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When are employee musculoskeletal illnesses and injuries required to be recorded and reported to federal workplace safety officials? The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently released a new memorandum...more
Nearly all employers in the state of California must prepare a Workplace Violence Prevention Plan (“WVPP” or “Plan”) by July 1, 2024 and Cal/OSHA just published the highly anticipated model Workplace Violence Prevention Plan...more
This is an update to Holland & Knight's previous blog, "Employers May Encourage Employees to Receive COVID-19 Vaccine, But Requiring it Raises Issues," April 26, 2021. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)...more
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has answered a question that has been troubling employers since the pace of vaccinations started to accelerate: when must an employer record an adverse reaction to...more
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
On January 29, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued detailed health and safety guidance to inform employers and employees of recommended strategies to mitigate the risk of exposure to...more
It is an unfortunate outcome of this pandemic that in the OSHA world, guidance lags behind enforcement. While state and federal agencies try to make up their minds on the best way of managing COVID-19 threats in the...more
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) just published its newest series of answers to its COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) addressing when an employer must report to OSHA an employee’s...more
It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more
The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) requires employers to record work-related injuries and illnesses, including confirmed cases of COVID-19. However, because employees experience potential exposure both...more
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued new Frequently Asked Questions addressing when employers governed by the federal agency must report work-related cases of COVID-19. The most significant new...more
On May 26, 2020, OSHA issued revised guidance regarding the reporting of COVID-19 cases... OSHA recordkeeping requirements mandate covered employers record certain work-related injuries and illnesses on their OSHA 300 log....more
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) has changed its policy for employer recording of COVID-19 cases among its workforce. OSHA’s new policy rescinds prior guidance announced in April 2020 (discussed...more
The Occupational Health and Safety Act (the OHS) was signed into law in 1970 and established the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), as part of the U.S. Department of Labor. Under the so-called "general...more
Over the last few months, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has continued to provide guidance addressing safety concerns in the workplace in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the last month...more
The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more
The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration just issued guidance for enforcing OSHA’s recordkeeping requirements for COVID-19 cases. OSHA recordkeeping requirements mandate covered employers record...more
The U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration (“OSHA”) recently issued a Standard Interpretation memorandum (the “New Guidance”) to clarify the agency’s position on whether workplace safety incentive programs and...more
On October 11, 2018, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a memorandum entitled Clarification of OSHA's Position on Workplace Safety Incentive Programs and Post-Incident Drug Testing Under 29 C.F.R....more
On October 11, 2018, in an about-face on prior guidance, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a significant Standard Interpretation Memorandum regarding safety-incentive programs and post-incident...more
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) added an anti-retaliation provision to the recordkeeping regulation finalized in May 2016, and it seems as if the workplace safety and health community has not stopped...more
OSHA Rolls Back Enforcement of Anti-Retaliation Provisions! Yesterday, the U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration (“OSHA”) issued a standard interpretation clarifying its position on the new recordkeeping rule’s...more
On April 30, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Fed-OSHA) reversed course and issued a press release announcing that employers in all state-plan states must implement Fed-OSHA’s new electronic recordkeeping...more
On October 19, 2016, OSHA issued guidance with respect to certain controversial provisions of its new anti-retaliation rules, originally published on May 12, 2016. As we have previously discussed, OSHA’s new rules prohibit...more