A Time for Change Not only is fashion of the 1990’s making a comeback, but also policies of the 90’s. The Department of Labor’s (DOL) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) revisited one of their enforcement policies that have not …
Everything is Going Up! It should come as no surprise that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has also decided to increase its penalty amounts which took effect over this past weekend on the 15th of January. Moving forward, …
Are We Improving As An Industry? Recently announced at this year’s National Safety Council Safety Congress and Expo held in San Diego, California, the acting Director of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Directorate of Enforcement Programs, Patrick Kapust, …
Keeping You Safer! The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently released an overview of what changes they are implementing to their Severe Safety and Health Violations Program (SVEP) via the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) website on September 15, …
TO BE CONTINUED… As of today, (Wednesday January 26, 2022), The Occupational Safety and HealthAdministration (OSHA) has officially withdrawn its Emergency Temporary Standard and stopped requiring/enforcing large employers with 100 or more employees to vaccinate or test weekly. Per court documents, …
Final Decision Rendered It’s been a long journey full of ups and downs, but the highest court in the land has finally spoken. The Supreme Court of The United States (SCOTUS) on Thursday (Jan 13, 2022) delivered two landmark decisions …
What’s Going On With The ETS? On January 7, 2022, the Supreme Court will hear arguments concerning the Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) for Covid-19 testing and vaccination of employers with 100 or more employees. On December 17, 2021, the 6th …
CoVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Update Two major updates have coming down the pipeline this week involving the fate of the Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) for business with 100 or more employees. The first update is the extension of comments by 45 …
Easy Come, Easy Go… Maybe As fast as it was introduced, it was then paused even faster pending review. On November 6th, 2021 (1 day after its introduction) the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily stopped the requirements pending a …
White House Makes Announcement on Covid-19 ETS Senior Biden Officials go on record to announce details about the highly contested Covid-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) soon to become a Final Rule. The proposed rule is expected to cover two thirds …