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Personal Protective Equipment

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The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) is a United States federal agency established in 1970 by the Occupational Health and Safety Act. OSHA is part of the Department of Labor and is charged with assuring healthy, safe, working environments. OSHA sets and enforces safety standards and policies. Examples of OSHA's duties include setting limits on workers' exposure to hazardous substances, ensuring workers have access to safety information and protective equipment, and providing employers and workers proper training to prevent dangerous conditions. less -

What Is OSHA's Definition Of A “Willful” Work Safety Violation?

Hendershot Cowart P.C. on 4/24/2024

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) defines a "willful" violation as one where the employer either knowingly failed to comply with a legal requirement or acted with plain indifference to employee safety....more

EEOC Updates Screening, Testing, and Mandatory Vaccination Polices

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints on 7/27/2022

After several months, the EEOC has once again updated its guidance and answers regarding the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic’s interaction with anti-discrimination laws, with a particular focus on the workplace screening, testing,...more

The FDA Revokes EUAs for Decontamination Systems and Non-NIOSH-Approved Respirators (i.e., KN95 Respirators)

Maynard Nexsen on 7/9/2021

Since early last year, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued several Emergency Use Authorizations (EUAs) for personal protective equipment (PPE) products to address concerns about their availability...more

OSHA Issues COVID-19 Respiratory Protection Guidance For Long Term Care Facilities

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 12/1/2020

OSHA has issued guidance on personal protective equipment (“PPE”) and respiratory protection use in nursing home and long term care facilities (collectively “LTCFs”) to protect against COVID-19. In its recently issued...more

More Guidance On COVID-19 Response Measures For FDA Regulated Human And Animal Food Operations

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 8/31/2020

To help employers in regulated human and animal food operations navigate ongoing challenges from the coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...more

Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines - July 2020 #11

Hogan Lovells on 7/16/2020

In Washington - After receiving backlash for quietly removing public data on COVID-19 hospitalizations from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website last night, the Department of Health and Human...more

COVID-19 Update: FDA Issues Guidance for Food and Agriculture Sector Businesses on the Use of Masks and What to Do if a Worker is...

Hogan Lovells on 5/1/2020

This post summarizes two recent documents the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued for the Food and Agriculture Sector in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. The first, “Use of Respirators, Facemasks, and Cloth Face...more

Updated EEOC Guidance on the ADA and Accommodations

Holland & Hart LLP on 5/1/2020

On April 23, 2020, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued updated FAQs to guide ongoing testing and workplace safety. The EEOC clarified that employment discrimination laws are not intended to...more

Buyer Beware: The Sale of Fake Face Masks is Proliferating

Woods Rogers on 3/19/2020

The global scope of the coronavirus pandemic has resulted in a severe shortage of respirators, or what people commonly call face masks. In the U.S., the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) manages...more

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