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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 -

Recent OSHA Activity Provides Additional Mitigation Opportunities to Employers

Jenner & Block on 8/1/2025

Recent actions by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration may provide employers additional opportunities for penalty and enforcement relief. On July 14, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor updated OSHA penalty...more

OSHA Penalties Increasing in 2025: What Employers Need to Know

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP on 1/27/2025

Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor published its listing of annual increases for 2025. Included in this list are higher penalties for OSHA workplace safety violations for employers. While these increases are in line with...more

OSHA Update: Penalties Increased and Employers Have Reporting Deadlines

Laner Muchin, Ltd. on 1/20/2025

As expected, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced its penalty increases, which became effective on January 15, 2025. The maximum penalties for serious and other-than-serious violations will...more

Employers to Face Increased OSHA Penalties For 2025: How You Should Develop Your Workplace Safety Strategy for the New Year

Fisher Phillips on 1/16/2025

Employers will face higher penalties for workplace safety violations in 2025 now that the U.S. Department of Labor has just published its listing of annual increases. These yearly increases to OSHA’s maximum civil penalties...more

MSHA/OSHA Civil Penalty Amounts Increase for 2025

Husch Blackwell LLP on 1/16/2025

On January 10, 2025, the Department of Labor’s annual penalty adjustments were published in the Federal Register. The 2025 increases are approximately 2.6%. The chart below applies to any penalties assessed after January 15,...more

OSHA penalties increased for citations issued in 2025

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 1/14/2025

Consistent with the 2015 Inflation Adjustment Act, which provides for the annual increase in penalties under the Occupational Safety and Health Act by the previous year’s rate of inflation, the maximum OSHA penalties for...more

OSHA Announces New Higher Penalties for Violations in 2025

Littler on 1/10/2025

On January 9, 2025, the Department of Labor announced its annual inflation adjustments to OSHA civil penalties for 2025. The higher penalties will take effect for violations issued on or after January 15, 2025....more

Ensuring Child Labor Law Compliance Amid Growing Scrutiny

Foley & Lardner LLP on 8/21/2023

In February, the New York Times published an investigative report regarding alleged employment of underage migrants, many from Central America, at U.S. companies. While employment of certain minors is permitted under federal...more

There Is a New OSHA Coming to Town — And It Is About to Get Real (Expensive)

Foley & Lardner LLP on 2/21/2023

Since the Biden Administration assumed control in 2021, the Department of Labor (DOL) has been increasingly focused on enforcement. That is particularly true when it comes to safety and health in the workplace, as enforced by...more

OSHA Alert: Time to Post Annual Form 300A Summary of Injuries and Illnesses; Penalties Jump More Than 7.7 Percent

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/19/2023

This year, as has been the case the past six years, January brings two items from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) that almost all employers will want to keep in mind. One is an adjustment to the...more

OSHA Penalties: Up, Up, and Away!

Butler Snow LLP on 2/7/2022

CONSIDERATIONS FOR EMPLOYERS AS OSHA PENALTIES SOAR TO NEW HEIGHTS - The U.S. Department of Labor recently announced inflation-adjustment increases in penalties for violating regulations promulgated by DOL agencies,...more

DOL Workplace Posters: Same Requirements, Higher Consequences for Noncompliance

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/28/2022

Most employers are familiar with the long-standing U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) requirement to post summaries of applicable federal labor and employment laws in the workplace. As a general matter, employers must place...more

New Year, New OSHA Citation Penalty Amounts

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 1/15/2021

After Congress passed the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act in 2015, it has now become an annual requirement for the U.S. Department of Labor to adjust civil penalty amounts for the various...more

Surprise! (NOT) – OSHA Increases Civil Penalties for 2020

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 1/16/2020

Seyfarth Synopsis: The DOL has published its 2020 increases to OSHA civil penalties. We have blogged previously about the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) annual adjustments to the maximum civil penalty dollar amounts for...more

Howard’s End of the Week Roundup. January 6, 2017

Fisher Phillips on 1/9/2018

This Week’s Labor, Employment Law and OSHA Legal Developments - • Administration is resubmitting Scott Mugno for OSHA leader and shooting for a January 11 Committee hearing. • The vital US Labor Department Solicitor...more

State Safety Plans Object to Federal OSHA Fine Increases

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 9/9/2016

State workplace safety agencies raised objections to adopting federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s penalty increases in letters to the Department of Labor on OSHA’s interim final rule, Federal Civil...more

Workplace Policy Institute Insider Report — August 2016

Littler on 8/4/2016

Littler's Workplace Policy Institute Insider Report details key labor, employment, and benefits news and events at the federal, state, local, and global levels. The August edition of the Insider Report compares the Democratic...more

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