Wage and Hour, OSHA, Workplace Hazards

From the Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre to Modern Workplace Safety: Protecting Your Team

Cozen O'Connor on 2/14/2025

Besides sending flowers or a card to your sweetheart on Valentine’s Day, we like to remind our employer clients that a good way to show some love to your employees is by taking steps to protect them from workplace violence....more

Fiery Debates: Current Challenges in the Modern Workplace

Ward and Smith, P.A. on 11/1/2024

Budgets and Elections - The state budget for Fiscal Year 2025-26 is likely to be another record-breaker, advised Whitney Campbell Christensen, a government relations attorney who served as president of the North Carolina...more

Cal/OSHA’s ETS Under Scrutiny: California Judge Hears Oral Argument to Enjoin Enforcement

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 2/3/2021

Following the implementation of the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health’s (Cal/OSHA) COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS) on November 30, 2020, several employers and trade associations filed a...more

Comprehensive FAQs For Employers On Hurricanes And Other Workplace Disasters

Fisher Phillips on 8/21/2020

This article addresses many employment-related issues facing employers in the wake of hurricane-related disasters; consequently, in addition to federal laws, we also focus on certain state laws, especially those in the areas...more

Business Owners – Planning Can Help Prevent Employer Liability During Civil Unrest

Weintraub Tobin on 6/5/2020

My colleague Brendan Begley blogged last week about the risks employers face due to the threat of COVID-19 in the workplace. As he noted, employees have the right to expect employers to follow city, county, and state orders...more

Temporary Workers—An OSHA Perspective

Foley & Lardner LLP on 2/15/2019

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has previously stated that temporary workers are at an “increased risk of work-related injury and illness.” Among other reasons, OSHA has expressed concerns that...more

Updates on Harassment Charges, Overtime Rule, and Drug Testing

Holland & Hart - Employers' Lawyers on 11/1/2018

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released preliminary data earlier this month for fiscal year (FY) 2018. Its data shows: The EEOC filed 66 harassment lawsuits, including 41 that included allegations of...more

The Rain Is Coming: Disaster Preparedness, Recovery, and Employee Safety During Hurricane Season

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 9/11/2018

Seyfarth Synopsis: With Hurricane Florence bearing down on the East Coast, employers are looking at potentially huge liabilities, including employee injuries and fatalities, not to mention facility damage and rebuilding....more

Will “Host Employers” Face Increased Scrutiny from OSHA? Recent NLRB ruling may expand OSHA’s focus on host employers.

Adams and Reese LLP on 9/10/2015

For the past several years, the U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA has put in place initiatives, formal and informal, relative to temporary employees in the workplace. The upshot of those initiatives is that OSHA cited both the...more

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