On July 2, 2024, OSHA released its long-anticipated heat stress standard. It is a broad standard that, if finalized, will apply to employers in both construction and general industry. It is also a somewhat complicated...more
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9/11/2023
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OSHA has announced that, in light of the recent Supreme Court decision reimplementing the stay of the enforcement of its vaccine-or-mask emergency temporary standard (“ETS”), the Agency will be withdrawing that ETS. ...more
In a 6-3 decision issued on January 13, 2022, the Unites States Supreme Court overturned a decision of the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals that lifted a stay of the enforcement of OSHA’s vaccine or test emergency temporary...more
1/14/2022
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In the latest twist in the ongoing back and forth on workplace COVID-19 measures, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday gave the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) the go-ahead to implement and...more
Fifth Circuit grants emergency temporary stay on Biden’s vaccine or test rule, implemented by OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standards. What does this mean?...
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On November 4, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) requiring most employers in the country to implement COVID-19 vaccine requirements or require employees to present...more
11/5/2021
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On September 20, 2021, OSHA announced that it will be taking steps to mitigate the risks of heat illness in the workplace. This announcement comes as part of President Biden’s initiative on multiple fronts to combat the...more
Most employers are aware that the Biden Administration has ordered OSHA to issue an Emergency Temporary Standard requiring employers with 100 or more employees to mandate vaccines or require unvaccinated employees to be...more
On August 13, 2021, OSHA issued non-mandatory guidance for employers with respect to COVID-19. It did so in the wake of the CDC’s recent guidance, which called for indoor mask-wearing, even among the vaccinated, in indoor...more
On June 10, 2021, OSHA released the long-awaited COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) for workplace safety during the COVID-19 pandemic. The ETS requirements are limited to workers in the healthcare industry, and the...more
6/11/2021
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On May 13, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) issued new guidance announcing that fully vaccinated people generally do not need to wear a mask or physically distance in most settings, except where...more
On April 9, 2021, President Biden nominated Doug Parker to lead the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Mr. Parker has served as chief of California’s Division of Occupational Safety and...more
New information from U.S. Department of Labor officials indicates that OSHA’s COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) is delayed, but still on the table and under review. Pursuant to President Biden’s Executive Order, if...more
On March 12, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rolled out a National Emphasis Program (NEP) to address the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. NEPs are tools utilized by the Agency, on a temporary basis,...more
3/16/2021
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OSHA has issued updated COVID-19 guidance in response to President Biden’s recent Executive Order...
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Join Sherman & Howard for our annual Construction Law Seminar, featuring presentations on the latest legal developments facing the industry. This virtual seminar is ideal for general contractors, subcontractors, real estate...more
1/29/2021
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President Biden is off to a fast start when it comes to occupational safety and health. In addition to appointing an acting head of OSHA, the president has issued an executive order addressing COVID-19 in the...more
On June 17, 2020, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued its “Guidance on Returning to Work.” Designed to “assist employers and workers in safely returning to work and reopening businesses deemed by...more
Reversing an earlier decision, which limited to only certain categories of employers the obligation to determine whether COVID-19 cases are work-related, OSHA announced on May 19, 2020, that all employers subject to the...more
OSHA has issued guidance limiting an employer’s obligation to record COVID-19 cases on its 300 form. For the most part, only employers in certain industries will be required to do so...
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) was busy this week. In a long-anticipated move, the Agency on Thursday announced its final rule rescinding a portion of its “Tracking of Workplace Injuries and...more
Employers who had 250 or more employees at an establishment at any point during 2017, and who are required to keep OSHA injury and illness logs, are required to electronically submit their 2017 OSHA 300A Annual Summaries by...more
OSHA may soon make it easier for employers to comply with the agency’s Respirable Crystalline Silica in Construction Standard. The standard, which OSHA announced in 2016 and began to fully enforce last fall, seeks to protect...more
3/12/2018
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Last week the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued a long-awaited opinion in a case involving numerous challenges to OSHA’s silica in construction standard. ...more
12/27/2017
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Appeals ,
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Hazardous Substances ,
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Silica ,
Toxic Exposure ,
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