Jan 4, 2017 | Blog All, OSHA
It was quite the year in the workers compensation and workplace safety sectors in 2016, with legislation to opt-out of state workers compensation programs gaining and then losing popularity, medical pot wafting into the mainstream and employers asking Santa Claus to...
Dec 21, 2016 | Blog All, OSHA
Employers could be facing more record-keeping citations under a new U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration rule that states they have a continuing obligation to maintain accurate injury and illness records for five years. The U.S. Occupational Safety and...
Nov 2, 2016 | Blog All, OSHA
U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration guidance on how the agency will enforce the anti-retaliation provisions of its electronic recordkeeping rule is not particularly helpful because it mainly reiterates OSHA’s stance on key issues, according to lawyers....
Sep 12, 2016 | Blog All, OSHA
The extensive destruction caused by hurricanes along the Gulf Coast concentrated a great deal of attention on natural disaster response and recovery operations. Although recent activities have focused primarily on hurricanes, many response and recovery issues apply to...
