Employer Liability Issues, Commercial Truck Drivers, Workplace Safety

Beltway Buzz - August 2025 #3

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/2/2025

The Beltway Buzz™ is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business....more

OSHA Issues Guidance for Employers in Package Delivery Industry

Littler on 4/13/2020

On April 13, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued guidance to employers in the package delivery industry intended to assist them in reducing the risk of their...more

Bureau of Labor Statistics Releases Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries Report

Littler on 1/21/2020

On December 17, 2019, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries Report for 2018....more

Drive Much? NIOSH Focus On Workplace Safety For Employees Who Drive For Their Job

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 4/9/2018

Seyfarth Synopsis: The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recently released its results from a study conducted in 2016 and 2017 that looked at safety programs developed to prevent motor vehicle...more

DOT Notice Provides Guidance on How the Use of Medical Marijuana Will Affect Drug Testing Results

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 12/20/2017

Typically, a drug test cannot be certified as positive until a Medical Review Officer (“MRO”) verifies the result. For drivers subject to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Act, Department of Transportation Regulations state...more

Update – the RSRT's 2016 Order

K&L Gates LLP on 3/17/2016

Delayed start? Yesterday, the Full Bench of the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal (RSRT) heard from various applicants who had applied for variations to and a stay of the Contractor Driver Minimum Payments and Road Safety...more