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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 -

Trump Budget Plan Proposes Big Cuts to OSHA, Lowering Head Count and Limiting Enforcement Capabilities

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/13/2025

The Trump Administration’s fiscal year 2026 budget proposal includes big cuts for OSHA. The Fiscal Year 2026 Congressional Budget Justification is available...more

Nominee for OSHA Chief David Keeling Testifies Before Senate Committee, Outlines Workplace Safety Priorities and Workplace...

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/11/2025

On Thursday, June 5, 2025, OSHA Nominee David Keeling testified that he plans to adopt a more cooperative, proactive approach and pursue a new workplace violence regulation....more

Workplace Law Update: 10 Essential Items on Your June To-Do List

Fisher Phillips on 5/30/2025

Here are the top items you should tackle in June, based on the latest workplace law developments and upcoming critical compliance dates...more

The Site Report - Construction Law Insights, Issue 3, March 2025

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 4/2/2025

Welcome to our third issue of The Site Report for 2025! In this edition, we address new case law impacting contract provisions in South Carolina, construction-related pricing and tariffs, the new administration's effect on...more

What to Expect on the Safety Front from the New Administration

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 3/7/2025

In mid-February, Trump nominated Wayne Palmer to lead the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) and David Keeling to lead the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). While these nominees have been...more

Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Episode 38: Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) with John Holmes of...

Maynard Nexsen on 3/6/2025

This week, Tina and Warren are joined by their colleague, John Holmes, a labor and employment attorney with extensive experience in MSHA and OSHA matters. In this episode, John shares his insights into the most common types...more

SuperVision - Labor and Employment Law Insights, Issue 1, March 2025

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 3/4/2025

Welcome to our first issue of SuperVision in 2025. In this edition, we cover the new presidential administration’s anticipated impact on employment agreements, the National Labor Relations Board, and workplace safety...more

Former Safety Director David Keeling Nominated to Lead OSHA

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 2/20/2025

On February 11, 2025, President Trump nominated David Keeling as Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA, pending Senate confirmation. Keeling, with extensive experience in occupational safety, is expected to adopt a...more

Workplace Law Update: 10 Essential Items on Your February To-Do List

Fisher Phillips on 2/3/2025

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law, especially given the rapid pace at which the White House acted in the first days of President Trump’s second term. In order to ensure you stay on...more

[Webinar] OSHA’s 2024 Year In-Review and Lookahead to OSHA Under a Second Trump Administration - January 28th, 1:00 pm ET

Conn Maciel Carey LLP on 1/16/2025

The ball has dropped, the confetti has been swept out of Times Square, and 2024 is in the books. It’s time to take a look back and take stock of what we learned from and about OSHA over the past four years of the Biden/Harris...more

Workplace Law Update: 10 Essential Items on Your January To-Do List

Fisher Phillips on 1/6/2025

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law, especially since the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace. In order to ensure you stay on top of the latest changes and have an action plan...more

Radical Change at OSHA During Second Trump Administration?

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 12/5/2024

With another dramatic reversal from a pro-labor Democratic administration to a second Trump administration, we anticipate that OSHA is likely to pivot away from its current enforcement-heavy agenda to a greater emphasis on...more

Employment Law Now VIII-155 - The Trump 2.0 Impact on Labor and Employment Law

Cozen O'Connor on 11/27/2024

For this Thanksgiving week episode, Michael Schmidt is joined by several Cozen O'Connor colleagues to discuss the likely impact of President Trump's second administration on such L&E issues as federal agency regulation and...more

New Administration Will Bring Big Changes to the Department of Labor

Perkins Coie on 11/13/2020

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) will see significant changes under a Biden administration. However, the nature and the degree of those changes will depend heavily on how Biden fills senior roles not only at DOL but also in...more

COVID-19 Vaccines: Considerations for US Employers

Morgan Lewis on 11/10/2020

As the world awaits a successful COVID-19 vaccine, employers are beginning to consider the implications a new vaccine will have on their workplaces. Although much remains speculative, employers can look to the regulation of...more

June 2020: The Top 21 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 8/3/2020

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

COVID-19 Client Primer | National Employment Law Series: Guidance on Employment Law Changes

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 3/30/2020

Changes and Guidance in the National Employment Sphere - As the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases continues to increase, national employers across the country are moving to remote-work models or suspending work...more

January 2019: The Top 16 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 2/11/2019

OSHA Issues New Rule That Companies Are Not Required To Submit OSHA 300 And 301 Forms Electronically

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 1/28/2019

Seyfarth Synopsis: OSHA has just issued its final rule that removes the requirement for establishments with 250 or more employees to electronically submit information from OSHA Form 300 (Log of Work-Related Injuries and...more

What a Partial Government Shutdown Would Mean for Workplace Safety Enforcement: Is OSHA in “The Final Countdown”?

Fisher Phillips on 12/21/2018

With the threat of a partial government shutdown looming on December 21, employers are left wondering which government agencies will be impacted if the shutdown occurs. Presently, departments in the following areas will be...more

OSHA Has a “Naughty” List – And Nearly One-Third of Large Employers Are on It. Are You?

Foley & Lardner LLP on 11/27/2018

OSHA (the Occupational Safety and Health Administration) issued its electronic injury reporting rule in May, 2016. When issued, OSHA had intended all employers (over time) to submit their injury and illness records (OSHA Form...more

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

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 10/17/2018

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

California Legislature Says Recordkeeping Violations Not Subject To Six-Month Statute Of Limitations

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 9/24/2018

Beginning in 2019, employers in California will now be on the hook for recordkeeping violations well beyond the six-month statute of limitations. Bill Number AB 2334 (Occupational injuries and illnesses: employer reporting...more

OSHA Trends And Developments: One Year Into The Trump Administration

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 5/16/2018

Yesterday our panel from Seyfarth’s Workplace Safety team led a briefing on OSHA regulation and enforcement under the Trump Administration. One year into the Trump Administration, employers’ expectations for a more...more

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