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OSHA Clarifies That Alternative Digital Recordkeeping is Permissible

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A recent standard interpretation letter dated April 29, 2025, addressed whether employers may use software-generated documents in place of the OSHA-required injury and illness recordkeeping forms, specifically Forms 300...more

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Workplace Safety Officials Provide New Guidance on When You Must Report Musculoskeletal Injuries

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When are employee musculoskeletal illnesses and injuries required to be recorded and reported to federal workplace safety officials? The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently released a new memorandum...more

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New Guidelines Released on Workplace Violence Prevention

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Nearly all employers in the state of California must prepare a Workplace Violence Prevention Plan (“WVPP” or “Plan”) by July 1, 2024 and Cal/OSHA just published the highly anticipated model Workplace Violence Prevention Plan...more

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DDTC Updates Compliance Program Guidelines and Guidance for U.S.

Compliance Program Guidelines - On December 5, 2022, the U.S. Department of State Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) issued new Compliance Program Guidelines (“the Guidelines”) intended to provide an overview...more

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COVID-19: US OSHA Issues Much-Anticipated COVID-19 Vaccine Emergency Temporary Standard for Private Employers

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Nearly two months after President Biden announced that a federal emergency temporary standard (“ETS”) regarding a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private employers would be forthcoming, the Occupational Safety and Health...more

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New OSHA Guidance for Recording Obligations When Mandating Vaccination

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This is an update to Holland & Knight's previous blog, "Employers May Encourage Employees to Receive COVID-19 Vaccine, But Requiring it Raises Issues," April 26, 2021. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)...more

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New OSHA Guidance Calls For Recordkeeping If COVID-19 Vaccines Are Mandatory

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In a February 2021 alert, we addressed many of the employment issues surrounding COVID-19 vaccines, including when it may be permissible to require the vaccine, the duty to allow for exceptions to such a rule and...more

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OSHA’s New Guidance on Recordability of COVID-19 Vaccine Reactions

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has answered a question that has been troubling employers since the pace of vaccinations started to accelerate: when must an employer record an adverse reaction to...more

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OSHA Issues Revised COVID-19 Workplace Safety Guidance

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On January 29, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued updated guidance aimed at helping employers implement COVID-19 Prevention Programs to better identify workplace risks that could lead to...more

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Employer Insights: DOL Guidance on Tracking and Compensating Teleworkers

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In response to new telework and remote working arrangements established because of the pandemic, on August 24, 2020 the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued a Field Assistance Bulletin (“FAB”) to provide further...more

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COVID-19 Reporting: An Employer’s Nightmare

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It is an unfortunate outcome of this pandemic that in the OSHA world, guidance lags behind enforcement. While state and federal agencies try to make up their minds on the best way of managing COVID-19 threats in the...more

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DOL Guidance Reminds Employers of Obligations to Track and Pay For Remote Work

On August 24, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (“WHD”) issued a Field Assistance Bulletin (“FAB”) providing guidance on employers’ obligations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) to track...more

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Three-Step Guide For Determining Whether COVID-19 Cases Are Work Related

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The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) requires employers to record work-related injuries and illnesses, including confirmed cases of COVID-19. However, because employees experience potential exposure both...more

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OSHA Issues New FAQs On Reporting Coronavirus Cases

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued new Frequently Asked Questions addressing when employers governed by the federal agency must report work-related cases of COVID-19. The most significant new...more

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OSHA issues new guidance for determining and reporting work-related COVID-19 cases

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On May 26, 2020, OSHA issued revised guidance regarding the reporting of COVID-19 cases... OSHA recordkeeping requirements mandate covered employers record certain work-related injuries and illnesses on their OSHA 300 log....more

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OSHA Provides Recordkeeping Guidance To Employers For COVID-19 Cases

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The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration just issued guidance for enforcing OSHA’s recordkeeping requirements for COVID-19 cases. OSHA recordkeeping requirements mandate covered employers record...more

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Is OSHA Backtracking on the Anti-Retaliation Provisions in the Recordkeeping Regulation?

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) added an anti-retaliation provision to the recordkeeping regulation finalized in May 2016, and it seems as if the workplace safety and health community has not stopped...more

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OSHA OKs Drug Testing and Incentive Programs ... Sort of

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OSHA Rolls Back Enforcement of Anti-Retaliation Provisions! Yesterday, the U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration (“OSHA”) issued a standard interpretation clarifying its position on the new recordkeeping rule’s...more

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State Plans Must Abide: Fed-OSHA Fixes Alleged “Error” and Mandates Electronic Reporting of Injuries and Illnesses in All State...

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On April 30, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Fed-OSHA) reversed course and issued a press release announcing that employers in all state-plan states must implement Fed-OSHA’s new electronic recordkeeping...more

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