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The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) is a United States federal agency established in 1970 by the Occupational Health and Safety Act. OSHA is part of the Department of Labor and is charged with assuring healthy, safe, working environments. OSHA sets and enforces safety standards and policies. Examples of OSHA's duties include setting limits on workers' exposure to hazardous substances, ensuring workers have access to safety information and protective equipment, and providing employers and workers proper training to prevent dangerous conditions. less -

No Slowing Down: Employers’ Recap of the Trump Administration’s First 50 Days

Fisher Phillips on 3/13/2025

While new presidents are typically judged based on their actions in their first 100 days, the current Trump administration has moved at such a rapid speed that we think another recap is needed at the halfway point. Here’s...more

Workplace Law Forecast 2024 - Your workplace law recap for 2023 and predictions for 2024 to help you prepare for the coming year.

Fisher Phillips on 12/4/2023

When I reflect on the relationship that our firm has with our clients, I’m most proud of the fact that you can always count on us. That often means defending complex litigation, steering you through regulatory threats,...more

SCOTUS Review: 8 Key Rulings from Last Term that Impact the Workplace and 3 Issues We’re Watching

Fisher Phillips on 8/2/2022

Many employers looked to the Supreme Court last term for clarity in cases with a significant impact on the workplace. The justices continued to shape the employment law landscape by ruling on an array of issues involving...more

How Title IX Can Inform Private Employers' Response to Relationship Violence

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 6/20/2022

How should an employer respond if an employee is experiencing relationship violence? What if the partner has threatened the employee at work? Employers must consider these situations because relationship violence in the...more

A SCOTUS Stay of OSHA's "Vax or Test" Rule: What Does It Mean for Independent Schools?

Venable LLP on 1/14/2022

As we previously wrote, on September 9, 2021 President Biden announced a strategy to combat COVID-19 that, among other things, directed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to issue an Emergency Temporary...more

U.S. District Court Enjoins Vaccine Mandate for Federal Contractors in Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC on 12/7/2021

As educational institutions sort through the contradictory patchwork of legal requirements regarding COVID vaccine mandates that have emerged over the past year, a U.S. District Court in Kentucky added one more wrinkle. While...more

Detailed FAQs for Schools on the OSHA Vaccine Emergency Temporary Standard

Fisher Phillips on 11/10/2021

Educational institutions across the country are facing an upcoming compliance deadline as the mandate-or-test workplace vaccine emergency rule will soon take effect (pending the outcome of ongoing litigation). The rule will...more

Wage And Hour Questions On The Vaccine Mandate: Pitfalls For Illinois Employers Covered By The Executive Order

Amundsen Davis LLC on 9/17/2021

On August 23rd Governor Pritzker issued Executive Order 2021-20 requiring health care workers, school personnel, higher education personnel and students, and state-employees and contractors who work at state-owned or...more

Private Schools’ Blueprint for Navigating National Vaccine Mandate-or-Test Rule

Fisher Phillips on 9/16/2021

Independent and private schools are wondering how they will be affected by the impending vaccine-or-test mandate the Biden administration announced last week. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will soon...more

Biden’s Path Out Of The Pandemic: New COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates For Large Employers, Federal Contractors And Health Care Workers

Weintraub Tobin on 9/10/2021

Earlier, President Joe Biden announced vaccination requirements for the federal government workers but allowed them to “opt out” if they agreed to more stringent mitigation measures. He also implored private sector employers...more

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Occupational Safety and Health Administration › Educational Institutions

No Slowing Down: Employers’ Recap of the Trump Administration’s First 50 Days

Workplace Law Forecast 2024 - Your workplace law recap for 2023 and predictions for 2024 to help you prepare for the coming year.

SCOTUS Review: 8 Key Rulings from Last Term that Impact the Workplace and 3 Issues We’re Watching

How Title IX Can Inform Private Employers' Response to Relationship Violence

A SCOTUS Stay of OSHA's "Vax or Test" Rule: What Does It Mean for Independent Schools?

U.S. District Court Enjoins Vaccine Mandate for Federal Contractors in Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee

Detailed FAQs for Schools on the OSHA Vaccine Emergency Temporary Standard

Wage And Hour Questions On The Vaccine Mandate: Pitfalls For Illinois Employers Covered By The Executive Order

Private Schools’ Blueprint for Navigating National Vaccine Mandate-or-Test Rule

Biden’s Path Out Of The Pandemic: New COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates For Large Employers, Federal Contractors And Health Care Workers

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