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Health and Safety Rulemaking Process

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Loss of NIOSH Team May Jeopardize OSHA’s Effort to Create Heat Injury and Illness Prevention Standard

The hearing on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) proposed Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings Standard began on June 16, 2025. The hearing is the third step in what...more

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OSHA Announces Public Hearing on Heat Injury and Illness Prevention Rulemaking

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On April 16, 2025, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced that it would be hosting a virtual public hearing on its proposed rule to protect workers from hazardous heat exposure on June 16, 2025, at...more

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[Webinar] MSHA 2024 Review / 2025 Preview & SCOTUS - January 30th, 10:00 am PT

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In this webinar, we will examine MSHA's priorities, rulemaking, enforcement tactics, and emphasis programs from 2024. We'll review the interactions between the agency and operators during the final year of the Biden...more

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California Law Directs Cal/OSHA to Draft Standards for Opioid Overdose Reversal Drugs in First Aid Kits

On September 27, 2024, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law legislation that requires the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) to submit a draft rulemaking proposal to revise the California Code...more

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It’s Getting Hot in Here: OSHA Proposes New Heat Hazard Rules

Did you know that OSHA does not currently have a specific standard covering heat stress hazards? Rather, OSHA uses the General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, to impose requirements...more

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OSHA Reveals Its Official Proposed Indoor and Outdoor Heat Illness Prevention Rule – Join CMC’s Heat Illness Rulemaking Coalition

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To kick off the 4th of July Celebration early, today, July 2, 2024, OSHA released an unofficial version of its Indoor and Outdoor Heat Illness Prevention Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”). An official version will be...more

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Update On OSHA’s Heat Illness Prevention Rulemaking – Join CMC’s Rulemaking Coalition for the Final Phase

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Unsurprisingly, as temperatures rise, activity on OSHA’s Outdoor and Indoor Heat Illness Prevention rulemaking is heating up, too. On May 8, 2024, OSHA announced that it is moving closer to publishing a proposed Heat Illness...more

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As Temperatures Start to Rise, OSHA Takes Steps to Implement Rules Concerning Heat Illness Prevention

For a number of years, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has promised a heat injury and illness prevention standard. To date, proposals related to heat injury and illness in outdoor settings have been...more

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CAL/OSH Standards Board Adopts Indoor Heat Illness Rule Despite Instruction To Pull Vote From The Agenda Leaving Impact Unclear

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In a head-spinning turn of events, the Cal/OSH Standards Board voted today to adopt the proposed Indoor Heat Illness Prevention Standard despite apparent instructions to pull the vote from the agenda. The impact of the vote...more

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Report From Day 1 of The 2024 ABA OSHA/MSHA Law Conference

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Seyfarth Synopsis: This week we are attending the ABA Occupational Safety and Health Law Meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The meeting includes representatives from the U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Review Commission, the...more

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OSH Law Primer, Part III: The Duty to Comply With Standards

This series of articles is intended to provide the reader with a very high-level overview of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and how both influence...more

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PFAS In Maine: DEP Seeks Exemption Proposals

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The Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is now accepting proposals from entities that wish to obtain currently unavoidable use (CUU) designations under the PFAS in Products statute. This statute allows the...more

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California Assembly Bill Pushes for Women’s Designated Restrooms on Jobsites

On February 7, 2023, California Assembly Member Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D-16) introduced Assembly Bill (AB) No. 521, which calls on the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) to submit a rulemaking...more

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Long-Term Care Facilities Brace for Additional OSHA Inspections Under Extended COVID-19 NEP

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

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Washington State’s Emergency Outdoor Heat Exposure Rules Now in Effect

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With summer underway, employers in the state of Washington are reminded to follow the state’s new emergency outdoor heat exposure rules, which went into effect on June 15, 2022. These rules apply through September 29, 2022,...more

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No More Masks on Public Transportation (For Now) – Is Government Regulation of COVID-19 Ending?

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Following a federal judge’s ruling last week, striking down the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) mask mandate in airports and other public transportation settings nationwide, the agency’s ability to impose...more

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ISBE Releases New Rules and Goals & Benchmarks Regarding Use of Isolated Time Out, Time Out, and Physical Restraint

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Over the summer, we reported on the passage of Public Act 102-0339, which aims to reduce and the use of time out, isolated time out, and physical restraint (referred to herein as “restrictive interventions”) in schools. ...more

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[Webinar] TSCA Tuesdays: Health and Safety Data - November 2nd, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

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Martha Marrapese will break down the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) section 8 reporting rules on existing chemicals and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) planned TSCA Data Reporting (TDR) rulemaking....more

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OSHA Announces Increased Focus on Heat-Related Hazards

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In recent weeks, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has signaled efforts to increase its scrutiny of work activities that may expose workers to heat-related hazards. ...more

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Biden Administration Announces Heat-Related Hazard Inspection Initiative, Upcoming Rulemaking

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As part of the Biden Administration's efforts to protect workers, the White House announced formal efforts to address heat-related illnesses. The first step is OSHA's recent memo establishing an enforcement initiative to...more

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OSHA to Develop Rule Requiring All Employers with 100+ Employees to Implement Vaccine Mandate

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On September 9, 2021, President Biden announced his administration’s “action plan” for finding a “path out of the pandemic.” President Biden has directed OSHA to develop a rule that will require all employers with 100 or more...more

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Holding Pattern: Cannabis Industry Waits for FDA Regulatory Rulemaking - Diagnosing Health Care Podcast

This Diagnosing Health Care episode dives into the status of the Food and Drug Administration’s (“FDA’s”) plan for regulating cannabis and cannabis-derived products and what actions the agency has taken recently to make...more

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Seyfarth on CBD – February 2020 Update

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CBD continues to flourish in the markets despite lack of federal regulations, and we’ve identified some significant events that indicate there’s no sign it’s stopping. ...more

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ISBE Approves Revised Proposed Rules on Physical Restraint and Time Out

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On February 18, 2020, ISBE approved revised proposed rules related to the use of physical restraint and time out in schools. The revised proposed rules follow ISBE’s receipt and review of over three hundredb comments on...more

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This Week – Cal/OSH Board to Vote on New Regulation to Allow Employees and Union Representatives to Request Workplace Injury and...

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Seyfarth Synopsis:  The Cal/OSH Standards Board will vote this week on a proposed standard requiring employers to provide their employees and employee representatives access to the company’s Injury and Illness Prevention...more

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