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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 -

OSHA Changes Penalty and Collection Policies

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 8/21/2025

Last month, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued updated guidance on penalty and debt collection procedures. According to OSHA, the policy revisions are intended to assist small businesses with...more

Get Poked or Get Canned – Can You Terminate an Employee for Refusing the Vaccine?

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 9/24/2021

The answer is it depends. Why is the employee refusing the vaccine? For employers mandating the vaccine, an employee’s refusal to receive it because he or she simply does not want to be vaccinated is likely fair game...more

Workplace Return Takes Lawyers to Uncharted Territory

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC on 9/8/2021

Yes, “uncharted territory” is a cliche. And so is “new normal.” But that’s not going to stop us from using both terms here. You might say we’re taking those two tried-and-true tigers by the tail and plowing ahead regardless....more

Yes, We’re Still Talking About COVID-19: OSHA Updates Guidance for Workplaces

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 9/2/2021

Recently OSHA updated its guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace for employers who are not covered by the “COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard for Healthcare.” As we explained before,...more

OSHA Updates Guidance on COVID-19 in the Workplace – Masking and Vaccines

Ruder Ware on 8/20/2021

On August 13, 2021, OSHA updated Protecting Workers: Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace (Guidance) related to the COVID-19 vaccine and masking. The Guidance now incorporates the...more

OSHA Responds to CDC’s Updated Mask Guidance – No Changes to the ETS… Yet

Ruder Ware on 8/10/2021

OSHA issued a COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) on June 10, 2021 that applied to the healthcare sector. Included in the ETS is an exemption from the masking, distancing, and barrier requirements for employees who...more

OSHA Updates Workplace Guidance on COVID-19

Perkins Coie on 6/16/2021

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) updated general industry guidance for COVID-19 that is applicable to all workplaces. OSHA’s June 10, 2021, general industry guidance, which is advisory and creates no...more

OSHA Issues Emergency Temporary Standard for Healthcare Settings

Verrill on 6/11/2021

Earlier today (June 10, 2021), OSHA issued COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) Subpart U applicable to healthcare settings. While OSHA has indicated that future guidance may be provided for other industries, today’s...more

New from OSHA on COVID-19: A COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard for Healthcare and Revised Guidance for All Other Employers

Brooks Pierce on 6/11/2021

Today, the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) for the healthcare industry. This ETS mandates the development and implementation of a...more

Managing Workplace Safety in the COVID-19 Era

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 2/25/2021

The workplace safety framework in the United States is difficult to navigate at its best. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 global health emergency, employers have faced increasingly complex challenges involving...more

OSHA Updates its Employer Guidance on COVID-19-Related Fatality Reporting

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Employment Law... on 10/10/2020

On September 30, 2020, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) updated its answers to frequently asked questions regarding an employer's obligation to report a COVID-19-related fatality if it occurs within 30...more

OSHA releases revised COVID-19 guidance

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 8/6/2020

Compliance Today (August 2020) - The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released revised guidelines regarding enforcement actions during the COVID-19 pandemic. There are two major...more

OSHA Issues New COVID-19 Guidance Answering Practical Questions on Returning to Work

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 6/26/2020

On June 17, 2020, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued its “Guidance on Returning to Work.” This new guidance is intended to supplement the previous “Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for...more

OSHA Reinstates Enforcement Guidance for Recording COVID-19 Cases and General Investigation Response Plan Procedures

Epstein Becker & Green on 5/22/2020

On May 19, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor issued two COVID-19 related Enforcement Memos to provide updated guidance to OSHA investigators...more

OSHA Updates Guidance Regarding COVID-19 Recordkeeping Requirements

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace on 5/20/2020

On May 19, 2020, the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued a memorandum updating previous guidance regarding employers’ obligation to record cases of COVID-19 in the workplace. On...more

#WorkforceWednesday: Look Beyond OSHA, Accommodation Clarification, Workshare Programs - Employment Law This Week®

Epstein Becker & Green on 5/13/2020

Welcome to #WorkforceWednesday. Watch the week’s top workforce management and employment law news, and read further below: Look Beyond OSHA for Return-to-Work Guidance The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has...more

The EEOC Continues to Update Guidance on Returning to Work Pandemic-Prepared

Payne & Fears on 4/30/2020

The EEOC continues to update its pandemic preparedness guidance regarding the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Rehabilitation Act, and other Equal Employment Opportunity laws in the wake of COVID-19. The guidance...more

New CDC Facemask Guidance Raises Liability Issues

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 4/6/2020

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) have issued guidance documents to help employers minimize hazards of Coronavirus / COVID-19 exposures in...more

OSHA Updates Reporting and Recordkeeping Rule

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 11/25/2014

In the September 18, 2014 Federal Register, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) published revisions to 29 CFR Part 1904 with respect to updated reporting and recordkeeping requirements. Employers...more

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