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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 Key Player in DOL Deregulation Wave: A Snapshot of Workplace Safety Initiatives and What Employers Should Do Next

Fisher Phillips on 7/16/2025

OSHA just issued a heap of new proposed rules and took other agency actions as part of broader deregulatory efforts at the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) – which are being called one of the most ambitious federal red tape...more

Unions Cannot Force OSHA to Issue Permanent COVID Standard

Ballard Spahr LLP on 8/29/2022

On August 26, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit turned back efforts by a group of unions seeking to force the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to quickly issue a...more

Permanent COVID-19 Standard for Healthcare Workers Still Slated for the Fall

Cozen O'Connor on 7/29/2022

The recently released spring rulemaking agenda reflected a September 2022 target for a permanent COVID-19 rule for healthcare workers. Although the spring rulemaking agenda outlines a non-binding schedule, Assistant Secretary...more

OSHA Prepares To Issue A Final Rule Related To Health Care Providers – Stakeholders Must Submit Comments By April 22nd

Burr & Forman on 4/14/2022

On June 21, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued an emergency temporary standard (ETS) that was designed to protect health care workers from exposure to COVID-19 in settings where people with...more

Rapid Developments for OSHA’s COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards

Beveridge & Diamond PC on 1/4/2022

One in, one out, one in again. One in: Employers with 100 employees or more should be prepared to comply with OSHA’s emergency temporary standard (ETS) that would require them to have their employees fully vaccinated or...more

Courts Suspend Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate in Three States and Healthcare Worker Vaccine Mandate Nationwide

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 12/2/2021

This week, federal district courts issued multiple preliminary injunctions temporarily halting the enforcement of two federal vaccine mandates: Executive Order 14042 (EO 14042), which requires certain federal contractors to...more

OSHA Suspends Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) Enforcement Following Fifth Circuit Ruling – Now What?

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 11/16/2021

On Friday, November 12, 2021, in BST Holdings, L.L.C, et al. v. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Case # 21-60845, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued an order affirming its...more

Federal Vaccine Mandates Maze Can Trap Unwary Employers

Ballard Spahr LLP on 11/11/2021

Summary - The Biden Administration has announced vaccine mandates for certain federal contractors and subcontractors, employees of large, private employers, and certain health care workers, all of which are slated to take...more

Health Care Workforce COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate: Start Your Engines!

Quarles & Brady LLP on 11/10/2021

All eligible health care staff from all health care facilities that are regulated by Medicare or Medicaid (which means practically everyone) must receive their first COVID-19 vaccine dose by DECEMBER 5, 2021 and their second...more

Federal Vaccine Mandates: Key Takeaways and Action Steps for Employers

Quarles & Brady LLP on 11/9/2021

On November 5, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published its much-anticipated COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing; Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). ...more

New OSHA and CMS COVID-19 Vaccination & Testing Mandates

Holland & Hart LLP on 11/5/2021

Yesterday, the Department of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued its Covid-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued...more

CMS Issues Broad COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements for Healthcare Employers

Littler on 11/5/2021

On November 4, 2021, the Biden administration and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued an interim final rule requiring healthcare worker...more

Biden Administration Unveils Long-Awaited COVID-19 Rules For Large Employers and Healthcare Workers

Akerman LLP - HR Defense on 11/5/2021

The wait is over for employers seeking clarity on the details of the Biden Administration’s vaccine and testing rules for private employers, first announced by President Biden in early September and now slated to take effect...more

OSHA and CMS Publish Rules on Covid-19 Vaccination Mandates

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC on 11/5/2021

The Occupational Safety and Health Agency (OSHA) and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published highly anticipated rules requiring covered employers to implement Covid-19 vaccination mandates for their...more

Federal OSHA Issues Long-Awaited “Vaccine or Test” Emergency Regulations

Littler on 11/5/2021

Eight weeks after President Joseph R. Biden’s announcement, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) requiring all employers with at least 100 employees...more

Federal Agency COVID Vaccine Mandates Broaden Compliance

Nilan Johnson Lewis PA on 11/5/2021

Federal agencies released anticipated guidance and regulations requiring COVID-19 vaccination for employees by January 4, 2022. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released the Emergency Temporary...more

Breaking: OSHA Releases Emergency Temporary Standard for Employers with 100 or More Employees

Verrill on 11/4/2021

Indicating that continued reliance on the General Duty Clause of the OSH Act, 29 U.S.C. 654(a)(1), was insufficient to protect “unvaccinated employees from the grave danger of being infected by, and suffering death or serious...more

OSHA 300 Logs and the Emergency Temporary Standard

Dentons on 10/28/2021

Some industries are required to keep OSHA injury and illness logs including 300, 300A, and 301s. Healthcare is one of those industries and normally logs encompass the following requirements: type of injury, death, loss of...more

Three OSHA State Plans Under Fire for Failure to Adopt COVID Emergency Temporary Standard for Health Care

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 10/22/2021

Seyfarth Synopsis: Federal OSHA is warning Arizona, South Carolina, and Utah that they risk a federal takeover of their worker safety programs unless they adopt a federal emergency temporary standard (ETS) protecting...more

The Top 18 Workplace Law Stories from September 2021

Fisher Phillips on 10/6/2021

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

Medicare & Medicaid Facilities Are Put On Notice: Employees Must Be Vaccinated

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx on 9/14/2021

Medicare and Medicaid certified facilities will be required to ensure that their employees are vaccinated for COVID-19, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on September 9, 2021. ...more

Biden COVID-19 Action Plan Expands Vaccine Mandates, Testing, and Treatment to Combat Spread of Virus

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis on 9/14/2021

On September 9, 2021 President Biden announced a COVID-19 Action Plan entitled “Path out of the Pandemic” (the “Plan”) which comprises a six-pronged national strategy aimed at combatting COVID-19. The Plan includes a number...more

President Pushes “Path out of the Pandemic” COVID-19 Action Plan: Key Takeaways for Employers

Quarles & Brady LLP on 9/14/2021

Late last week, President Biden announced a surprisingly sweeping, six-pronged national strategy to combat COVID-19 and the ever-worsening impact of the Delta variant....more

President Biden Issues Expansive Plan to Mandate Vaccines for Federal and Private Sector Employees

Franczek P.C. on 9/14/2021

On September 9, 2021, President Biden announced a major initiative entitled the “Path out of the Pandemic.” The initiative includes an executive order requiring vaccinations for nearly all federal employees and contractors...more

Biden Administration Announces Broad Employer-Based Vaccination Requirements

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 9/14/2021

On September 9, 2021, the Biden Administration announced its new COVID-19 Action Plan (the “Action Plan”), which outlines a six-pronged approach to combat the pandemic. The wide-ranging Action Plan lays out plans to vaccinate...more

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