Penalties, Employer Liability Issues, New Guidance

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

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

Department of Transportation English Proficiency Guidance Takes Effect in Late June

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 6/2/2025

Last month, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to begin enforcement of English language proficiency (ELP)...more

CRD's New Pay Data Reporting Requirements

Venable LLP on 4/1/2024

California law requires private employers of 100 or more employees or remote workers hired through labor contractors to annually report pay, demographic, and other workplace data to California's Civil Rights Department (CRD)....more

OSHA Enforcement Guidance Could Subject Employers to More Citations

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 2/3/2023

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) can now issue separate citations for each instance of an alleged high-gravity serious violation. OSHA is also encouraged to issue multiple violations instead of...more

Paid Sick Leave is Coming to Pittsburgh

Ballard Spahr LLP on 12/23/2019

On July 17, 2019, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that the City of Pittsburgh’s Paid Sick Days Act (PSDA)—a 2015 ordinance that required businesses to provide paid sick leave to workers in the City—is valid....more