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OSHA Releases Proposed Standard for Heat Injury and Illness Prevention

As record-high temperatures enveloped most of the U.S. earlier this month, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released a proposed rule for comprehensive heat injury and illness prevention....more

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OSHA’s Proposed Heat Injury and Illness Prevention Standard in Focus: Analysis and Review

On July 2, 2024, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released a proposed rule on “Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings.” The rule would apply to all employers and be...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

OSHA Invites Feedback on Proposed Rule for Protecting Workers from Excessive Heat: Employers Should Remember the NLRA and LMRA

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration plans to propose a new rule requiring employers to protect employees exposed to high temperatures at work. This federal government regulation is the first of its kind to...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Employers Subject to Heat Stress Citations Even in Absence of Federal OSHA Standard

For several years, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has been working on a safety standard intended to address worker exposure to heat stress and related medical issues. With summer temperatures...more

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A Continuing Discussion on the Opioid Epidemic and the Workplace – Part 4

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Executive Summary: This is Part 4 of a series of Alerts exploring different facets of the ongoing opioid addiction crisis afflicting our country. Our initial Alert on June 12, 2023 outlined the big-picture issues associated...more

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Turning Up the Heat on OSHA’s Winter Weather Guidelines

In the last several years, most regions of the United States have experienced periods of severe winter weather with frigid temperatures and bone-chilling winds. Winter weather carries a variety of hazards, from cold-stress...more

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As Snow Season Approaches, OSHA Focuses On Rollover Protection For Tractor Operators

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Seyfarth Synopsis: OSHA has recently highlighted tractor operator safety by increasing use of rollbars or cage frames....more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

OSHA Continues Development of Heat Standard

With summer in full swing, employers should remain aware of employee safety risks associated with heat stress. The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration continues work on a heat exposure safety standard after...more

Hogan Lovells

Virginia revokes COVID-19 workplace safety standard

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Effective March 23, 2022, the Virginia occupational safety and health standard on COVID-19 (the Standard) has been revoked. The Standard established protocols that Virginia employers were required to follow to control,...more

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The COVID-19 ETS Is Gone, But Employers Must Still Take and Implement Workplace Protections – or Fail at Their Peril

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As the entire country should know by now, on January 13, 2022, the United States Supreme Court issued an Opinion reinstating the stay of enforcement by OSHA of its Emergency Temporary Standard for COVID-19 (ETS). You can...more

Sherman & Howard L.L.C.

OSHA To Take Steps To Prevent Heat Illness

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

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OSHA's Revised COVID-19 Guidance Adopts CDC's Latest Recommendation on Masks for Vaccinated Employees, Advocates for Vaccination,...

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In response to the modified COVID-19 recommendations published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on July 27, 2021, on Friday, August 13, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)...more

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Requiring Fully-Vaccinated Employees to Mask: OSHA Issues Less-Than-Clear Updated COVID-19 Guidance in the Wake of the CDC’s...

On August 13, 2021, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published its updated COVID-19 guidance to account for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) July 27, 2021, guideline...more

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OSHA’s Heat Standard Likely To Affect Indoor Manufacturing Facilities

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This past spring, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced its intention to implement a new heat illness standard that will apply to indoor environments. The agency said it has manufacturing...more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

OSHA Issues Revised COVID-19 Guidance on Protecting Workers

On June 10, 2021, OSHA released a revised version of its Protecting Workers: Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace (“Workplace Guidance”). This Guidance was issued simultaneously with...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

OSHA Issues COVID-19 Standard for Healthcare Employers

OSHA has issued a 916-page COVID-19 Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) setting forth a myriad of requirements for covered healthcare entities, including implementation of a comprehensive COVID-19 plan identifying...more

Fisher Phillips

Your State No Longer Requires Face Coverings in the Workplace – But Should You Continue To Mandate Them?

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As the COVID-19 pandemic (mercifully) starts to retreat, many states have begun rolling back face-covering mandates, which often relieve employers of the obligation to require masks for employees and visitors in the...more

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OSHA Implements COVID National Emphasis Program

As a part of its ongoing efforts to increase workplace attention on COVID-19, OSHA recently released a new COVID-19 National Emphasis Program (NEP), signaling a commitment to expand its inspection and enforcement efforts to...more

Amundsen Davis LLC

OSHA’s New National Emphasis Program For COVID-19

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In response to an executive order signed by President Biden in January, OSHA recently launched a new national emphasis program focusing enforcement efforts on industries and employers most impacted by COVID-19. The...more

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OSHA Opts For COVID-19 National Emphasis Program Rather Than Emergency Temporary Standard

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

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Texas Governor Ends COVID-19 Restrictions, but Employers May Want to Remember OSH Act’s General Duty Clause

On March 2, 2021, Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued Executive Order No. 34 (GA-34), rescinding most of his earlier executive orders related to COVID-19, including the statewide mask mandate and business occupancy...more

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[Virtual Event] Unprecedented: The State of Labor Relations and Employment Law Master Class - OSHA Compliance in the Midst of a...

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Please join us for BakerHostetler’s Unprecedented: The State of Labor Relations and Employment Law Master Class. Our 8th Annual Master Class will be virtual, due to the pandemic, and it will still offer all new high-level...more

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U.S. COVID-19: OSHA Issues Guidance Addressing Mitigation and Prevention of COVID-19 in the Workplace

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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

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Federal OSHA Issues New COVID-19 Guidance

In what it is referring to as “stronger worker safety guidance,” last Friday the Occupational Safety and Health Administration published its new guidance on COVID-19, titled “Protecting Workers: Guidance on Mitigating and...more

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OSHA Issues “Stronger” Guidance on COVID-19 in the Workplace

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a new, “stronger” Guidance on identifying and preventing coronavirus exposure risks in the workplace. Although this is labeled a “Guidance” and OSHA says...more

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