by Girish Anand | Apr 17, 2017 | OSHA
From Jan. 18 until just this past week, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) website turned strangely silent on announcing results of its investigations, sticking to a few mundane press releases about partnerships and a delay in the beryllium...
by Girish Anand | Apr 17, 2017 | OSHA
ATLANTA — Fatalities among workers in the landscaping industry are a growing concern in the Southeast. From 2012 to 2016, 64 people employed in the industry in Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Mississippi died as a result of workplace injuries. In Florida, industry...
by Girish Anand | Mar 27, 2017 | OSHA
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) launched its “Safe and Sound Campaign” recently, calling on employers to review their safety and health programs to protect workers, and reduce workplace injuries and deaths. “With just a phone...
by Girish Anand | Mar 23, 2017 | OSHA
Congress has rejected the so-called Volks Rule from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) that mandated businesses retain records of injuries and illnesses for five years instead of the six-month period of the statute of limitations in the OSH Act....
by Girish Anand | Mar 1, 2017 | DOL, OSHA
The Department of Labor (DOL) has announced a proposed delay in the effective date of its rule titled Occupational Exposure to Beryllium, from March 21, 2017, to May 20, 2017. The announcement follows a White House memorandum, entitled “Regulatory Freeze Pending...
by Girish Anand | Feb 8, 2017 | Civil Rights Act, DOL, EEOC, Federal Labor Law, I-9, OSHA
In the past year, covering the end of the Obama administration to the beginning of the Trump White House, several developments have taken place on the legal and regulatory fronts that employers should be aware of and comply with as needed. Jan. 22, 2017: Revised Form...
