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Conn Maciel Carey LLP

[Webinar] MSHA Mid-Year Review of Significant Decision Updates - August 19th, 10:00 am PT

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In this webinar, we will explore developments occurring midway through the first year of the Trump Administration. We will provide an overview of significant updates at MSHA related to leadership, rulemaking, and enforcement....more

Fisher Phillips

Top 2025 Predictions for Workplace Safety

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Our Workplace Safety thought leaders have pulled together their top predictions for the new year so that employers can get a running start to 2025....more

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[Webinar] Addressing Employee Complaints: Retaliation and Whistleblower Complaints with the EEOC, OSHA, and MSHA - October 1st,...

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Over the past several years, employers have seen a significant uptick in retaliation claims filed by employees and investigated by federal agencies. For example, in 2010, only approx. 30% of all charges filed with the EEOC...more

Stoel Rives - Mineral Law

We Have to Know What We're Doing, Because They Don't Always Get It

Let me tell you about an experience I had with a Labor Department lawyer earlier this month. It was one of those experiences that made me realize how important it is for those of us in the mining industry to have a good...more

Fisher Phillips

Tides Keep Rising: MSHA Penalties Increase For 2023

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No penalty is a good penalty, but many Department of Labor fines just got worse – including those that can be assessed against mine operators. The agency just published a final rule that increases the maximum civil penalties...more

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Mining for Data: Top 5 Takeaways as Fisher Phillips Introduces the FP Mine Violations Tracker Map

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Some employers might be surprised to learn that MSHA violations are increasingly common in states not typically associated with mine safety – and that you are much more likely to be cited for certain kinds of violations...more

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MSHA Annual Inflation Adjustment to Civil Penalties

Annually in mid-January, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) adjusts its civil penalty assessments, in accordance with the inflation adjustment provisions of the Federal Civil Penalties...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Currents - Energy Industry Insights: Issue 42, November 2019 #2

FBI Eyes How Pennsylvania Approved Pipeline - "The FBI has begun a corruption investigation into how Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration came to issue permits for construction on a multibillion-dollar pipeline project to carry...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Fines Increase One Percent for Workplace Safety Violations

If a one-percent increase in maximum fines doesn’t dissuade employers from committing worker safety and health violations, then we don’t know what does. OSHA’s and MSHA’s higher penalties became effective January 13th, but it...more

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