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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 Introduces Reduced Penalties for Small Businesses and Quick Fixers

Hendershot Cowart P.C. on 8/28/2025

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is giving small businesses a big break. On July 14, OSHA updated its guidance to reduce penalties for employers with 25 employees or fewer, employers who fix problems...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

New OSHA Electronic Injury and Illness Reporting Requirements for 2024

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 10/25/2023

As 2023 is swiftly coming to a close, certain employers should begin preparing for electronic submission of injury and illness information to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in 2024. Beginning March...more

OSHA to Require Employers to Submit Injury and Illness Forms Online

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 8/3/2023

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has released a final rule to restore and expand Obama-era requirements for employers in dozens of designated industries that have worksites with at least 100 employees...more

OSHA Announces Expanded Electronic Injury and Illness Reporting Requirements

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 7/19/2023

On Monday, July 17, 2023, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced a long-anticipated update to its rule requiring electronic submission of injury and illness data. The updated rule goes into effect...more

OSHA Announces Significant Expansion of ‘Instance-by-Instance’ Citation Policy

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/30/2023

Late on January 26, 2023, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a press release concerning a significant change in long-standing policy related to instance-by-instance issuance of citations that will...more

OSHA Issues COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard: Employers With 100+ Employees Must Ensure Workers Are Either Vaccinated or...

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 11/4/2021

On November 4, 2021, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a new emergency temporary standard (ETS) that requires employers with 100 or more employees to ensure that their employees are either...more

Does Trump’s COVID-19 Case Need To Be Reported To OSHA? What Employers Can Learn From President’s Illness

Fisher Phillips on 10/12/2020

President Donald Trump’s recent hospitalization at the Walter Reed Medical Center has captured the American public’s attention, especially given the potential implications with the election less than a month away. But for...more

OSHA Revises Criteria For Recording COVID-19 Cases

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 5/21/2020

On April 10, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration attempted to simplify the decision making for most employers in determining whether employees diagnosed with COVID-19 contracted the disease at work. This earlier...more

To Record or Not To Record, That is the Question: Questions and Answers Regarding U.S. Federal OSHA Recordkeeping and Reporting...

BCLP on 4/29/2020

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Act and its implementing regulations require employers to record certain work-related injuries and illnesses. Due to the prevalence of community transmission of COVID-19, deciding...more

OSHA Clarifies: Most COVID-19 Cases Are Not Recordable

Husch Blackwell LLP on 4/13/2020

Following our written letter to OSHA urging it to announce a presumption that COVID-19 cases are not recordable incidents, OSHA did just that. Late on Friday, OSHA announced that COVID-19 will not be a recordable injury in...more

OSHA's Electronic Recordkeeping Deadline Is Fast Approaching: Are You Ready?

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 2/20/2020

An important deadline is upon us: March 2, 2020, is the deadline for electronically reporting OSHA Form 300A data for calendar year 2019. In 2016, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) amended its...more

What’s Next Now that OSHA Rescinded Part of the Electronic Recordkeeping Requirements?

Fisher Phillips on 1/25/2019

As we reported earlier yesterday, OSHA released its Final Rule eliminating the responsibility of certain employers to electronically submit to OSHA data from its Form 300 Workplace Injury and Illness Log and the 300A forms...more

OSHA Launches New Inspection Targeting Program

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog on 10/25/2018

Thank you to Jonathan Schaefer for this post. Jon is an attorney in our Environmental, Energy & Telecommunications Practice Group and his practice focuses on environmental compliance counseling, occupational health and...more

OSHA OKs Drug Testing and Incentive Programs ... Sort of

Fisher Phillips on 10/12/2018

OSHA Rolls Back Enforcement of Anti-Retaliation Provisions! Yesterday, the U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration (“OSHA”) issued a standard interpretation clarifying its position on the new recordkeeping rule’s...more

California Enacts New Law to Respond to Trump Administration OSHA Changes

Fisher Phillips on 9/20/2018

On September 19, Governor Brown signed AB 2334 (Thurmond) to make various workplace safety and health changes to California law, largely in response to recent activity by the Trump Administration. Among other things, AB 2334...more

OSHA Clarifies That Employers In State Plans Must Submit Injury & Illness Data

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 5/1/2018

In a news release issued today, OSHA notified employers in state plans that they must submit their injury and illness data through OSHA’s portal even if their state has not yet adopted the new requirements of the “Improve...more

OSHA Delays Electronic Filing By Two Weeks

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 11/22/2017

Today OSHA announced that it will delay the electronic submission requirements for employers covered by the recordkeeping requirements in Section 1904 until December 15, 2017. Last year OSHA finalized its Improve Tracking...more

June 2017: The Top 15 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 7/7/2017

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While it always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, the last few months have seen an unprecedented number of changes. June 2017 was no different, with...more

OSHA Indefinitely Suspends July 1 Electronic Injury and Illness Submission Requirements

Baker Donelson on 6/27/2017

As we previously reported, during the last year of President Obama’s Administration, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published an amendment to its illness/injury recording keeping rule, which would...more

Judge Continues Case Challenging OSHA Electronic Record-Keeping Rule – Employers Must Comply With July 1 Electronic Reporting...

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 4/6/2017

Seyfarth Synopsis: A Texas federal court won’t decide the legality of OSHA’s rule regarding the “Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses” until after the July 1, 2017 deadline for employers to comply with the rule....more

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OSHA Introduces Reduced Penalties for Small Businesses and Quick Fixers

Workplace Law Forecast 2024 - Your workplace law recap for 2023 and predictions for 2024 to help you prepare for the coming year.

New OSHA Electronic Injury and Illness Reporting Requirements for 2024

OSHA to Require Employers to Submit Injury and Illness Forms Online

OSHA Announces Expanded Electronic Injury and Illness Reporting Requirements

OSHA Announces Significant Expansion of ‘Instance-by-Instance’ Citation Policy

OSHA Issues COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard: Employers With 100+ Employees Must Ensure Workers Are Either Vaccinated or...

Does Trump’s COVID-19 Case Need To Be Reported To OSHA? What Employers Can Learn From President’s Illness

OSHA Revises Criteria For Recording COVID-19 Cases

To Record or Not To Record, That is the Question: Questions and Answers Regarding U.S. Federal OSHA Recordkeeping and Reporting...

OSHA Clarifies: Most COVID-19 Cases Are Not Recordable

OSHA's Electronic Recordkeeping Deadline Is Fast Approaching: Are You Ready?

What’s Next Now that OSHA Rescinded Part of the Electronic Recordkeeping Requirements?

OSHA Launches New Inspection Targeting Program

OSHA OKs Drug Testing and Incentive Programs ... Sort of

California Enacts New Law to Respond to Trump Administration OSHA Changes

OSHA Clarifies That Employers In State Plans Must Submit Injury & Illness Data

OSHA Delays Electronic Filing By Two Weeks

June 2017: The Top 15 Labor And Employment Law Stories

OSHA Indefinitely Suspends July 1 Electronic Injury and Illness Submission Requirements

Judge Continues Case Challenging OSHA Electronic Record-Keeping Rule – Employers Must Comply With July 1 Electronic Reporting...

Senate Takes Next Step in Eliminating OSHA Recordkeeping Rule

Court Declines to Enjoin OSHA Drug Testing and Safety Incentives Under the Electronic Recordkeeping Reporting Rule

OSHA Settlement May Point Direction on Injury Reporting Policies

FAQ about OSHA’s Electronic Recordkeeping Rule: Establishment vs. Company-wide?

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