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Employment Law Bills Await Governor Newsom’s Signature Or Veto

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It is that time of year again, when California Governor Gavin Newsom considers a number of bills that need to be signed by September 30, 2024, in order to take effect. Several of those bills would impact California employers,...more

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New Guidance Shows OSHA May Target Stretching Programs Often Used to Prevent Musculoskeletal Disorders

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently released enforcement guidance to its inspectors to determine when Active Release Techniques and stretching for employees, which are often used to prevent or...more

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No April Foolin’ – OSHA Updates its Worker Walkaround Representative Regulation

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On April 1, 2024, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published its final rule clarifying that employees may designate a non-employee third party as their representative during an OSHA inspection. ...more

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OSHA's New Reporting Requirement Goes Into Effect in 2024

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Executive Summary: Beginning in January 2024, employers in certain high-hazard industries will be required to submit detailed information regarding recordable workplace injuries and illnesses using OSHA’s new filing system...more

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Safety Issues in the Spotlight: Recent Updates from OSHA

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is proposing a number of new rules that all employers need to track and to be prepared to respond. Here is an update on four significant topics making their way through...more

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OSHA—Critical Updates for 2023 & 2024

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OSHA has been particularly busy and aggressive lately, making good on Biden Administration promises and talking points—hiring more inspectors, appointing new administrators, conducting more inspections, aggressively issuing...more

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OSHA Says Workplace Violence Injuries are Work-Related, Even When Sustained Outside the Workplace

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Seyfarth Synopsis: To increase enforcement concerning workplace violence incidents, OSHA published a Standard Interpretation Letter concluding injuries resulting from workplace violence are recordable, even if the incident...more

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OSHA to Require Employers to Submit Injury and Illness Forms Online

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has released a final rule to restore and expand Obama-era requirements for employers in dozens of designated industries that have worksites with at least 100 employees...more

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“Try, Try Again” – OSHA Introduces Yet Another Electronic Data Reporting Rule, But Still May Not Have Found Success

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​"Oops, [it] did it again." Analogous to Ms. Spears's lyric, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) once again causes a reset across multiple industries with its third iteration of an electronic data...more

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OSHA Announces Expanded Electronic Injury and Illness Reporting Requirements

On Monday, July 17, 2023, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced a long-anticipated update to its rule requiring electronic submission of injury and illness data. The updated rule goes into effect...more

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OSHA Launches Nationwide Program Focusing on Workplace Falls

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On May 1, 2023, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced a new National Emphasis Program (NEP) to prevent and reduce workplace falls.  For the last 12 years, 29 CFR 1926.501 (Duty to Have Fall...more

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OSHA Alert: Time to Post Annual Form 300A Summary of Injuries and Illnesses; Penalties Jump More Than 7.7 Percent

This year, as has been the case the past six years, January brings two items from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) that almost all employers will want to keep in mind. One is an adjustment to the...more

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New York State Poised to Significantly Increase Fines for Workplace Injuries and Deaths

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On December 12, 2022, the New York State Legislature passed a workplace safety bill known as “Carlos’ Law.” This bill, originally introduced in 2017 and named for an individual who died on a construction worksite in 2015,...more

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OSHA to Require More Contractors to Report Injuries and Illnesses Online

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has published a proposed rule to restore and expand Obama-era requirements for high-hazard employers with at least 100 employees to submit their injury and illness...more

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Texas Supreme Court Compels Arbitration after Nine Years: Why Employers Should be Cautious in Placement of Mandatory Arbitration...

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Executive Summary: In a recent case, the Texas Supreme Court upheld the validity of an arbitration clause in a case that had been in litigation for over nine years without the claim ever being heard. See In re Whataburger...more

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Nevada High Court Rules Recreational Marijuana Is Not ‘Lawful Off-Duty Conduct’

​​​​​​​In a decision issued on August 11, 2022, the Nevada Supreme Court declined to recognize recreational marijuana use as a “lawful” activity for purposes of the state’s law providing employment protections for “lawful...more

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The Top 18 Workplace Law Stories from March 2022

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

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OSHA Issues Proposed Rule on Improved Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses

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Under current OSHA regulations, establishments with 250 or more employees in industries that are required to keep their OSHA injury and illness records must submit information from the Form 300A Injury and Illness Log...more

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California Court Ruling Opens Door to COVID-19 Claims by Non-Employees Catching Virus from Workers

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A common question posed during the pandemic has been whether employers can face liability for COVID-19 infections originating in the workplace. As to employees who contract COVID-19, the answer has been that an employee’s...more

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Reverse Course! OSHA Again to Require Employers to Electronically Submit OSHA 300 Logs and 301 Reports

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Seyfarth Synopsis: OSHA intends to restore an Obama-era requirement that employers submit OSHA 300 logs and OSHA 301 reports electronically, ostensibly to improve the Agency’s data and to potentially target employers with...more

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[Webinar] Getting Down to Brass Tacks | Informative Product Liability and Manufacturing Updates - October 12th, 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm...

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Regulatory challenges and legal threats facing product manufacturers change at rapid pace, and this is especially true in a post COVID-19 world. Join Bricker attorneys and distinguished experts as we cover a myriad of...more

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Federal Court Concludes That Security Officers Union Lacks Standing To Sue On Behalf Of Its Members For COVID-19-Related Workplace...

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On August 30, 2021, in Massone, et al. v. Washington, No. 20-CV-7906, 2021 WL 3863081(S.D.N.Y. Aug. 30, 2021), the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed a lawsuit brought by...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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Increasing Exposure for Insurers and Employers as Courts Strike Workers’ Comp Bar to BIPA Claims

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Litigation under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) has expanded tenfold. Although the statute was enacted 12 years ago, litigation under its private cause of action has spiked in more recent years partly...more

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Judge Rules OSHA Can Release Employer Injury Records

On June 4, 2020, Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled in The Center for Investigative Reporting v. Department of Labor that employers’ injury and illness...more

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