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California Employers — Brace Yourselves; Rules and Penalties are Coming for “Enterprise-wide and Egregious” Violations.

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Seyfarth Synopsis: A new rulemaking is underway at the California Department of Industrial Relations that will allow Cal/OSHA to cite employers for “enterprise-wide and egregious” violations, implementing a 2021 law signed by...more

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Beating the Heat – OSHA’s Newly Introduced Proposed Heat Hazard Rule

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Introduction - Following the hottest June on record and with temperatures rising as we approach the dog days of summer, OSHA recently issued a long-awaited proposed rule creating standards for heat injury and illness...more

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OSHA Releases Proposed Extreme Heat Rule

On July 2, 2024, OSHA released the long-awaited Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings proposed rule. If finalized, the rule would require millions of employers to take steps to protect their...more

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Cal/OSHA Standards Board to Vote on Indoor Heat Standard on March 21, 2024

The California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board will vote to adopt the proposed Heat Illness Prevention in Indoor Places of Employment standard at its March 21, 2024, public meeting....more

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California’s Indoor Heat Illness Prevention Standard: Cal/OSHA Standards Board Publishes New Modifications

The draft indoor heat illness prevention standard continues to work its way through the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board’s rulemaking process. On November 9, 2023, the Board published proposed modifications to...more

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Cal/OSHA Standards Board Publishes Proposed Indoor Heat Illness Prevention Standard: It’s Getting Hot in Here

The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (Cal/OSHA Standards Board) recently published the official draft version of an indoor heat illness prevention standard. There are already heat illness...more

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California Bill on Climate-Related Disclosure

California Senate Bill 253, the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act, if passed, will require all companies that do business in California and report over $1 billion in annual revenue to report on the full range of their...more

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Client Alert: PFAS in Consumer Products: Developing a Proactive and Strategic Game Plan

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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in consumer products continue to be in the regulatory and litigation spotlight in 2023. Manufacturers and downstream businesses should be actively preparing to comply with the...more

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Mexico’s Pending Health and Safety Rules on Teleworking: What Do Employers Need to Know?

On January 11, 2021, the federal government published a decree in the Official Gazette of the Federation, amending the Federal Labor Law (FLL) to regulate the terms and conditions, employer and employee obligations, and...more

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Top 6 Things NY Employers Need to Know About Proposed Regulations for HERO Act Workplace Safety Committees

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The New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) recently issued its long-awaited proposed regulations related to workplace safety committees as allowed under the NY HERO Act. New York employers have already been addressing...more

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New York HERO Act Workplace Safety Committees: Proposed Regulations

On December 22, 2021, the New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) published highly anticipated proposed regulations in the New York State Register regarding section 2 of the New York Health and Essential Rights Act (NY...more

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Smart Health Cards, Vaccine Passports, and Privacy

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker and Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee recently announced that they are considering implementing vaccine passport programs in their respective states. Baker stated that he is working with...more

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Homeoffice-Pflicht per Verordnung oder Papiertiger?

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In ihrer Konferenz am 19. Januar 2021 haben die Bundeskanzlerin und die Ministerpräsidenten der Länder weitere Maßnahmen zur Eindämmung des Infektionsgeschehens beschlossen. Sie haben in ihrem Beschluss eine befristete...more

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Cal/OSHA Recommends Emergency COVID-19 Regulation With PPE and Training Provisions

On May 20, 2020, worker advocates submitted a petition for an emergency COVID-19 safety standard demanding additional COVID-19 regulations for those employees not covered by the Aerosol Transmissible Diseases (ATD) standard....more

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EPA Proposes Ban on Certain Uses of Trichloroethylene (TCE)

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Seyfarth Synopsis: In a significant proposal, EPA moves to ban the use of TCE in aerosol degreasing and spot cleaning at dry cleaning facilities, as part of a larger effort to ban TCE in other industrial uses. The U.S....more

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