In September, President Joe Biden announced a mandate that businesses with more than 100 employees either require COVID vaccines or administer weekly tests.
In Q3 2021, to date, the Commissioners of the Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission have released two final decisions further to a Petition for Discretionary Review.
On October 19, federal OSHA announced that Arizona, Utah and South Carolina could lose their state-based authority to oversee workplace safety due to their failure to adopt by July 2, 2021 certain COVID-19 rules relating to healthcare facilities.
In order to address the hazards associated with extreme heat exposure in both the indoor and outdoor environments, the US Department of Labor has announced “enhanced and expanded” measures to address heat-related illnesses
The DOJ announced another historic “takedown” of medical professionals and other individuals allegedly engaged in healthcare fraud.
On August 13, OSHA issued updated guidance to help employers protect workers from COVID-19.
The acting assistant secretary for OSHA James Frederick issued an editorial promoting two sources of grant monies available to employers, unions and other organizations.
The famous dictum "Who will guard the guards themselves?" might well apply to the new oversight agency, the Australian Financial Regulator Assessment Authority (FRAA).
On 22 April 2021, the World Bank released the revised edition of its Principles for Effective Insolvency and Creditor/Debtor Regimes (‘Principles’).
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