Workplace Violence Policies and Background Checks Are Essential Components of...
By Kara M. Maciel Sadly, workplace violence continues to be a topic that challenges many organizations. Indeed, as the news reports continue to remind us, employees and non-employees often take out...
View ArticleOSHA to Turn Up the Heat on Heat-Related Illness
By Amanda R. Strainis-Walker and Eric J. Conn With the dog days of summer around the corner, OSHA just put out a press release reminding employers with outside workplaces about OSHA’s focus on the...
View ArticleWith Domestic Violence Increasing, What Should Employers Do?
by Margaret C. Thering and Lauri F. Rasnick Violence against women has been in the headlines lately – the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act is engendering vigorous debate, and as of...
View ArticleOSHA’s Battle Against Hotel Operators Continues
By Paul H. Burmeister The OSHA/Hyatt Hotels saga continued with a recent exchange of letters between OSHA and the hotel chain’s attorney. In April, OSHA issued a “5(a)(1) letter” to the CEO of Hyatt...
View ArticleAirlines Should Buckle-up for More OSHA Scrutiny
By Eric J. Conn In August of 2010, a Delta Air Lines (“Delta”) baggage handler was fatally injured in a workplace accident, when the employee was ejected from a baggage tug vehicle while not wearing a...
View ArticleEmployer-Sponsored Wellness Program Held Lawful Under the ADA
By Frank C. Morris, Jr. and Jordan B. Schwartz An employer’s wellness program—despite certain “penalty” provisions—was recently held not to be discriminatory under the Americans with Disabilities Act...
View ArticleOSHA Launches Ergonomics Campaign in Healthcare Industries
By Eric J. Conn, Head of Epstein Becker & Green’s OSHA Practice Group OSHA recently announced a campaign to raise awareness about the hazards likely to cause musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) among...
View ArticleNew California Law Requires Employers to Provide “Cool-Down Recovery Periods”
By Alka N. Ramchandani and Michael D. Thompson In recent years, Cal-OSHA has taken an aggressive stance against exposing employees to potential heat illness, often citing employers and proposing...
View ArticleOSHA Enforcement of Fall Protection on Rolling Stock — A BioFuels Journal...
Our colleague Eric J. Conn, Head of the national OSHA Practice Group at Epstein Becker Green, co-authored an article in BioFuels Journal entitled “Railcar Fall Protection: What OSHA Requires from...
View ArticleHospitals’ Heavy Lifting: Understanding OSHA’s New Hospital Worker and...
Eric J. Conn, Head of EBG’s national OSHA Practice Group, James S. Frank, a Member in the Health Care and Life Sciences and Labor and Employment practices, and Serra J. Schlanger, an Associate in the...
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