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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 -

As Temperatures Start to Rise, OSHA Takes Steps to Implement Rules Concerning Heat Illness Prevention

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 4/5/2024

For a number of years, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has promised a heat injury and illness prevention standard. To date, proposals related to heat injury and illness in outdoor settings have been...more

GAO Encourages OSHA to Take Action in Meat and Poultry Industry

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 7/18/2023

Recently, the United States General Accounting Office (GAO), which is a nonpartisan agency in the legislative branch, took on oversight of the executive branch agency, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). In...more

Workers Aim to Outmaneuver OSHA and Seek Court Relief for Workplace Safety Claims: What it Could Mean for Your Business

Fisher Phillips on 9/21/2022

A three-judge panel of the Third Circuit Court of Appeal recently heard oral arguments on the issue of when federal courts may intervene in workplace safety disputes between employers and their employees, as OSHA squared off...more

Same Old Situation for Employers? Top 10 Takeaways as OSHA Updates COVID-19 Workplace Guidance

Fisher Phillips on 8/16/2021

In response to the surge of delta variant cases across the country, federal workplace safety officials just issued updated guidance to help employers and workers identify current COVID-19 risks for unvaccinated or otherwise...more

Schools Should Not Ignore OSHA’s New COVID-19 Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard

Fisher Phillips on 7/27/2021

Believing current federal standards and regulations were not doing enough to protect healthcare workers from COVID-19, federal workplace safety officials recently issued a new Emergency Temporary Standard – but many private...more

Update Regarding Publication of OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 6/24/2021

On June 10, 2021, Dorsey’s Labor & Employment attorneys outlined an Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) issued by OSHA. At the time, the ETS was not an official regulation because it had not yet been published in the Federal...more

OSHA Provides New COVID-19 Workplace Guidance: The 10 Things Employers Need to Know

Fisher Phillips on 6/14/2021

On the same day the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the long-anticipated Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) applicable to healthcare employers, the agency also issued updated Guidance on Mitigating and...more

Pennsylvania Meatpackers Can’t Force OSHA to Act on COVID-19 Concerns

Fisher Phillips on 4/19/2021

A Pennsylvania federal court recently ruled that the federal workplace safety agency adequately investigated claims of unsafe working conditions brought by a group of meatpackers concerned about alleged COVID-19 breaches, and...more

Be Prepared For Increase In COVID-19 Inspections Under OSHA’s New National Emphasis Program

Akerman LLP - HR Defense on 3/24/2021

On March 12, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced a new National Emphasis Program (NEP) designed to significantly reduce worker exposure to COVID-19 by targeting industries and worksites...more

OSHA issues National Emphasis Program and Enforcement Response Plan targeting certain industries

Hogan Lovells on 3/19/2021

As employers are revising their return to work protocols in light of increased vaccination efforts and the prospect of increased on-site work, the federal government has been busy implementing additional COVID-19 safety...more

OSHA Releases National Emphasis Program Protecting High-Risk Workers

Littler on 3/15/2021

In response to President Biden’s January 2021 executive order, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released a National Emphasis Program (NEP) on March 12, 2021, targeting...more

OSHA Signals More COVID-19 Inspections Are Coming: 5 Steps For Employers To Prepare For The National Emphasis Program

Fisher Phillips on 3/15/2021

A recent move by the federal workplace safety watchdog agency means that you should prepare for more COVID-19-related OSHA inspections this spring and summer. On March 12, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration...more

OSHA COVID-19 Standard May Require Significant HVAC Changes

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 2/26/2021

In a recent interview, the former head of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration indicated his belief that many employers are not taking adequate measures to address the real risks for COVID-19 in the...more

OSHA Issues New Guidance on Protecting Workers During COVID-19

Gould + Ratner LLP on 2/9/2021

On January 21, 2021, President Biden issued an “Executive Order on Protecting Worker Health and Safety.” The Order, issued on the first full day of the new Biden Administration, was one of many directly addressing COVID-19....more

OSHA Issues Revised COVID-19 Workplace Safety Guidance

WilmerHale on 2/3/2021

On January 29, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued updated guidance aimed at helping employers implement COVID-19 Prevention Programs to better identify workplace risks that could lead to...more

Cal/OSHA’s ETS Under Scrutiny: California Judge Hears Oral Argument to Enjoin Enforcement

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 2/3/2021

Following the implementation of the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health’s (Cal/OSHA) COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS) on November 30, 2020, several employers and trade associations filed a...more

OSHA Issues ‘Stronger’ Workplace Guidance on COVID-19

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 2/3/2021

On January 29, 2021, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published new guidance on mitigating and preventing the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace. In a press release announcing the new guidance,...more

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

BCLP on 2/3/2021

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

What Will A Federal OSHA COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard Likely Require?

Fisher Phillips on 1/27/2021

As predicted following Joe Biden’s election as President of the United States, the new administration announced last week that it has directed the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to consider...more

Should Mine Operators Expect A COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard?

Fisher Phillips on 1/27/2021

Within the first days of taking office, President Biden signed many Executive Orders – one of which directs the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) to...more

Employers Take Note: OSHA Provides Details On Most Common COVID-19 Citations

Fisher Phillips on 11/11/2020

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) just issued guidance and an accompanying one-page summary outlining which standards are most frequently cited during coronavirus-related inspections. OSHA based these...more

Expect These 8 Changes To OSHA Under The Biden Administration

Fisher Phillips on 11/10/2020

Media outlets announced Saturday that Joe Biden will become the 46th president of the United States. If the legal challenges to the election result fail and he is inaugurated in January, President-Elect Biden can begin taking...more

OSHA COVID-19 Update

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog on 11/5/2020

As COVID-19 cases have continued to rise across the United States, so have COVID-related OSHA complaints and investigations. OSHA has been tracking statistics on COVID-related complaints, referrals, inspections, and citations...more

Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration Adopts COVID-19 Emergency Rule

Littler on 10/16/2020

In the wake of the Michigan Supreme Court’s decision invalidating the law that served as the basis for Governor Whitmer’s emergency COVID-19 orders since April 30, 2020, the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health...more

COVID-19 Related Litigation Surges: What Employers Can Do To Minimize Exposure

Akerman LLP - HR Defense on 10/14/2020

The much-anticipated surge of COVID-19 pandemic-related litigation has begun. As the pandemic continues to lay siege to the United States economy, claimants’ lawyers and government agencies have begun setting their sights on...more

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