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California Labor and Employment Law Updates for 2025

As we move into 2025, California continues its trend of enacting progressive and comprehensive labor and employment laws. The new legislative updates span a range of critical issues, including whistleblowing, discrimination,...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Robotic Systems Compel OSHA to Consider Revising Its Lockout/Tagout Standard

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Manufacturers’ increasingly advanced robotic systems have made the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) standard for the Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout) impractical, even obsolete, in many...more

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Automation, Safety, and Robotic Systems

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The creative pace of solution seekers always seems to move faster than regulations and controls. In some ways that can be good, and in some ways, it can create unforeseen hazards when those solutions, such as robotics and...more

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OSHA Announces Lockout/Tagout and Standards Improvement Project Developments

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OSHA published a final rule in the Federal Register on May 14, 2019 revising several existing standards. The revisions apply to the recordkeeping, general industry, maritime, and construction standards. OSHA made the...more

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog

OSHA Seeking Public Comments on Lockout/Tagout Standards

OSHA recently announced that it is considering whether it should revise the Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout (LOTO)) standard to accommodate recent technological advances concerning control circuit-type devices....more

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Robots And OSHA

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In Will Smith’s hit movie, I, Robot set in 2035 robots were allegedly governed by the Three Laws of Robotics which were originally created by Isaac Asimov. The first law states, “[a] robot may not injure a human being or,...more

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Robotics, Automation, and Employee Safety for the Future Employer

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Due to the increased use of robotics and computer automation for many job functions that have historically been performed by employees raises, besides the traditional personnel and employment issues, a host...more

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The Transformation of the Workplace Through Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and Automation - February 2014

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In This Report: - Explanation And Scope Of This Preliminary Littler Report - Introduction - Workplace LAW Challenges And Solutions - A. Human Displacement - B. Union And Non-Union...more

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