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The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is known for its crash-test dummies and vehicle safety ratings. Until now, the IIHS has focused on rating how vehicles perform at protecting drivers and passengers in various crash scenarios. But the IIHS recently devised a new test, for an important crash-avoidance feature that is standard equipment on […]
In most cases of work-related injury or illness, the employer’s liability is limited by workers’ compensation, which provides the “sole remedy” in the form of payment for the worker’s treatment and lost wages. Workers’ compensation is intended to protect workers—who are guaranteed treatment—and employers. But there are cases in which workers can sue employers for […]
Yes, we know you’re busy. Work is crazy, and holiday obligations are stacking up. If you’re tempted to find more time in your day by cutting down on sleep, you might want to think again. Get the facts here and share them with your employees.
OSHA recently issued Recommended Practices for Safety and Health Programs in Construction to help industry employers develop proactive programs to keep their workplaces safe. According to the agency, the recommendations may be particularly helpful to small- and medium-sized contractors who lack safety and health specialists on staff.
Americans are getting an indication of President-elect Trump’s plans and priorities in some areas. But so far OSHA, and labor issues for that matter, haven’t been the subject of his tweets and other statements. An attorney who specializes in job safety offers insight on what may be in store for the next four years.
President-elect Donald Trump announced that he plans to nominate Andrew Puzder to serve as Secretary of Labor in Trump’s administration. If confirmed, he would oversee the Department of Labor and its many agencies, which include OSHA, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), and many others.
When workers suffer a work-related injury or illness, they cannot generally sue their employers because of the “sole remedy” provision of workers’ compensation. But that doesn’t mean that injured employees can’t find someone to sue – usually, an employer other than their own. That’s what happened in the case of the Alaska Airlines flight attendants, […]
Yesterday we looked at the specifics of how global climate change and increasing ambient temperatures are expected to affect worker safety and health. But heat is not the only occupational health concern arising from global climate change; the Earth’s changing climate is also changing severe weather patterns around the world.
In a final rule revision, the EPA has provided petroleum and natural gas facilities (Part 98, Subpart W) subject to the Agency’s Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP) with a burden-reduction option for detecting GHG leaks from equipment. The amendment would allow Subpart W reporters to use monitoring methods for detecting leaks from oil and gas […]
Disputes about environmental preemption usually make news in the context of disagreements over federal versus state statutory and constitutional authority. (Note that preservation of state power was probably the major final obstacle holding up Congressional passage of the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, which reformed the federal Toxic Substances Control […]