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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
Last month, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued updated guidance on penalty and debt collection procedures. According to OSHA, the policy revisions are intended to assist small businesses with...more
Expansion of Restrictions on Non-Compete Agreements for “Low-Wage” Employees - Virginia already prohibits employers from entering into, enforcing, or threatening to enforce non-compete agreements against “low-wage...more
Recent actions by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration may provide employers additional opportunities for penalty and enforcement relief. On July 14, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor updated OSHA penalty...more
On May 20, 2025, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) updated its Site-Specific Targeting (SST) inspection program. The SST inspection program is OSHA’s primary planned inspection initiative for...more
Oregon OSHA institutes program for comprehensive follow-up inspections based on an employer’s violation history, which necessitates employer care during inspections and negotiation of settlements....more
On May 28, 2025, the Ontario Government introduced the Working for Workers Seven Act, 2025 (Bill 30). If passed, Bill 30 will amend the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA), Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA), and...more
Four workers’ compensation decisions came down from the Appellate Division Thursday, May 29. It was a mixed bag: two good for defense, two not so much....more
Effective January 2025, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) hiked the maximum fines for workplace safety violations. As an example, the maximum fine for a “serious” violation is now $16,550 per violation,...more
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Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor published its listing of annual increases for 2025. Included in this list are higher penalties for OSHA workplace safety violations for employers. While these increases are in line with...more
As expected, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced its penalty increases, which became effective on January 15, 2025. The maximum penalties for serious and other-than-serious violations will...more
Employers will face higher penalties for workplace safety violations in 2025 now that the U.S. Department of Labor has just published its listing of annual increases. These yearly increases to OSHA’s maximum civil penalties...more
Just what does an OSHA citation have to include? Section 9(a) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act requires that citations “describe with particularity the nature of the violation, including a reference to the provision...more
Ohio employers have a duty to provide their employees with a workplace that is free from known dangers that could harm employees. Unfortunately, injuries can and do happen, even in safe workplaces....more
Standards Board Updates - While the latest Cal/OSHA Standards Board (the Board) meeting covered a wide range of topics, the upcoming vote on the controversial draft revised lead regulations was a main topic for both...more
Illinois employers who use staffing agencies should take note. The state’s Day and Temporary Labor Services Act (the “Act”), which was last revised by the General Assembly in 2017, was significantly amended this past...more
OSHA penalties increased for citations issued in 2024 Consistent with the 2015 Inflation Adjustment Act, which provides for the annual increase in penalties under the Occupational Safety and Health Act by the previous year’s...more
The California Legislature has enacted a first-of-its-kind workplace violence prevention law that applies across all industries and to nearly every employer with operations in California. On September 30, 2023, Governor Gavin...more
Oregon lawmakers just passed more stringent civil penalties and expanded the scope of workplace safety investigations – which means employers need to immediately acquaint themselves with these modifications and grasp the...more
When Fisher Phillips attorneys recently secured a key victory over a state OSHA plan that was improperly trying to create a quota system to encourage investigators to issue citations and assess penalties, it opened the door...more
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued a February 28th news release proposing penalties for Arizona Traders Co. (“ATC”). ATC is stated to operate an El Paso, Texas, jewelry metal-plating...more
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) increased the maximum penalty amount for serious and other-than-serious violations to $15,625 per violation effective January 15, 2023. Only eleven days later, OSHA...more
Through the first month of 2023, OSHA signaled to employers that enforcement is an agency priority and that it will use a full range of mechanisms to hold employers accountable for workplace health and safety violations....more
Seyfarth Synopsis: In an effort to significantly increase the number of citations and penalties it may issue during an inspection, OSHA has updated its enforcement procedures for inspections to permit citations for each...more