| In the latest episode of Greenberg Traurig’s Workplace Safety Review podcast, co-hosts Adam Roseman and Joshua Bernstein provide a comprehensive wrap-up of the significant OSHA developments from 2024 and explore what’s on the horizon for 2025. They delve into the impacts of administrative changes, including the Supreme Court’s Loper Bright decision, which overturned Chevron deference, |
Any Israeli company with U.S. facilities should consider taking proactive measures to ensure employees have the appropriate information about chemical hazards. OSHA’s recently updated Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) not only requires chemical manufacturers or importers to classify the hazards of chemicals they produce or import, but also requires all U.S. employers, including those with manufacturing
Effective Jan. 16, 2024, the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)’s maximum penalty for Serious, Other-Than-Serious, and posting violations increased from $15,625 per violation to $16,131 per violation; the maximum penalty for Failure to Abate violations increased from $15,625 per violation to $16,131 per day; and the maximum penalty for Willful and Repeat violations
On Nov. 4, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) unveiled its long-awaited Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) regarding the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination, vaccination verification, face coverings, and testing.
The COVID-19 ETS requires employers with more than 100 employees to develop, implement, and enforce either: (1) a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy; or (2)