by Girish Anand | Apr 22, 2013 | OSHA
Under the Obama adminnistration's proposed 2014 budget for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the whistleblower program would hire 47 new staff members with a $5.9 million increase in its funding to $21.8. Meanwhile, the Voluntary...
by Girish Anand | Apr 18, 2013 | OSHA
By Dec. 1, 2013, employers must have trained their workforces on the revised Hazard Communication Standard that was published in the Federal Register in March 2012. Specifically, workers must be trained on the labeling elements for the Safety Data Sheets (SDSs) that...
by Girish Anand | Apr 17, 2013 | State Labor Law
Following the failure of Congress in 2012 to pass legislation barring employers from seeking social media account information from job applicants and employees, the states are moving quickly to enact such legislation. New Mexico and Utah are the latest to ban...
by Girish Anand | Apr 12, 2013 | USCIS
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) this week corrected the effective date of its new Form I-9, which was launched March 8, 2013. In its original statement, the USCIS said that older forms could not be used after May 7, 2013. In its...
by Girish Anand | Apr 11, 2013 | DOL
The Obama administration is proposing a $12.1-billion budget for the Department of Labor (DOL) for Fiscal Year 2014, starting this October. That represents an increase of $20 million. But when in comes to the enforcing agencies with the DOL, including the Wage and...