On April 1, 2024, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) published its long-awaited Final Rule (the “Final Walkaround Rule”), which amends 29 C.F.R. 1903.8(c) – the agency’s regulation that...more
UPDATE: On December 17, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued an Opinion lifting the Fifth Circuit’s stay of OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”)....more
Updated January 18, 2021
UPDATE: On December 17, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued an Opinion lifting the Fifth Circuit’s stay of OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency...more
The day after President Joe Biden was inaugurated in January 2021, he issued an Executive Order on Protecting Worker Health and Safety, which directed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to consider...more
On March 12, 2021, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) took two major steps in the COVID-19 battle: it enacted a COVID-19 National Emphasis Program (NEP) and an Updated Interim Enforcement Response Plan...more