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
A recent $2.75 million settlement by Robins Kaplan LLP has drawn attention to a troubling case of deliberate indifference to medical needs at Anoka County Jail (the “Jail”). Deyonta Green, who struggled with addiction issues,...more
Idaho’s new crisis hold statute takes effect October 1, 2024, and allows hospitals to temporarily detain “persons with a neurocognitive disorder who are in acute crisis due to an unidentified underlying medical condition [so...more
Schwabe’s recently published report, “State of Healthcare in the Pacific Northwest,” offers reason for optimism. It notes that over 40% of the healthcare workers in Oregon and Washington who responded to the firm’s survey...more
Dr. Vivek Murthy, the U.S. Surgeon General, recently issued an advisory regarding the current health worker burnout crisis, which has resulted in a significant number of resignations and staffing shortages. The advisory...more
As directed by President Biden in September, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its interim final rule on November 4, 2021 mandating COVID-19 vaccines for a broad group of health care workers....more
The worst public health crisis in a century has brought with it some swiftly changing coronavirus health measures, and many by now are reacting with weary exasperation, asking: “Why can’t doctors get it straight? Why do they...more
On Monday, July 26, 2021, a group of nearly 60 major medical organizations, including the American Medical Association, American Nursing Association, American Pharmacists Association, American College of Physicians, American...more
On July 26, 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced that California state workers, workers in health care, and workers in high-risk congregate setting will be required to provide proof of Covid-19 vaccination or...more
On June 22, 2021, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed legislation (S.1168-A / A.108-B) requiring the establishment of clinical staffing committees in general hospitals. The staffing committees will be composed of registered...more
OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard imposes new COVID-19 requirements on healthcare providers. Employers must comply with most provisions by July 6, 2021....more
Michigan returned to full capacity, lifting pandemic gathering restrictions and the state’s face mask orders, as the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) rescinded the existing COVID-19 Emergency...more
On June 10, 2021, OSHA released a revised version of its Protecting Workers: Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace (“Workplace Guidance”). This Guidance was issued simultaneously with...more
On June 21, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) adopted its COVID19 Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). Employers providing health care services will be required to comply with new...more
Last week the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued its long-expected new rules relating to COVID-19 in the workplace. Although some welcomed formal rules on COVID-19, many were surprised to see the...more
On June 10, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) released its long-awaited COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) (the final prepublication version that is set to become effective upon...more
* The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has disseminated an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) designed to impact and protect healthcare workers most likely to have contact with someone infected with the...more
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) has finally released its much- anticipated federal COVID-19 safety regulation for employers of healthcare workers (the unofficial version is available here). The...more
On June 10, 2021, OSHA issued updated COVID-19 guidance for all employers, along with its much awaited emergency temporary standard focused on health care workers. Importantly, OSHA continued in the footsteps of the CDC in...more
OSHA has issued a 916-page COVID-19 Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) setting forth a myriad of requirements for covered healthcare entities, including implementation of a comprehensive COVID-19 plan identifying...more
At long last, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued its Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS), after the Office of Management and Budget concluded stakeholder meetings on Wednesday, June 9. ...more
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued important updates to its COVID-19 guidance for employers on June 10. To start, the long-awaited COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) is effective...more
In response to President Biden’s Executive Order issued on January 21, 2021, directing the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to take action to reduce the risk that workers may contract COVID-19 in the...more
On June 10, 2021, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released the first nationwide emergency workplace safety rule per President Joe Biden’s January executive order directing the agency to pursue an...more
OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard imposes new COVID-19 requirements on healthcare providers, most of which go into effect 14 days after publication in the Federal Register....more
On June 10, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released its long-awaited COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS), establishing new mandatory requirements generally...more