Tired of mask mandates? Happy that your governor has lifted it in your state? If you are happy take one step forward. Business owners — Not so fast. OSHA (the Occupational Safety and Health Administration) has announced a "national emphasis program" to protect workers in certain...
As your workforce or clients begin to get vaccinated, it is still the company's obligation to keep their workplace safe. OSHA has released suggestions (not a law) about how employers can regulate pandemic-related safety. In this video #MattTheLawyer explains these new recommendations that revolve around creating a...
As employers start bringing employees back onto the payroll, there are a few legal obligations to ensure employee safety, starting with OSHA (the Occupational Safety and Hazard Administration). OSHA requires employers made an effort to keep all employees reasonably safe from known hazards and hey,...
OSHA, my favorites today, have decided that I needed to be humbled and modify some advice I gave a few weeks ago. Employers are NOT required to provide cloth face masks since cloth face masks are not considered personal protective equipment (PPE) under the OSHA...
When building your reopening plan for OSHA compliance, you are going to need to first assess what kind of risk your workers are going to be exposed to as they work. OSHA has four levels (with oh so creative names). Take some guidance from #MattTheLawyer...
As the reopening effort begins, it is helpful to understand the basic duties that employers have under the Occupational Safety and Health Act to keep employees safe from known hazards at work. This video is a quick primer to learn the ABCs of OSHA. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPGjZDUXgWQ&t=2s If you have questions,...