Court Refuses to Lift OSHA Vax-or-Test Stay: Analysis
A Reagan-Trump panel of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals refused Friday afternoon to lift its stay of OSHA’s Emergency…
Short Stuff: Dispatches From the Front Lines of the Battle for Workplace Safety
As might be expected, lots of good writing about the political and legal drama surrounding OSHA’s recently issued (and blocked)…
Are Concerned Workers “Informers?”
In 1995, a little known Republican Congressman named John Boehner stated that “Most employers would describe OSHA as the Gestapo…
Dept of Labor Fights Back to Protect Workers
As more than 1100 Americans continue to die every day from COVID-19, the Department of Labor delivered a brief pushing…
Weekly Toll: Workers Killed Over the Past Week
On average, 14 workers are killed every day in the United States due to traumatic injuries suffered at work. That’s…
OSHA Vaccine-or-Test Standard Injunction: What’s Next?
Last week, after a herculean feat of work, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued its second Emergency Temporary Standard…
Court Blocks OSHA Vaccinate-or-Test Standard
Barely a day and a half after issuance of OSHA’s emergency vaccinate-or-test standard, a federal appeals court has blocked it.…
Mixed Response to OSHA Vaccine-or-Test Rule
Yesterday federal OSHA issued its long anticipated Vaccine-or-Test Emergency Temporary Standard that requires all private sector employees in companies with…
OSHA Issues Vaccinate-or-Test Emergency Rule: Vaccinate by January 4 or Test
OSHA’s much anticipated Vax-or-Test emergency temporary standard was put up on the web for “inspection” this morning and will be…
Health Care Workers Hit Hard by COVID
It should come as no surprise that health care workers were hit hard by COVID-19. And if there was any…