Archives: OSHA

UPDATE: Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate in Flux

The federal contractor vaccine mandate (Executive Order 14042), which we first reported on in September both here and here, apparently will be delayed. Facing industry resistance, multiple lawsuits, and vaccination and accommodation assessment deadlines that are difficult to meet, the White House announced in an evening press call on November 3, 2021 (The White House, … Continue Reading

BREAKING: OSHA’s Vaccine Mandate and Unionized Employer Bargaining Obligations

By Todd Dawson and Christian White on September 10, 2021 Posted in Biden Administration, OSHA

President Biden has just announced that he is tasking OSHA with implementing a new emergency rule mandating that employers with at least 100 employees either require their workforce to be vaccinated or require unvaccinated employees to produce a negative COVID-19 test every week. Details are still very scant, but it does not appear that the … Continue Reading

OSHA Announces COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards for the Healthcare Industry

By James W. Seegers on June 10, 2021 Posted in OSHA

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS) for the health care industry on June 10, 2021. The ETS will apply to healthcare and healthcare support service workers with the goal of better protecting them from occupational exposure to COVID-19. This will include, among others, employees working in hospitals, nursing homes, … Continue Reading

OSHA Expands Employers’ Reporting Requirements for Work-Related Injuries and Fatalities

By Robert Steinwurtzel and Darren Crook on October 19, 2014 Posted in OSHA

On Sept. 11, 2014, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) announced revisions to its rule that requires employers to notify OSHA when employees suffer a work-related hospitalization or fatality. Under the previous rule, OSHA’s regulations required an employer to report the work-related fatality of one or more persons and the … Continue Reading

OSHA Proposes Changes to its Recordkeeping Rules that Would Make Injury and Illness Data Available to the Public

By David Grant and Patricia Poole on January 8, 2014 Posted in OSHA, Retail

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued proposed rules that would require certain employers to electronically submit injury and illness information to OSHA on a periodic basis. Encouraged by President Obama’s Open Government Initiative, OSHA proposes to make this information available to the public via online postings. The Current Rules Under the current standard, … Continue Reading

ALERT! OSHA Launches Online Complaint System Making It Easier for Workers to File Whistleblower Complaints

By Amy J. Traub on December 10, 2013 Posted in OSHA, Whistleblowing

As part of its effort to protect employee whistleblowers, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration’s Whistleblower Protection Program launched on December 5 an online complaint system to make it easier for employees to file complaints against unsuspecting employers. Baker Hostetler’s Whistleblower and Compliance Team issued an Executive Alert on the new system. Read it here.… Continue Reading