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On September 17, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) responded to concerns about the agency’s rulemaking on emergency response and its potential impact on voluntary emergency responders. On February 5, OSHA issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) for an emergency response standard to replace its decades-old fire brigades standard. Federal OSHA doesn’t directly […]
Employers have through September 28 to submit comments on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) proposal to amend its controversial Obama-era e-recordkeeping rule.
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is on track to settle once and for all the question of what constitutes joint employment, and the standard being pursued is seen as employer-friendly for those that use a franchise business model as well as those using temporary staffing agencies.
OSHA’s latest regulatory agenda, released in late May, outlined the status of the agency’s currently pending prerules, proposed rules, and final rules. Today, BLR® Safety Editor Emily Clark provides information on what you can expect to see from OSHA in the coming months and which developments could affect your facility. Among the final rules, the […]