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7 May 2020, 6:26 am by silverman_admin
OSHA’s COVID-19 Protocol The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) developed a set of COVID-19 rules for employers to follow. [read post]
7 May 2020, 4:28 am by Tammy Binford, Contributing Editor
Whitney contrasts the guidance from the EEOC with that coming from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). [read post]
6 May 2020, 9:05 pm by Dan Flynn
” Perdue also applauded Judge Kays’s ruling that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has the primary jurisdiction over worker’s safety in meat processing plants across the country during the COVID-19 national emergency. [read post]
6 May 2020, 3:26 pm by Kit Case
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) issued joint guidelines on COVID-19 safety for meat packing and processing plants on April 26, 2020. [read post]
6 May 2020, 9:50 am by Colin A. Thakkar, Esq.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, an employee may legally refuse to return to work if: There is an identifiable hazard in the workplace; The employee has asked the employer to eliminate the hazard, and the employer has either refused or failed to do so; The employee has a good faith belief that an imminent danger exists, and that fear is objectively reasonable; and There is… [read post]
6 May 2020, 9:50 am by Colin A. Thakkar, Esq.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, an employee may legally refuse to return to work if: There is an identifiable hazard in the workplace; The employee has asked the employer to eliminate the hazard, and the employer has either refused or failed to do so; The employee has a good faith belief that an imminent danger exists, and that fear is objectively reasonable; and There is… [read post]
6 May 2020, 4:38 am by Melissa Tetreau, Bodman PLC
On Friday, May 1, in a series of industry-specific guidance on COVID-19 safety measures, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a number of recommendations for employers in the restaurant and food and beverage industries. [read post]
5 May 2020, 7:13 am by Joy Waltemath
Department of Labor, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Mine Safety and Health Administration are missing in action,” according to the union president. [read post]
5 May 2020, 2:57 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Stamer also has worked internationally as an advisor to business, community and government leaders on crisis preparedness and response, workforce, health care and other reform, as well as regularly advises and defends organizations about the design, administration and defense of their organizations workforce, employee benefit and compensation, safety, discipline and other management practices and actions. [read post]
4 May 2020, 9:06 pm by News Desk
“To address this shortcoming, USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) should immediately create an intergovernmental task force with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to establish, implement, and ensure compliance with recommendations to ensure worker safety during this pandemic,”… [read post]
4 May 2020, 3:09 pm by Katelynn M. Williams
  In that regard, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has not to date set forth mandatory coronavirus-specific rules for workplaces operating or reopening during the pandemic. [read post]
4 May 2020, 1:30 pm by Nassiri Law
Failure to do this can result in penalties from the California Occupational Safety and Health Administration (the agency you should contact if your employer fails to let potentially affected workers know). [read post]
4 May 2020, 8:31 am by Tammy Binford, Contributing Editor
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). [read post]
  In response to the 2009 H1N1 Influenza (“swine flu”) outbreak, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) developed guidance addressing employee protections. [read post]
4 May 2020, 6:59 am by Edward Smith
However, many farmworkers don’t know that they are not covered under the Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations. [read post]
1 May 2020, 1:32 pm by Tyler Bernstein
  The workplace coordinator and management should be in contact with state and/or local public health and occupational safety and health professionals to ensure they are receiving up-to-date information. [read post]
Under the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) as well as state law, employers have a duty to provide a safe workplace, which includes not exposing job applicants and employees to an unreasonable risk of contracting the COVID-19 virus.Employers should be guided by best practices outlined by the governors and responsible agencies like the Department of Labor (DOL) (which administers OSHA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),… [read post]
1 May 2020, 7:22 am by Joy Waltemath
Despite a promise by the Trump administration that the number of workplace safety and health inspectors would increase by 2019, OSHA now has the lowest number of on-board inspectors in the last 45 years, the briefing found. [read post]
30 Apr 2020, 1:54 pm by Greta Ravitsky and Anastasia A. Regne
”  The TWC also generally provides that “if the business is legally open, the employee is an essential worker for the business, the workplace meets [Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”)] safety guidelines, the employer follows CDC-recommended pandemic guidelines, and the employee is not under any local orders to stay at home, the employer would be able to replace an absent worker with someone else… [read post]
” Anticipating how courts will apply that standard is a challenge right now given the myriad and constantly changing preventative measures recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) – such as requiring social distancing, providing personal protective equipment (PPE) and more frequent sterilizations and store cleanings. [read post]