agency conducts safety and health inspections. Under the current rule, employees are allowed to have a union...more

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After a Long Warm-Up, OSHA’s Proposed ‘Walkaround Rule’ Gets OIRA’s Final Approval to Run (in the Federal Register)

A yearslong saga seems to be coming to an end now that the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) has completed its review of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) “walkaround rule,” 29...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

OSHA Proposal Would Allow Union Reps and Others to Participate in Workplace Inspections

Last week, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued proposed regulations that would allow a wide range of third-party representatives to accompany OSHA investigators during workplace investigations....more

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Beltway Buzz - September 2023

DOL Proposes Changes to Overtime Regulations. On August 30, 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced that it would issue a notice of proposed rulemaking to amend the regulations implementing the overtime provisions...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

DOL Proposes Allowing Union Representatives, Others to Participate in OSHA Inspections: What It Means

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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to amend its regulations to allow employee-authorized third-party representatives to accompany Occupational Safety and Health Administration...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Someone’s Knocking: If It’s the Union, Don’t Let Them in

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The National Labor Relations Act protects employee solicitation of other employees and distribution of literature to form or join a union or to engage in other “concerted” activities. However, employers have the ability to...more

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