Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn On October 31, 2023, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen their partnership to promote safe and healthy workplaces, according to a news story from the NLRB. Because many…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn On September 19, 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced that the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) – an agency within the DOL – had awarded approximately $12.7 million in grants to 100 non-profit organizations across the nation to promote workplace safety, according to an OSHA…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn On September 15, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced the expansion of the criteria for placement in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Severe Violator Enforcement Program (SVEP) to reduce worker injuries and illnesses, according to a national news release from the DOL. The new…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn On August 11, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced that the operator of restaurant franchise locations in Mississippi who made employees pay for their safety training and background checks has paid $114,427 in back wages, liquidated damages, and civil penalties, according to a news release from…
Written By Digital Content Editor Thomas Ahearn The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) – a regulatory agency of the United States Department of Labor (DOL) with a mission to assure safe and healthy working conditions – offers an OSHA Heat Illness Prevention Campaign to protect workers from indoor and outdoor heat that is available…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn In April 2022, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) hosted a virtual roundtable titled “Untapped Potential: Reimagining Equity for Workers with Gaps in Employment History” as part of the Hiring Initiative to…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On January 29, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued revised guidance titled “Protecting Workers: Guidance on Mitigating and Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in the Workplace” to help employers and workers in most workplace settings outside of healthcare identify risks of being exposed to…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On January 6, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a final rule clarifying the standard for employee versus independent contractor status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), according to a DOL news release. The rule will take effect on March 8, 2021, 60 days…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On November 3, 2020, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) entered into a revised Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) that will amend procedural rules to enhance…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On October 23, 2020, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced it had cited 112 establishments for violations relating to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) that resulted in proposed penalties totaling $1,603,544 since the start of the pandemic through October 15, 2020, according to a news release from…
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