OSHA proposes change to recordkeeping regulation as agency works on final healthcare rule
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 06, 2022
The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing amendments to its occupational injury and illness recordkeeping regulation as it works to establish a final rule meant...
OSHA’s COVID-19 standard set to expire Dec. 21 if action not taken
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 17, 2021
Time is running out for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s COVID-19 healthcare emergency temporary standard, which was meant to protect healthcare sector workers from the spread of the...
Assisted living a focus as OSHA increases COVID-19 inspections
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 07, 2022
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration plans to increase its inspections of assisted living communities and some other types of long-term care and healthcare-related employers as it extends...
Paid leave eliminates ‘caregiver penalties’ for women, expert says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 22, 2023
Paid leave policies help eliminate the “caregiver penalties” many women face for being the primary caregivers in their families, Deborah Pascal, senior program analyst in the Midwest regional office...
Federal court declines to lift stay on OSHA vaccine mandate
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 16, 2021
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals declined Friday to lift its stay on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s vaccine mandate for businesses with 100 or more workers, following a Nov....
Retaliation by employers is focus of new Labor Department resources
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 11, 2022
Several new resources introduced Thursday by the Department of Labor are designed to help educate employers and protect employees from retaliation by their employers for exercising their workplace rights.
DOJ appeals court-ordered temporary stay of OSHA vaccine rule
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 11, 2021
After a three-judge panel on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily blocked the Biden administration’s new mandatory vaccination rules Saturday, the Department of Justice responded late Monday,...
NLRB, OSHA partner to protect employees who report workplace violations
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 02, 2023
The National Labor Relations Board and the Department of Labor’s Occupational Health and Safety Administration are teaming up to further protect whistleblowers.
Senior living community fined for not paying overtime to salaried employee
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Amy Novotney
Jun 13, 2022
A senior living community serving more than 900 residents will pay almost $7,000 in back wages after denying a salaried worker overtime wages, the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division announced...
New publication guides employers in recruiting, hiring people with disabilities
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 27, 2023
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Department of Labor on Tuesday released a resource guide about recruiting, hiring and employing people with disabilities.