Hurricane season has started and injuries are often the unfortunate result of the cleanup of storm-related damages.

Remember that for serious injuries, an employer must report to OSHA, not just record the injury in its log.

A review of your program can reveal areas of change in your business and the need to adapt. There are a number of tools an resources out there to help start this process.

Communication is key. Starting from the top down. Safety as a first priority requires constant positive communication

The OSHA inspection will present his/her credentials. The credentials should include a photograph and a serial number. If you are not presented credentials, you can

If someone were to ask you about the safety culture at your business, how would you respond? Could you answer the question?

I avoid watching the news because I am often disappointed with the way that social and legal issues are being handled around the country. When I watch reports on decisions...

On March 18, 2024, the Georgia Legislature enacted significant amendments to the Direct-Action Statute through Senate Bill 426.

On January 25, 2022, OSHA posted notice of its withdrawal of its large employer Vaccine Mandate.

Employers must acclimatize workers to increases in heat.

Do you know the differences between an air-purifying respirator, a demand respirator, and escape-only respirator, a negative pressure respirator, a positive pressure respirator

This one takes us outside the specific standards to prevent falls, but still results in serious injuries and its 2,606 violations in the last reporting period makes it number 4 on the OSHA

Last week OSHA released the preliminary numbers for the top ten violations. The data includes violations from October 1, 2018-August 31, 2019

Coming in at number 2 on the OSHA top Ten Citation list is Hazard communication (29 CFR 1910.1200) with 3,671 violations.

Whether you're a firm attorney, business leader, psychologist, or mother of twins (or all of these at the same time), you know "imposter syndrome" as a convenient description of a type of insecurity that can arise ...

Columbia alleged that Cottage made misrepresentations and/or omissions of material fact concerning its data-breach risk controls when Cottage applied for the cyber policy.

In-House Defense Quarterly, The Past, Current, and Future: Landscape of COVID-19-Related Business Interruption Claims and Litigation.

How should employers deal with a heat wave and heat illness? Employers must acclimatize workers to increases in heat. How do you do that?

In 2011, the Georgia legislature adopted the Georgia Restrictive Covenants Act, O.C.G.A. § 13-8-50 et seq., codifying non-compete and non-solicitation agreements for key employees of Georgia companies.

Earlier this year, Georgia law regarding time limited demands in personal injury matters arising out of motor vehicle collisions was changed to make every offer to settle extended in such cases an offer to enter...