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3 Aug 2020, 2:00 am
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires you to provide employees with a place of employment “free from recognizable hazards . . . likely to cause death or serious harm” to them. [read post]
2 Aug 2020, 8:20 am
However, when compared to the occupants of a passenger car, motorcyclists are at greater risk. [read post]
2 Aug 2020, 4:58 am
This defense acknowledged the impossible burden placed upon a product supplier to warn every possible user of its product, especially in the industrial context where purchaser/employers maintain and control the safety of their workplace. [read post]
31 Jul 2020, 8:47 am
Within the last six months an inspector from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) visited your premises and you just received a “Citation and Notification of Penalty” for violations allegedly identified during the OSHA inspection. [read post]
31 Jul 2020, 8:47 am
Within the last six months an inspector from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) visited your premises and you just received a “Citation and Notification of Penalty” for violations allegedly identified during the OSHA inspection. [read post]
31 Jul 2020, 8:03 am
Schepers’ Letter to Grover Wrenn Three years later, on July 19, 1976, Schepers wrote to Grover Wrenn, who was, at the time, the Chief of the Division of Health Standards Development, in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, within the Department of Labor, in Washington. [read post]
30 Jul 2020, 9:56 am
”Defines the above-referenced federal employment law broadly to include the Occupational Safety and Health Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and other statutes;Allows businesses to remove COVID-related claims to federal court;Limits class actions and multidistrict litigation;Requires a plaintiff to prove, “gross negligence,” and creates a new and more rigorous definition of “gross… [read post]
30 Jul 2020, 9:07 am
As previously reported, in early July, the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (OES) created a COVID-19 enforcement task force, consisting of 10 different governmental agencies, like the Labor Commissioner, Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC), the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) and the Department of Consumer Affairs. [read post]
29 Jul 2020, 4:01 pm
Indeed, federal employers have important occupational health and safety obligations towards their employees and complying with provincial or local mask and face covering requirements likely fall within that purview. [read post]
29 Jul 2020, 2:39 pm
Virginia imposed these standards because the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”), the federal agency responsible for workplace safety, has thus far refused to make its own extensive recommendations mandatory. [read post]
29 Jul 2020, 1:37 pm
Common Causes of Construction Site Accidents The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reports that of the nearly 5,000 worker fatalities in 2018, over 20 percent were in the construction industry. [read post]
29 Jul 2020, 2:00 am
Regarding employment, Mann says the Act would prevent an employer from being subject to liability or any enforcement proceeding under a number of federal employment laws if it: Was “relying on and generally following applicable government standards and guidance”;Knew of its obligations under the provisions; andAttempted to satisfy the obligations by “exploring options to comply,” “implementing interim alternative protections and procedures” or… [read post]
28 Jul 2020, 9:04 am
And the Occupational Safety and Health Administration called upon slaughterhouses to modify production lines to minimize the spread of the virus and allow time for workers to wash their hands with soap and sanitize equipment. [read post]
27 Jul 2020, 9:05 pm
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27 Jul 2020, 9:00 pm
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27 Jul 2020, 1:48 pm
Enforcement and penalties These regulations are intended to supplement and enhance existing state and federal occupational safety and health requirements and will be enforced by DOLI’s Virginia Occupational Safety and Health Program (VOSH). [read post]
27 Jul 2020, 5:57 am
She explained that reporting work-related injuries related to COVID-19 or requesting guidance from OSHA on an employer’s COVID-19 response are considered protected activity under the Occupational Safety and Health Act. [read post]
26 Jul 2020, 9:05 pm
” During this time, Katie started having physical therapy and occupational therapy. [read post]
26 Jul 2020, 5:08 am
Ceballos rule, under which even otherwise public-concern and nondisruptive speech is unprotected when it is part of the employee's job duties (though it might still be protected, even when part of job duties, if involves "comment on official dishonesty, deliberately unconstitutional action, other serious wrongdoing, or threats to health and safety can weigh out in an employee's favor"). [read post]
24 Jul 2020, 6:48 pm
A church, synagogue, or mosque, regardless of its size, may not admit more than 50 persons, but casinos and certain other favored facilities may admit 50% of their maximum occupancy—and in the case of gigantic Las Vegas casinos, this means that thousands of patrons are allowed. [read post]
