Experts: Mind these 4 health and safety focus areas
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 19, 2024
Occupational Health and Safety Administration regulations “should be considered the starting point for any facility health and safety program,” according to presenters at a Thursday webinar by business...
Labor Department seeks to boost employer compliance with injury, illness data reporting
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 19, 2024
The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has released 2023 injury and illness data collected under the agency’s new Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses...
Employers, workers have right to representation during OSHA inspections, new DOL rule states
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 01, 2024
Both employers and their employees are entitled to have representation during Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspections, according to a final rule published today in the Federal Register...
Business briefs, March 20
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 20, 2024
OSHA challenge could reach Supreme Court this fall … 90-year-old nursing home guts skilled nursing amid ‘unsustainable’ Medicaid funding … State supreme court rules in favor of Brookdale over contested...
OSHA civil penalty amounts adjusted for 2024, effective today
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 16, 2024
Changes to Occupational Safety and Health Administration civil penalty amounts based on cost-of-living adjustments for 2024 went into effect today.
New OSHA injury, illness data reporting requirements now in effect
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 11, 2024
Some long-term care and other employers now are subject to updated reporting requirements for injury and illness data through the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s injury tracking application.
OSHA, NAHCA alliance aims to protect CNAs from safety and health hazards
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 21, 2023
A new alliance between the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the National Association of Health Care Assistants aims to help protect certified nursing assistants...
Mind holiday decorating for workplace safety, OSHA warns
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 04, 2023
The holiday season adds responsibility for some employees as they decorate their work spaces to make them more festive. Although the decorations aim to bring joy, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration...
Business briefs, Oct. 13
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 13, 2023
Unemployment claims hold steady at 1.1% week over week … Social Security beneficiaries to see 3.2% increase in 2024 … OSHA extends comment period for proposed rule on walkaround representation
DOL again proposes allowing union reps to join OSHA inspectors on walk-throughs
By
Alicia Lasek
Aug 30, 2023
The DOL has proposed revising its rules to allow an employee-chosen representatives, including union representatives, participate in OSHA inspections, the agency announced Tuesday.