The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) successfully established the existence of an excessive heat hazard for which the agency cited the employer, the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC)...more
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has made clear that heat illness is a top priority, and the forthcoming heat exposure standard is certain to affect construction firms....more
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) recent Updated Interim Enforcement Response Plan for COVID-19 (Response Plan) was issued on the same day it announced its National Emphasis Program (NEP)...more
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued an Updated Interim Enforcement Response Plan for COVID-19 (Response Plan) to regional administrator and state plan designees on March 12, 2021. Although not...more
4/2/2021
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Employer Liability Issues ,
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General Duty Clause ,
Hospitals ,
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Workplace Safety
The country begins the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic with optimism because of three Emergency Use Authorization vaccines and President Joe Biden’s direction that all states make all adults eligible for vaccination by...more
3/24/2021
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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Caregivers ,
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) ,
General Duty Clause ,
GINA ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Layoffs ,
OSHA ,
Paid Sick Leave ,
Quarantine ,
Rehabilitation Act ,
Return-to-Work Agreements ,
Vaccinations ,
Workplace Safety
Criticizing the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) enforcement efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Labor Office of the Inspector General (OIG) pushes for a COVID-19, virus-specific...more
3/5/2021
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Emergency Management Plans ,
General Duty Clause ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Inspections ,
Inspector General ,
OSHA ,
Personal Protective Equipment ,
Restaurant Industry ,
Retailers ,
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Workplace Safety