by Girish Anand | Nov 8, 2013 | OSHA, Personnel Concepts
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is proposing to amend its record-keeping regulations to add requirements for the electronic submission of injury and illness information employers are already required to keep under Part 1904. The proposed...
by Girish Anand | Nov 7, 2013 | OSHA
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today issued a proposed rule to improve workplace safety and health through improved tracking online of workplace injuries and illnesses. The announcement follows the Bureau of Labor Statistics' release of...
by Girish Anand | Nov 6, 2013 | State Labor Law
Since 2009, the City of Seattle has been observing what it refers to as a "Ban the Box" legal provision, which forbids questions about criminal history of city government job applicants. Effective Nov. 1, the ordinance has been extended to all private...
by Girish Anand | Nov 6, 2013 | State Labor Law
While the man who vetoed an earlier minimum wage measure cruised to a landslide re-election as governor, New Jersey voters approved the bill he vetoed when it appeared on the ballot yesterday, raising the state minimum wage to $8.25 an hour and pegging it henceforth...
by Girish Anand | Nov 5, 2013 | State Labor Law
A Seattle suburban mayoral competition being decided today at the ballot box could vault the SeaTac suburb to the status of highest-minimum-wage entity in the U.S. SeaTac incumbent Mayor Mike McGinn, responding to his opponent Ed Murray's vow to raise the hourly...
