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16 Mar 2020, 9:25 am
Employer Obligations The Occupational Health and Safety Act Under OHSA, an employer is responsible for ensuring the health and safety of their workers; employers must take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of a worker. [read post]
16 Mar 2020, 7:26 am
OSHA would also be required to issue a permanent health and safety standard, which under the Occupational Safety and Health Act must be issued six months after an ETS has been issued. [read post]
16 Mar 2020, 5:08 am
That task belongs to occupational physicians – i.e., a physician who is specialized in the health and safety of employees at the workplace. [read post]
16 Mar 2020, 1:00 am
Reports indicate that a fire broke out in an apartment building for unknown reasons, trapping one occupant inside. [read post]
15 Mar 2020, 9:48 pm
Author of “Privacy and the Pandemic Workshop” for the Association of State and Territorial Health Plans, “How to Conduct A Reduction In Force,” and a multitude of other highly regarded publications and presentations on workforce, compliance, health care and health benefits, pandemic and other health crisis, workers’ compensation and occupational disease, business disaster and distress and many other topics, Ms. [read post]
15 Mar 2020, 9:05 pm
In 1982, I introduced this approach for valuing mortality risk benefits after being asked to resolve the debate between the Office of Management and Budget and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration over the proposed hazard communication regulation. [read post]
15 Mar 2020, 8:59 pm
Pandemics at Work and in the Workpalce Employers have a general duty under s. 25.2(h) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act to “take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of a worker. [read post]
15 Mar 2020, 5:26 pm
As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to increase within the United States, many employers are now asking whether they must record cases of COVID-19 on their Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 300 Logs or report the cases to OSHA. [read post]
14 Mar 2020, 5:13 pm
During this unusual time, concerns about information safety are based on the real possibility of prejudice and harassment. [read post]
14 Mar 2020, 4:49 pm
The occupants of the vehicle had to be extricated by emergency crews before being transferred to area hospitals for treatment. [read post]
14 Mar 2020, 7:37 am
Here are some things that employers should consider in light of the changing landscape of COVID-19: WORKPLACE SAFETY Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) and similar state laws, employers have a duty to provide a safe, healthy work environment. [read post]
14 Mar 2020, 5:18 am
This morning one woke up, hours aftre President Trump declared a national emergency, to news that the House of Representatives (with the encouragement of both President Trump and Speaker Pelosi) passed HR 6201, the “Families First Coronavirus Response Act. [read post]
13 Mar 2020, 3:45 pm
Subject to the limitations set in labor and workplace safety laws, employers may process data necessary to guarantee the health of personnel and avoid contagion within the company. [read post]
13 Mar 2020, 12:39 pm
Unfortunately, the figures also reveal that only around 76% of back-seat occupants do use seat belts – compared to 90% of people sitting in the front. [read post]
13 Mar 2020, 12:00 pm
Most employees who reasonably believe a condition in the workplace is likely to endanger their health or safety can refuse to work under the OHSA. [read post]
13 Mar 2020, 11:28 am
Similarly, the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) may protect employees who refuse work assignments that could put them at risk of death or serious physical harm. [read post]
13 Mar 2020, 10:44 am
The Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) defines imminent damager to include “any conditions or practices in any place of employment which are such that a danger exists which can reasonably be expected to cause death or serious physical harm immediately or before the imminence of such danger can be eliminated through the enforcement procedures otherwise provided by this Act. [read post]
13 Mar 2020, 7:27 am
The Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) defines imminent damager to include “any conditions or practices in any place of employment which are such that a danger exists which can reasonably be expected to cause death or serious physical harm immediately or before the imminence of such danger can be eliminated through the enforcement procedures otherwise provided by this Act. [read post]
13 Mar 2020, 7:13 am
(Article 6(1)(e) GDPR) The AEPD indicates that controllers may rely on one of the following legal bases under Article 9 GDPR: processing that is necessary for the purposes of carrying out the obligations and exercising specific rights of the controller or of the data subject in the field of employment and social security and social protection law in so far as it is authorised by Union or Member State law; (Article 9(2)(b) GDPR) Employers have an obligation under Spanish Law 31/1995, of November 8,… [read post]
12 Mar 2020, 10:42 am
Ryan Blaney, Kelly McMullon and Mathilde Pepin This alert focuses on the ongoing and developing privacy issues that have arisen for employers and healthcare providers communicating about the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19). [read post]
