Federal workplace safety officials are once again proposing amendments to occupational injury and illness recordkeeping rules that would require certain employers to electronically submit injury and illness information to...more
Welcome to FP Snapshot on Manufacturing Industry, where we take a quick snapshot look at the most significant workplace law developments over the past month with an emphasis on how they impact manufacturers. This snapshot is...more
A great number employers have an important deadline approaching: many are required to electronically submit their annual summary of all recordable work-related injuries and illnesses – also known as the Form 300A summary – by...more
Welcome to FP Snapshot on Manufacturing Industry, where we take a quick snapshot look at the most significant workplace law developments over the past month with an emphasis on how they impact manufacturers.
OSHA Penalties...more
2/22/2022
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Bonuses ,
Citations ,
Class Action ,
Collective Actions ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Employee Commissions ,
Employee Retention ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Federal Contractors ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Incentives ,
Independent Contractors ,
Manufacturers ,
Manufacturing Facilities ,
Minors ,
Misclassification ,
OSHA ,
Over-Time ,
Protected Concerted Activity ,
Remote Working ,
Safety Inspections ,
Subcontractors ,
Vaccinations ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Safety
The U.S. Department of Labor has just published its yearly increases to the maximum civil penalties that may be assessed via citations against employers by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) as a result...more
Businesses in Georgia now have another year of protection from civil lawsuits arising out of alleged COVID-19 exposure, transmission, infection, or potential exposure. The Georgia COVID-19 Pandemic Business Safety Act...more
Some Georgia businesses might believe that Governor Brian Kemp’s April 30 Executive Order that further eliminates many of the COVID-19 safety requirements that were present in past executive orders – including removing the...more
5/4/2021
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Executive Orders ,
Governor Kemp ,
Health and Safety ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Masks ,
OSHA ,
Personal Protective Equipment ,
Public Health ,
Workplace Safety
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp issued an March 12 Executive Order — effective through March 31 — that eliminates many of the requirements for businesses that were present in past executive orders but keeps in place an assortment...more
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) conducts workplace safety inspections and issues citations, and, as previously discussed, all penalties assessed after January 15 include increased amounts – with...more
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently released a new Instruction implementing a new Site-Specific Targeting inspection plan for non-construction worksites. What do employers need to know about this...more
President Joe Biden has signed several Executive Orders in the first two days of his presidency, and one is an Executive Order on Protecting Worker Health and Safety that directs the Occupational Safety and Health...more
1/25/2021
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Executive Orders ,
Health and Safety ,
Infectious Diseases ,
OSHA ,
Safety Inspections ,
Workplace Safety
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp issued a December 30 Executive Order — effective through January 15 — that reduces the coronavirus quarantine period for those exposed to the COVID-19 virus to either seven or ten days for most...more
As Georgia faces a resurgence of COVID-19 cases and the possibility of stricter mitigation measures, employers should know what the lastest City of Atlanta mask order requires and how failure to comply will affect their...more
11/3/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Executive Orders ,
Health and Safety ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Masks ,
Opt-Outs ,
Personal Protective Equipment ,
Posting Requirements ,
Public Health ,
Workplace Safety
As the U.S. faces what looks like a resurgence of COVID-19 cases and the possibility of more state and local shelter-in-place orders, employers who have been operating during the pandemic should know what the federal...more
Businesses in Georgia now have protection from civil lawsuits arising out of alleged COVID-19 exposure, transmission, infection or potential exposure. The Georgia COVID-19 Pandemic Business Safety Act (GCPBSA), which is now...more
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms just issued an executive order requiring persons within the City of Atlanta to wear face masks in many circumstances. This July 8 order appears to conflict with Governor Kemp’s latest June...more
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has just published a series of frequently asked questions and answers regarding the use of cloth face coverings, surgical masks, and...more
As expected, Governor Brian Kemp issued a detailed executive order to begin to re-open businesses throughout the state in the hopes that the worst of the COVID-19 crisis has passed.
[Ed. Note: The initial guidelines and...more
Governor Brian Kemp just issued another executive order that reopens most businesses specifically closed under the statewide April 2 order. What do employers need to know about this order, and what should you do to prepare...more
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) just issued interim enforcement guidance regarding respiratory protection, relaxing its standard in light of the nationwide shortage of N95 masks during the COVID-19...more
4/10/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Health and Safety ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Interim Guidance ,
New Guidance ,
OSHA ,
Personal Protective Equipment ,
Public Health ,
Workplace Safety
UPDATED February 3, 2020. As we stated in our January 27th Alert, employers must continue monitoring and responding to developments and acting accordingly to protect their employees, assets, and brand. The general approach...more
OSHA announced yesterday that registration is open for an upcoming open informal public meeting to discuss proposals in preparation for the 38th session of the United Nations Sub-Committee of Experts on the Globally...more
OSHA just finalized the proposed rule on occupational exposure to beryllium and beryllium compounds in construction and shipyards by declining to adopt the previously proposed revocation of the ancillary provisions in the...more
10/14/2019
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Construction Industry ,
Construction Workers ,
Delays ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Final Rules ,
Health and Safety ,
Occupational Exposure ,
OSHA ,
Shipyard Industry ,
Workplace Safety
Registration is open for an upcoming OSHA meeting on the benefits of using leading indicators in addition to lagging indicators for the tracking of workplace injuries. The agency notes that while many employers track their...more
A federal judge recently dismissed a lawsuit alleging that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration wrongfully delayed the compliance deadline for its own recordkeeping reporting regulation. The court said that the...more