Compliance and Psychological Safety
The Burr Broadcast: OSHA Clarifies Work-Relatedness of Employee Injuries While Traveling
The Burr Broadcast: OSHA Heat Illness & Injury Prevention Standards
California Employment News: Summer is Coming – is Your Worksite Ready for the Heat? (ARCHIVE)
#WorkforceWednesday: Union Reps at OSHA Inspections, New COVID-19 Guidance, and Minimum Wage Updates - Employment Law This Week®
What's the Tea in L&E? Is Your Workplace "Toxic?" Best Practices for Psychological Safety
Navigating the Storm: Crisis Management in the Workplace — Hiring to Firing Podcast
The Risk Roundtable: Best Practices for Litigation to Help After an Accident
#WorkforceWednesday: What the End of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Means for Employers - Employment Law This Week®
Taking the Pulse: A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast - Ep. 111 with Will Britt, Chief Counsel for Public Health, SC DHEC
Podcast: Is the Dietary Supplement Regulatory Framework Working? - Diagnosing Health Care
#WorkforceWednesday: Biden Touts Employer-Mandated Vaccines, Booster Shot Questions, and EEO-1 Deadline Delayed
Employment Law Now V-100 - The Latest on Vaccine Policies and Bellwether States
#WorkforceWednesday: OSHA Updates COVID-19 Guidance, NLRB GC’s Priorities, Biometrics at Work - Employment Law This Week®
#WorkforceWednesday: Vaccine Mandates, Mandate Bans, Wage and Hour Nomination Stalls - Employment Law This Week®
Where are We Now? The Evolution of Workplace COVID-19 Vaccination Guidance
Law Firm ILN-telligence Podcast | Episode 34: Gil Rosen | Joseph Shem Tov & Co. | Israel
#WorkforceWednesday: COVID-19 Restrictions Tighten, NYC Fair Chance Act, Biden's Budget - Employment Law This Week®
Employer Vaccine Mandates
On May 20, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a press release updating the Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s (OSHA) Site-Specific Targeting (SST) inspection program focusing on workplaces with the highest...more
On December 12, 2024, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a final rule updating its personal protective equipment (PPE) standard for construction workers. The new rule explicitly requires that...more
For the first time since 2021, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued new guidance relaxing the quarantine requirements for COVID-19. The new guidance is the result of fewer COVID-related deaths and...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: This week, OSHA is promoting safe workplaces for young adults and working teenagers....more
As we head into the New Year, it is a good time for businesses to review OSHA’s cold stress guidance (link below). OSHA reminds employers that monitoring the wind chill temperature and workers’ physical condition while...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: OSHA has recently highlighted tractor operator safety by increasing use of rollbars or cage frames....more
On July 20, 2023, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a notice of proposed rulemaking to clarify the personal protective equipment (PPE) standard for the construction industry....more
NOTE: Given the reduction in activity on this topic, THIS POST WILL NO LONGER BE UPDATED, as of October 7, 2022. ******************************************************** As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds, government...more
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) announced on June 30, 2022, that it was extending “until further notice” its revised COVID-19 National Emphasis Program (“NEP”), which had been set to expire on July...more
Governors and public health officials across the country implemented stringent mitigation measures to help contain the spread of COVID-19. As COVID-19 case rates fluctuate, face coverings remain popular as a preventative...more
On June 21, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued an emergency temporary standard (ETS) that was designed to protect health care workers from exposure to COVID-19 in settings where people with...more
On February 25, 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revised its face masking guidance (once again). Regardless of vaccination status, individuals are now advised to refer to the CDC’s COVID-19...more
While available vaccines have proven highly effective in controlling COVID-19 and its variants to date, the virus continues to spread, particularly among unvaccinated populations. In the face of flagging interest, officials...more
In response to the ongoing Omicron wave of COVID-19 cases, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention just updated its guidance to reduce, in most instances, both the length of time an individual must isolate after...more
On September 9, 2021, President Biden announced major actions intended to combat the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic called the Path Out of the Pandemic that will have a significant impact on employers across the country. ...more
On September 9, 2021, the Biden Administration announced that the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is developing an Emergency Temporary Standard that will require all employers with...more
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) latest update to its Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace arrived on August 13, 2021. Quarles & Brady previously reported on...more
This week, we look at new federal guidance recommending all employees wear masks in the workplace and unique vaccination considerations for unionized workplaces. OSHA Updates COVID-19 Mask, Vaccination Guidance (see attached...more
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has recommended employers either require vaccination or regular COVID testing, in addition to mask wearing and physical distancing in updated guidance issued on August...more
On August 13, 2021, OSHA issued updated guidance to better align with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s July 27, 2021 recommendations, given the rising cases of the COVID-19 Delta variant. The guidance’s...more
In response to the surge of delta variant cases across the country, federal workplace safety officials just issued updated guidance to help employers and workers identify current COVID-19 risks for unvaccinated or otherwise...more
On August 13, 2021, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published its updated COVID-19 guidance to account for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) July 27, 2021, guideline...more