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10 Reasons Why It Is Critical For Employers To Get OSHA Injury and Illness Recordkeeping and Reporting Right — And How to Ensure It is Done Right

by Conn Maciel Carey in Human Resources, Insurance & Loss Prevention, Legal, Risk Management. Posted July 17, 2023

Although OSHA injury and illness recordkeeping and reporting has always been important from an OSHA compliance perspective, making correct recording and reporting decisions (i.e., not over- or under- recording or reporting) has never been more vital than it is today. We are at a moment in OSHA’s history when the agency is clearly staffing up ...

5-Step Plan for Employers After President Biden Announces Workplace Vaccine Mandates

by Fisher Phillips in Coronavirus (COVID-19), Human Resources, Legal. Posted September 18, 2021

In arguably the most far-reaching move of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Biden administration announced yesterday that federal workplace safety officials will soon issue a rule that will require all employers with 100 or more employees to either ensure their workers are vaccinated or require unvaccinated employees to produce a weekly negative test result before coming ...

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COVID-19 Exposure Control & Response Plan: What Is It and Why Does Every Employer Need One?

by Conn Maciel Carey in Coronavirus (COVID-19), Legal, Risk Management, Safety & Security. Posted June 9, 2020

As states across the country begin to loosen or lift stay-at-home and shutdown orders, many workplaces that had been idled, have just begun to or will soon resume operations. Many states and localities are setting as a precondition for reopening, a requirement that they develop and implement a written, site-specific COVID-19 Exposure Control and Response ...

CDC Recommends Face Masks: What Employers Need To Know

by Laner Muchin in Coronavirus (COVID-19), Legal. Posted April 14, 2020

Now that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (“CDC”) has recommended that the public wear cloth face masks to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, we anticipate that employees will increasingly seek to use face masks in the workplace. Employers that do not normally provide face masks or other protective equipment should keep in mind that the ...

March Update on How Employers Can Respond to COVID-19 with FAQs

by Kara Maciel in Coronavirus (COVID-19), Legal, Risk Management, Safety & Security. Posted March 10, 2020

Since publishing our previous post last month, there have been a number of significant developments related to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus – now officially called “COVID-19.” Notably, during the week of February 23, 2020, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) reported community spread of the virus that causes COVID-19 in California, Oregon, and Washington. ...

Comprehensive And Updated FAQs For Employers On The COVID-19 Coronavirus

by Fisher Phillips in Coronavirus (COVID-19), Legal, Risk Management, Safety & Security. Posted March 10, 2020

LAST UPDATED: April 13, 2020 Fisher Phillips has assembled a cross-disciplinary taskforce of attorneys across the country to address the many employment-related issues facing employers in the wake of the COVID-19 coronavirus. The COVID-19 Taskforce has created a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document, which has been continually updated since first published on March 3 and ...

Repeat Offenders: Commonly Cited OSHA Standards in the Hospitality Industry & How to Avoid Them

by Aaron Gelb in Insurance & Loss Prevention, Risk Management. Posted June 29, 2019

The law has always been clear that there is no statutory limitation on the length of time that a prior OSHA citation may serve as the basis for a Repeat violation. OSHA historically looked back only three years for past violations, but the Obama Administration extended it to five years. However, the look back period ...

OSHA’s Recordkeeping Posting Required on February 1: Are You Ready?

by Fisher Phillips in Human Resources. Posted January 12, 2016

OSHA’s recordkeeping standard requires all non-exempt employers to post their 300A Summaries for each establishment for three (3) months starting February 1. OSHA reviewed its standard on occupational injury and illness recordkeeping and reporting requirement and the revisions became effective on January 1, 2015. The revised rule on recordkeeping dramatically increased employers’ reporting requirements. In ...

Trojan Horse In The 2015 Budget Agreement: OSHA Can (And Undoubtedly Will) Raise Penalties By 82 Percent

by Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete LLP in Legal. Posted November 22, 2015

Wow! How did this happen? Buried in the fine print of the recent budget agreement between Congress and the White House, and seemingly slipped in at the last minute with no one claiming responsibility for the change, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration now has authority to raise penalties by about 82 percent. The Federal ...