Off the Clock, On the Radar: Managing Off-Duty Conduct and Workplace Impact
Summer Strategies for Work Success
Podcast - The Law as a Force for Change
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Episode 41: Employment & Labor Law Issues for Construction Companies with Bridget Blinn-Spears of Maynard Nexsen
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Episode 38: Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) with John Holmes of Maynard Nexsen
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Episode 37: Conducting Effective Workplace Investigations with Rima Hartman of Maynard Nexsen
California Employment News: Drug and Alcohol Policy Enforcement for In-Office and Remote Workers
(Podcast) California Employment News: Drug and Alcohol Policy Enforcement for In-Office and Remote Workers
(Podcast) California Employment News: AB 2499 – Expanded Rights & Protections for Victims of Violence in the Workplace
California Employment News: AB 2499 – Expanded Rights & Protections for Victims of Violence in the Workplace
Constangy Clips Ep. 4 - 3 Things that Keep your Labor and Employment Lawyer Up at Night
Compliance and Psychological Safety
#WorkforceWednesday®: Mental Health Parity Rules, NLRB Restrictions, New York's Workplace Violence Prevention Law - Employment Law This Week®
DE Talk | Using Employment Networks to Connect with Individuals with Disabilities in an Ever-Changing Workforce
Workplace Violence in Health Care: Dissecting the Legal Landscape and Implications for Employers – Diagnosing Health Care
What's the Tea in L&E? Are "Furries" Protected in the Workplace?
The Burr Broadcast: OSHA Clarifies Work-Relatedness of Employee Injuries While Traveling
The Burr Broadcast: OSHA Heat Illness & Injury Prevention Standards
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Episode 23: OSHA Compliance with Anthony Wilks and Don Snizaski of Life & Safety Consultants
The Chartwell Chronicles: New Jersey Caselaw Updates
In the high stakes construction world, OSHA often issues citations for the lack of fall protection, scaffolding hazards, hazard communication failures, electrical hazards, and inadequate personal protective equipment (PPE)....more
Welcome to “Key OSHRC Rulings Explained,” a new series in Conn Maciel Carey LLP’s OSHA Defense Report blog, designed to explore significant case summaries of Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) decisions....more
Key Points: New York appellate decision gives defense counsel firm ground on which to defend a standard § 240(1) case. In Simpertegui v. Carlyle House Inc., 209 N.Y.S.3d (1st Dept. May 9, 2024), a “ladder-fall” case, the...more
On January 23, 2025, the New Brunswick Court of Appeal released its decision in King v R. This tragic case highlights critical lessons for employers, emphasizing the importance of leadership accountability, adherence to...more
Recently released statistics revealed that working in the construction industry was once again the most dangerous occupation in the country, as over 20% of all workplace fatalities from 2023 occurred in the construction...more
On December 12, 2024, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued its revision to the personal protective equipment (PPE) standard for construction to ensure properly fitting PPE for all construction...more
In the United States, 986 workers died from heat exposure between 1992 and 2022, with the construction industry accounting for 34% of all deaths. Although the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has...more
For years, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has identified fall protection among its top compliance priorities. Falls have been a continuing leading cause of employee injuries and deaths, especially in the...more
Issues involved with construction accidents in New York are very fact-specific, and it is important to obtain testimony and evidence of all aspects of the construction project to try and defeat a summary judgment motion....more
On December 11, 2023, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) announced that it will be “replacing traditional hard hats used by its employees with more modern safety helmets.”...more
1. What is a construction accident lawsuit? A construction accident lawsuit is a legal claim made by someone who has been injured on a construction site as result of negligence or a safety violation. This could involve...more
To improve the tracking of workplace illnesses and injuries, OSHA on January 2, 2024 began requiring electronic submission of OSHA Forms 300 and 301. Additionally, the following new changes and requirements go into effect,...more
Campbell v. Cobblestone Rest. of Geneva, LLC, 78 Misc. 3d 1216(A), 184 N.Y.S. 3d 577 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2023) - An individual working for a subcontractor fell while at Cobblestone Restaurant, which was owned by Encore and...more
Last month, the owner of a Colorado construction company pled guilty to criminal manslaughter charges following the death of an employee as the result of a trench collapse. According to the federal Occupational Safety and...more
US Lawmakers Call to Modernize OSHA as Hundreds Die on the Job Each Day - “Reintroduced federal legislation pushes to expand Osha coverage in 24 states not currently covered by the act.” Why this is important: On...more
On May 1, 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor announced that the U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration (“OSHA”) has begun a National Emphasis Program (“NEP”) to prevent workplace falls, effective immediately. The...more
On May 1, 2023, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) announced its second National Emphasis Program (“NEP”) in three months, this time addressing the leading cause of fatal workplace injuries and the...more
With construction less impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and with a large number of projects in progress across the country, the industry is seeing a rebound in construction activity. This increase in activity, however,...more
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Directorate of Construction Director Scott Ketcham gave a review of the agency’s focus on the construction industry at the American Bar Association’s 2023 Midwinter...more
Construction and extraction occupations accounted for the second highest number of occupational deaths out of the total 5,190 fatal work injuries recorded in the United States in the 2021 calendar year, according to the...more
Top leaders of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) have detailed new and upcoming enforcement efforts to protect “vulnerable workers” (i.e., immigrant, minority, female, and lower-paid) who may be more...more
Falls remain one of the leading causes of worker deaths in construction. Not surprisingly, one in five construction citations issued by OSHA over the last decade has been for inadequate fall protection. For many years,...more
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has published a proposed rule to restore and expand Obama-era requirements for high-hazard employers with at least 100 employees to submit their injury and illness...more
As part of Vandeventer Black’s participation in Construction Safety Week 2022, and with heat increasing in many places (or staying hot in others), we wanted to remind those in the industry of the importance of heat-related...more
According to 2020 OSHA data, there were 976 construction-related fatalities. Of those 88 fatalities included construction supervisors, making it clear that safety awareness is critical for everyone on a project site and not...more