The Occupational Safety and Health Administration terminated a COVID-specific rule on Wednesday that aimed to protect direct caregivers, deciding instead to shift its focus to include more infectious ...

The U.S. Dept. of Labor has called off its efforts to revoke Arizona’s occupational health and safety plan after the state addressed federal officials’ workplace safety concerns. The Occupational ...

Courts lack power to force rulemaking by workplace safety agency Unions claimed lapse in enforcement Court in 2020 nixed unions' push for broader COVID safety rule (Reuters) - The U.S. workplace ...

The nation’s largest union of registered nurses testified recently at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) informal rulemaking hearing for occupational exposure to Covid-19 in ...

As new COVID-19 cases continue trending downward and more areas relax masking rules, the workplace safety agency will ramp up investigations at healthcare facilities to make sure they're effectively ...

Data from Fisher Phillips’ recently launched OSHA inspections tracker gave the law firm’s attorneys pause, as the results showed that healthcare inspections from the Occupational Health and Safety ...

American healthcare workers suffered from a massive 249% rise in workplace injury and illness rates reported to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in 2020, the U.S. Department of ...

Late last year, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) issued an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) that required employers of 100 or more workers to ensure their workers receive ...

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During the omicron variant's peak last month, employers and employees alike were left to question whether their workplace safety guidelines were sufficient enough to withstand another variant and ...

On January 25, OSHA withdrew the ETS while leaving open the prospect that it may still attempt to finalize and implement a permanent vaccine and testing mandate. As everyone likely knows by now, on ...