The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) will hear a case testing the standard of evidence OSHA must meet to prove violations of the OSH Act’s general duty clause, after an administrative law judge (ALJ) rejected an enforcement action over a utility worker’s 2018 death near Jacksonville, FL.
The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) will hear a case testing the standard of evidence OSHA must meet to prove violations of the OSH Act’s general duty clause, after an administrative law judge (ALJ) rejected an enforcement action over a utility worker’s 2018 death near Jacksonville, FL.
Employers’ attorneys expect the Biden OSHA to step up a long list of enforcement activities, including conducting more inspections, filing more claims of “egregious” safety violations, seeking higher penalties and invoking the multi-employer doctrine more frequently, alongside a binding COVID-19 standard and other new rules.
Employers’ attorneys expect the Biden OSHA to step up a long list of enforcement activities, including conducting more inspections, filing more claims of “egregious” safety violations, seeking higher penalties and invoking the multi-employer doctrine more frequently, alongside a binding COVID-19 standard and other new rules.
Employers’ attorneys expect the Biden OSHA to step up a long list of enforcement activities, including conducting more inspections, filing more claims of “egregious” safety violations, seeking higher penalties and invoking the multi-employer doctrine more frequently, alongside a binding COVID-19 standard and other new rules.
Workers at a Pennsylvania meat-packing plant suing OSHA to force enforcement action over alleged COVID-19 hazards are attacking the agency’s formal decision not to cite the facility, arguing that the Trump administration is ignoring its own guidance to employers and allowing them to impose unsafe working conditions without penalty.
Workers at a Pennsylvania meat-packing plant suing OSHA to force enforcement action over alleged COVID-19 hazards are attacking the agency’s formal decision not to cite the facility, arguing that the Trump administration is ignoring its own guidance to employers and allowing them to impose unsafe working conditions without penalty.
Workers at a Pennsylvania meat-packing plant suing OSHA to force enforcement action over alleged COVID-19 hazards are attacking the agency’s formal decision not to cite the facility, arguing that the Trump administration is ignoring its own guidance to employers and allowing them to impose unsafe working conditions without penalty.
Virginia is readying a permanent version of its first-in-the-nation COVID-19 emergency temporary standard (ETS) that will apply to a range of infectious diseases rather than only the current pandemic -- potentially providing a model for the Biden OSHA if it follows a similar rulemaking track.
Virginia is readying a permanent version of its first-in-the-nation COVID-19 emergency temporary standard (ETS) that will apply to a range of infectious diseases rather than only the current pandemic -- potentially providing a model for the Biden OSHA if it follows a similar rulemaking track.