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3 weeks ago | jdsupra.com | William Principe |Stephen Simko Jr. |David SMith |David Smith

A number of our clients have requested that we predict what will come from OSHA under the Trump Administration. We confess that we have no inside knowledge, but we can make some predictions based on our experience over the last 50+ years since the Occupational Safety and Health Act became law (during the Nixon Administration), as well as what happened during the last Trump Administration and the recent public statements by the current Trump Administration. First, a little background.

Jan 14, 2025 | jdsupra.com | William Principe |Stephen Simko Jr. |David SMith |David Smith

January 14, 2025 William Principe, Stephen Simko Jr., David Smith, Thomas Song, Patrick Tyson, Neil Wasser Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP + Follow x Following x Following - Unfollow Contact To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Consistent with the 2015 Inflation Adjustment Act, which provides for the annual increase in penalties under the Occupational Safety and Health Act by the previous year’s rate of inflation, the maximum OSHA penalties for citations...

Jul 9, 2024 | jdsupra.com | William Principe |Stephen Simko Jr. |David SMith |David Smith

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has recently issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, addressing “Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings.” This proposed standard would apply to all employers in the general industry and construction sectors, with a few limited exceptions, such as firefighting and emergency medical services.

Jul 1, 2024 | jdsupra.com | William Principe |Stephen Simko Jr. |David SMith |David Smith

Enforcement season begins July 1, 2024. Employers in California must have a Workplace Violence Prevention Plan in place by July 1, 2024 (except for limited and narrow exceptions found in Labor Code section 6401.9(b)(2)).

Jan 12, 2024 | jdsupra.com | William Principe |Stephen Simko Jr. |David SMith |David Smith

Nothing good. OSHA penalties increased for citations issued in 2024Consistent with the 2015 Inflation Adjustment Act, which provides for the annual increase in penalties under the Occupational Safety and Health Act by the previous year’s rate of inflation, the maximum penalties for citations issued after January 15 will increase by 3.2 percent.