On Thursday, January 21, President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order that directed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to issue guidance to employers on protecting workers from COVID-19, including protecting workers from COVID-19 under the Occupational Safety and Health Act and protecting other categories of workers from COVID-19. In this alert we outline … Continue Reading
The coronavirus, and the illness caused by the coronavirus, COVID-19, are dominating headlines, stock markets and daily conversation. They are also raising many questions—and employers in the U.S. are facing one such critical question: How do we help ensure the health and safety of our employees? Squire Patton Boggs helps provide some answers below.… Continue Reading
When asked for comment on the recent opinion by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Shamokin Filler Co. v. Fed. Mine Safety and Health Review Comm’n, which held that a coal processor was subject to the jurisdiction of the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) instead of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Squire Patton … Continue Reading
