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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 Proposes Changes to Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements

Littler on 7/10/2025

On July 1, 2025, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued several proposed rules, including two that impact employers’ recordkeeping and reporting obligations....more

Three Things Employers Should Know Now

Greenberg Glusker LLP on 2/11/2025

California employers face new compliance updates in 2025, including the expiration of most COVID-19 prevention regulations, a mandatory whistleblower notice posting, and an updated state withholding allowance...more

End of an Era: COVID-19 Rules Set to Sunset in February, But Some Requirements Remain

Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth on 1/30/2025

Cal/OSHA’s non-emergency COVID-19 rule requiring employers to adopt measures to address COVID-19 hazards is set to expire on February 3, 2025. However, employers must still comply with several obligations after that date....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

Workplace Law Update: 22 Essential Items on Your August To-Do List

Fisher Phillips on 8/7/2023

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

Beltway Buzz - April 2023

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 4/17/2023

POTUS Signs Bill Ending COVID-19 Emergency. On April 10, 2023, President Biden signed a congressional resolution officially ending the COVID-19 national emergency. The resolution was passed out of the U.S. House of...more

Revisiting Volks - Is OSHA Buying Itself More Time to Issue More Citations?

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 2/22/2023

Recordkeeping under the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act is often top of mind for workplace safety professionals. Under the OSH Act, employers must record injuries and illnesses resulting in medical treatment beyond...more

Permanent Healthcare COVID-19 Standard Update: OSHA Sets Hearing Date on Deviations to Proposed Rule

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 3/30/2022

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has partially reopened the record on the rulemaking for the permanent healthcare COVID-19 standard, known as the rule on “Occupational Exposure to COVID-19 in Healthcare...more

OSHA Reaffirms Arrival of Permanent Healthcare Industry COVID-19 Standard

McDermott Will & Emery on 3/24/2022

On March 22, 2022, the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced a limited reopening of the rulemaking record for the COVID-19 emergency temporary standard for the healthcare industry, originally...more

OSHA Partially Opens Record on Rulemaking for Permanent Healthcare COVID-19 Standard

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 3/22/2022

OSHA has just announced it is partially reopening the record on the rulemaking for the permanent healthcare COVID-19 standard known as the rule on Occupational Exposure to COVID-19 in Healthcare Settings....more

Virginia Repeals Workplace COVID-19 Standard, Replaces It With Guidance

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 3/22/2022

Virginia has repealed its first-in-the-nation standard on COVID-19 in the workplace. On July 15, 2020, the Virginia Safety and Health Codes Board (which included author Courtney Malveaux) made Virginia the first state in...more

Virginia Drafts COVID-19 Guidance As It Mulls Eliminating Standard

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 3/17/2022

Virginia has drafted workplace guidance in the event it strikes down its first-in-the-nation COVID-19 standard. On his first day in office, Governor Glenn Younkin declared Virginia “open for business” and issued...more

REMINDER: Your OSHA Form 300A is Due by March 2, 2022

Baker Donelson on 2/17/2022

With all of the turmoil surrounding COVID-19 and what rules regulatory agencies can and cannot enforce, don't forget that your Form 300A must be submitted electronically by March 2, 2022. OSHA has highly publicized this March...more

[Webinar] Leave Compliance Alphabet Soup: ADA/FMLA/WC - February 23rd, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm ET

FordHarrison on 2/11/2022

Join FordHarrison St. Louis attorneys Karen Milner and Roy Smith as they discuss employer notice requirements and substantive obligations under the FMLA, ADA and worker’s compensation. Topics to be covered include: -...more

“Strait” Talk for Employers on COVID-19 Compliance After OSHA Pulls Short-lived Vaccine ETS

Fisher Phillips on 2/3/2022

After federal workplace safety officials withdrew the emergency temporary standard that would have forced larger employers to either mandate COVID-19 vaccinations or require each unvaccinated worker to be tested each week,...more

How to Comply With Vaccine-or-Test Requirements when Compliance May be Beyond Your Control

Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP on 1/13/2022

With OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) hanging in the balance of a special January 7, 2022, U.S. Supreme Court session, your organization should nonetheless prepare to comply with a Vaccine-or-Test COVID-19 policy. As...more

Two Major Changes Address Living-With-COVID Concerns

Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson PLLC on 1/12/2022

A national vaccination mandate directed at employers with more than 100 employees became effective 1/10/2022. Although the U.S. Supreme Court has expedited oral arguments regarding judicial stays facing the mandate, the...more

OSHA Withdraws COVID ETS for Healthcare

Cozen O'Connor on 12/31/2021

On December 27, OSHA announced it is allowing its ETS for healthcare facilities to sunset but that it would continue to work expeditiously to promulgate a permanent standard for coronavirus-related hazards. In its statement,...more

OSHA Clarifies Healthcare Employer Obligations Regarding COVID-19 Hazard

Husch Blackwell LLP on 12/30/2021

On December 27, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a Statement clarifying the status of the OSHA COVID-19 Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard (Healthcare ETS) that was originally issued...more

OSHA Withdraws COVID-19 Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard, Vows to Use General Duty Clause

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 12/28/2021

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has announced that it is withdrawing most of the Emergency Temporary Standard for healthcare employers (Healthcare ETS) it promulgated more than six months ago...more

OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard Survival Guide

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 12/23/2021

What Happened? I Thought This Was Gone! On Friday, December 17, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit lifted the nationwide Stay that had been previously put in place by the United States Court of...more

Chicago Issues COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements for Restaurants, Bars, Gyms, Entertainment Venues

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 12/23/2021

The City of Chicago has issued a public health order requiring restaurants, bars, gyms, fitness centers, and entertainment/recreation venues where food or beverages are served to require proof of vaccination from all patrons....more

OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccine or Test Mandate Is BACK in Play… For Now

Weintraub Tobin on 12/20/2021

On Friday, December 17, 2021, the federal Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals granted an emergency motion to dissolve the stay of the federal OSHA COVID-19 vaccine or test mandate for large employers. Background. On...more

Sixth Circuit Gives Employers Lump of Coal for Christmas, Dissolves Stay of OSHA Vaccine ETS

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 12/20/2021

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has lifted the Fifth Circuit’s stay of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) on COVID-19 vaccination and testing for...more

[Ongoing Program] OSHA: The COVID Effect Present and Future - March 22nd, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm ET

BakerHostetler on 12/20/2021

Please join us for BakerHostetler’s The ‘New’ Normal: The State of Labor Relations and Employment Law Master Class. Our 9th Annual Master Class will be virtual again this year, as it was last year, due to the continuation of...more

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