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Existing regulations establish heat illness prevention standards for outdoor workers.

In this episode, Jen explains Senate Bill 553, which requires most California employers to create a Workplace Violence Prevention Plan and train their employees at least annually.

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an unprecedented increase in the use of alternative staffing for employees in healthcare settings.

New York City has, until now, stood apart from the rest of the country by holding tight to its mandate that all private businesses require their employees to be vaccinated...

Workers not treated as "employees" are often not entitled to statutory safeguards, and this has the potential to raise several occupational health and safety considerations for gig economy workers.

In an Op-Ed published by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Ed Foulke reviews the credentials of the new U.S. Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia.

In this episode of our Oregon Employment Law podcast series, Paul Cirner and Florence Mao discuss the requirements of federal and state statutes regarding religious and medical accommodations...

All employers are undoubtedly aware that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration promulgated a rule (known as an Emergency Temporary Standard) requiring all employers with 100 or more employees to require that employees be vaccinated or be tested weekly for COVID.

In this podcast, John Surma and Frank Davis, members of Ogletree Deakins' Workplace Safety and Health Practice Group, discuss unprogrammed inspections conducted by the Occupational...

OSHA's website recently added advice to employers, particularly in retail and warehousing, to help keep their employees safe this holiday season and linked a video on the Department of Labor's YouTube page...

In this podcast, John Surma and Frank Davis, members of Ogletree Deakins' Workplace Safety and Health Practice Group, discuss the various types of citations...

In a press release today (January 24, 2014), OSHA announced that the comment period for the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Occupational Exposure to Crystalline Silica will be extended 15 days from the original deadline of January 27, 2014 to February 11, 2014

The United States Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") recently issued a memorandum identifying several types of employer safety policies that may violate the Occupational Safety and Health Act and other whistleblower protection laws.

In this podcast, Workplace Safety and Health shareholders John Surma and Frank Davis continue their discussion of inspections conducted by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration...

In this podcast, John Surma and Frank Davis, members of Ogletree Deakins' Workplace Safety and Health Practice Group, review the basis for and scope of inspections by the Occupational...

This week, workplace safety and liability issues are top of mind while employers also look ahead to the tax issues telecommuting will cause this tax season.

I realize we still have not made it through the top ten citation list, but if I am able to get across one point of safety it would be that "falls are the leading cause of fatalities in construction."