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OSHA's overdue 2012 regulatory agenda finally released a few days before 2013

Epstein Becker Green
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USA
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January 3 2013

Pursuant to the Regulatory Flexibility Act, the federal government and its agencies, such as OSHA, are required to give notice of significant rulemaking

February 1st an important OSHA Injury & Illness Recordkeeping deadline

Epstein Becker Green
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USA
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January 29 2013

February 1st is an important annual OSHA Injury and Illness Recordkeeping deadline for all U.S. employers, except for those with only ten or fewer

OSHA targets manufacturers, nursing care facilities, and chemical plants

Epstein Becker Green
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USA
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June 1 2011

What do manufacturers, nursing homes, and chemical companies have in common?

OSHA renews Enforcement Program targeting hotels

Epstein Becker Green
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USA
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October 18 2011

OSHA recently renewed a Local Emphasis Enforcement Program (“LEP”) that targets hotel operators in OSHA’s Region 2, which includes New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands

OSHA is paying special attention to the nursing facility industry

Epstein Becker Green
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USA
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June 8 2011

Employers of nursing facilities should consider reviewing their compliance with the regulatory obligations enforced by the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (“OSHA”

National Labor Relations Board limits management's authority to make business decisions without union interference

Epstein Becker Green
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USA
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September 7 2011

On August 23, 2011, by a vote of two to one, a three-member panel of the National Labor Relations Board ("Board") ruled that a hospital whose nurses are represented by a union does not have the authority to unilaterally implement employee vaccination programs because, in the Board's view, ensuring patient safety is not a core purpose of the enterprise

2011 rundown of OSHA’s Combustible Dust National Emphasis Program and rulemaking

Epstein Becker Green
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USA
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December 29 2011

OSHA’s keen interest in enforcement related to combustible dust shows no sign of waning as we close the door on 2011

Enterprise enforcement: OSHA’s attack on employers with multiple locations

Epstein Becker Green
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USA
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February 29 2012

Companies that operate multiple facilities in different locations, such as national retail stores, grocery chains, manufacturers, and hotel chains, need to be aware of three new OSHA enforcement trends with enterprise-wide consequences:

The so-called “Rule of 10?: a myth about OSHA’s lack of jurisdiction over small employers

Epstein Becker Green
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USA
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January 9 2012

One of the questions we are most frequently asked by small employers is about the so-called “Rule of 10; i.e., the long-perpetuated myth that OSHA does not have jurisdiction over employers or workplaces with fewer than 10 employees

OSHA targets data centers for electrical safety enforcement

Epstein Becker Green
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USA
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April 13 2012

OSHA is signaling a major departure from its position on acceptable exceptions to the LockoutTagout requirements in the agency’s electrical safety standards

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