Federal OSHA published in the Federal Register its “Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) to protect more than 84 million workers from the spread of the coronavirus.
OSHA published its Emergency Temporary Standard in response to President Biden's September 2021 Executive Order.
Republican senators announced their disapproval of Biden’s Executive Order mandating an OSHA ETS.
Federal OSHA has announced an October 13, 2021 virtual meeting to obtain public comments on certain issues raised by its Whistleblower Protection Program.
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.
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