The three federal appellate judges who will rule on labor unions’ bid to reinstate OSHA’s COVID-19 emergency temporary standard (ETS) for the healthcare sector raised doubts during oral argument both on the legal status of the rule and whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit would have jurisdiction to force OSHA to bring it back into effect.
As the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit prepares to hear labor unions’ suit that would force OSHA to revive its COVID-19 emergency temporary standard (ETS) for the healthcare sector, employers’ attorneys are now warning that the agency is advancing overly broad plans for a permanent rule based on the ETS.
As the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit prepares to hear labor unions’ suit that would force OSHA to revive its COVID-19 emergency temporary standard (ETS) for the healthcare sector, employers’ attorneys are now warning that the agency is advancing overly broad plans for a permanent rule based on the ETS.
As the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit prepares to hear labor unions’ suit that would force OSHA to revive its COVID-19 emergency temporary standard (ETS) for the healthcare sector, employers’ attorneys are now warning that the agency is advancing overly broad plans for a permanent rule based on the ETS.
As the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit prepares to hear labor unions’ suit that would force OSHA to revive its COVID-19 emergency temporary standard (ETS) for the healthcare sector, employers’ attorneys are now warning that the agency is advancing overly broad plans for a permanent rule based on the ETS.
The California legislator who proposed a statewide COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all workers and contractors has shelved the bill in the face of widespread employer opposition, but lawmakers are moving ahead with another contentious work-safety bill that would tighten recent California OSHA (Cal/OSHA) rules on wildfire smoke and heat illness.
The California legislator who proposed a statewide COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all workers and contractors has shelved the bill in the face of widespread employer opposition, but lawmakers are moving ahead with another contentious work-safety bill that would tighten recent California OSHA (Cal/OSHA) rules on wildfire smoke and heat illness.
The California legislator who proposed a statewide COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all workers and contractors has shelved the bill in the face of widespread employer opposition, but lawmakers are moving ahead with another contentious work-safety bill that would tighten recent California OSHA (Cal/OSHA) rules on wildfire smoke and heat illness.
OSHA is moving forward with a long-promised update to its lead exposure standard, based on what the agency says are “[r]ecent medical findings” showing that current blood lead level (BLL) limits are not stringent enough to avoid health hazards, just months after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) tightened its standard for high BLLs.
The White House is asking Congress to raise OSHA’s budget by nearly $90 million in fiscal year 2023, with more than half of those funds earmarked for enforcement just as the agency is unveiling a new strategic plan calling for a 25 percent increase in workplace health and safety inspections by the end of the calendar year.