WorldSmart: The Impact of Export Control and Economic Sanctions on International Business
Podcast: President Biden's Use of the Defense Production Act - Diagnosing Health Care
What Can Businesses Do After Texas Lifts the Mask Mandate?
#WorkforceWednesday: OSHA’s Updated COVID-19 Guidance, CDC’s New Mask Guidance, Biden Administration Rollbacks - Employment Law This Week®
Slamming the door on 2020 and looking ahead to 2021
Supporting Health Through Supply Chain Management
Barry Ostrowsky on The Future of Health Care: Health Care Delivery and Consolidation Trends in 2020 and Beyond - Diagnosing Health Care Podcast
Labor & Employment Podcast Series: Enforcement of Face Coverings
Rules of the Road: Return to Work in the Time of COVID-19
#WorkforceWednesday: First Workplace Safety Mandates, COVID-19 Employee Training, Masks Required at Major Retailers - Employment Law This Week®
Blakes Continuity Podcast: Life Sciences: Liability and Immunity During COVID-19
#WorkforceWednesday: OSHA Urges Face Masks, ADA Turns 30, Employee Vacations - Employment Law This Week®
Blakes Continuity Podcast: Entering the COVID-19 Marketplace: Proceed with Care
A Conversation with Elite Sportswear: COVID-19 Client Stories
Manufacturing Masks and Protective Equipment in the Age of COVID-19: Troutman Sanders and Pepper Hamilton COVID-19 Litigation Podcast Series
More Emerging Litigation Claims and Demands from COVID-19
Year in and year out, the same 5 standards tend to be cited the most frequently in general industry inspections. While their placement in the Top 5 may vary from time to time, Lockout/Tagout, Hazard Communication, Respiratory...more
This detailed set of Frequently Asked Questions addresses the workplace-related issues facing employers in the wake of the California fires. In addition to legal obligations you need to consider, this Insight also addresses...more
Construction employers must be ready for a federal safety rule that takes effect on Monday. A major update to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rules regarding safety and health regulations for the...more
On December 12, 2024, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a final rule updating its personal protective equipment (PPE) standard for construction workers. The new rule explicitly requires that...more
On December 11, 2024, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced it finalized a revision to the personal protective equipment (PPE) standard for the construction industry. The final rule adds specific...more
On July 20, 2023, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a notice of proposed rulemaking to clarify the personal protective equipment (PPE) standard for the construction industry....more
In response to the surge of delta variant cases across the country, federal workplace safety officials just issued updated guidance to help employers and workers identify current COVID-19 risks for unvaccinated or otherwise...more
Believing current federal standards and regulations were not doing enough to protect healthcare workers from COVID-19, federal workplace safety officials recently issued a new Emergency Temporary Standard – but many private...more
On the same day the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the long-anticipated Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) applicable to healthcare employers, the agency also issued updated Guidance on Mitigating and...more
On January 21, 2021, President Biden issued an “Executive Order on Protecting Worker Health and Safety.” The Order, issued on the first full day of the new Biden Administration, was one of many directly addressing COVID-19....more
As part of President Biden’s first executive actions, on January 21, 2021, the president ordered the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) to issue new science-based guidance to protect workers and...more
As predicted following Joe Biden’s election as President of the United States, the new administration announced last week that it has directed the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to consider...more
With Joe Biden now being called the president-elect, we can expect changes to the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) once he takes office in January 2021. Right now, while there is speculation as to who will be the...more
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) just issued guidance and an accompanying one-page summary outlining which standards are most frequently cited during coronavirus-related inspections. OSHA based these...more
Welcome to #WorkforceWednesday. This week, we’re talking about recommendations by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on face masks, the 30th anniversary of a federal disability rights law, and employee...more
16,000 nationwide complaints to OSHA agencies since April prompt sector-specific guidance - OSHA continues to publish new COVID-19 guidance, including issuance of a recent construction work guidance on May 26. As employee...more
As California businesses begin to reopen and return employees to physical workplaces, there are numerous safety measures for employers to consider implementing to minimize the spread of COVID-19. On May 14, 2020, California’s...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued an alert listing safety tips (guidance) employers can follow to help protect construction workers from exposure to the coronavirus....more