Adele L. Abrams, Esq., CMSPDec 8, 20211 minCourt Enjoins Vaccine Mandate for Federal ContractorsAttention federal contractors: a Georgia US district court judge has issued a nationwide injunction halting enforcement of Executive...
Adele L. Abrams, Esq., CMSPNov 1, 20213 minOSHA Proposes New Heat Stress RuleOn October 27, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM)...
Michael Peelish, Esq.Oct 5, 20213 minMSHA Stakeholder Meeting – What’s on the HorizonMSHA held its Stakeholder meeting on September 29, 2021 with unfortunately more of the same news – too many fatalities. There were 12...
Josh Schultz, Esq.Oct 5, 20212 minCalifornia Enacts New Law Increasing CalOSHA Enforcement AuthorityOn September 27, 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 606 ("SB 606") into law, granting CalOSHA new tools to enforce...
Michael Peelish, Esq.Oct 5, 20213 minOIG Makes Harsh Findings on OSHA’s Protection of Workers from Exposure to SilicaThe Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued its findings on September 29, 2021 to the simple question: To what extent has OSHA protected...
Adele L. Abrams, Esq., CMSPOct 5, 20212 minCannabis Legislation Advances in CongressOn September 30, 2021, federal cannabis legalization took a giant step forward when the U.S. House Judiciary Committee advanced a...
Michael Peelish, Esq.Sep 13, 20213 minMSHA’s New Powered Haulage Standard – Step Carefully Through the “Mine Field”On September 9, 2021, MSHA issued its proposed Powered Haulage Rule which will require mine operators with six or more miners to develop...
Adele L. Abrams, Esq., CMSPSep 13, 20211 minEEOC Recognizes "Long COVID" as a Covered Disability under the ADAOn September 9, 2021, the EEOC updated its COVID-19 guidance by recognizing that “long COVID” may now be a covered disability under the...
Josh Schultz, Esq.Sep 10, 20211 minPresident Biden Announces COVID-19 Action Plan, Including Vaccine MandatesOn Thursday, September 9th, President Biden released a COVID-19 Action Plan, which includes a requirement that companies with 100 or more...
Josh Schultz, Esq.Aug 23, 20212 minCalOSHA Spotlights the Agency's Heat Illness Prevention StandardIn the midst of high August temperatures, CalOSHA issued a news release reminding employers of the requirements of their heat illness...
Adele L. Abrams, Esq., CMSPAug 23, 20213 minDC Government Employees & Contractors Subject to Vaccine MandatesOn August 10, 2021, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser issued an order mandating COVID-19 vaccination certification requirements...
Adele L. Abrams, Esq., CMSPAug 23, 20212 minOSHA Funding Gets Significant Bump in House BillOn July 29, 2021, the House of Representatives passed its FY 2022 Labor-HHS-Education appropriations package, on a party line vote of...
Michael Peelish, Esq.Aug 23, 20212 minIncident Report per Part 50.20(a) – How Much is Enough?When completing an incident report, think of it this way: How much information would someone reading this report need to ensure this...
Gary Visscher, Esq.Aug 19, 20212 minReview Commission Vacates Citation on Meaning of “Maintenance”Does equipment “maintenance” include machine set up and adjustment? That was the question in a recent decision by the OSH Review...
Adele L. Abrams, Esq., CMSPAug 13, 20211 minOSHA Releases New COVID GuidanceThe federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") today issued updated guidance to help employers protect workers from...
Sarah Ghiz Korwan, Esq.Jul 8, 20214 minNational Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH) Meeting UpdateOn June 22, 2021, the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH) met by teleconference and WebEx for the...
Michael Peelish, Esq.Jul 8, 20212 minMSHA Believes Miners are Making “Bad Decisions”During its June 9, 2021 stakeholder meeting, MSHA was at a loss to explain the increase of fatal injuries (15 so far this year versus 29...
Adele L. Abrams, Esq., CMSPJul 8, 20211 minOregon OSHA Adopts New Heat Illness Prevention RulesOregon OSHA is adopting these Heat Illness Prevention rules in Division 2 - General occupational safety and health and Division 4 -...
Josh Schultz, Esq.May 26, 20212 minCalOSHA Proposes, Delays Revisions to Existing COVID-19 Emergency Temporary StandardOn May 7, 2021, CalOSHA released proposed revisions to its Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS), asking the state's Standards Board to vote...
Diana Schroeher, Esq.May 25, 20217 minThe EEOC Holds Open Hearing on Civil Rights and COVID-19On April 28, 2021, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) held an open virtual hearing, including testimony from experts on...