Sometimes "irrationality" can be rational.

Safety isn't always first.

The health care vaccine mandate is here to stay.

And that's not all!

Predictions from our attorneys in the practice areas that affect employers.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently added to its COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions a recommendation that employers “encourage” their workers to wear face coverings. Previously, OSHA had stopped short of urging employers to mandate masks, instead writing that employees “may choose to wear face coverings as a means of source control.”

Nuances you never thought possible.

OSHA intends to postpone requirement that safety reports be submitted electronically for all the world to see. You may recall that, about a year ago, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued a rule that would require certain employers to submit some injury and illness reports electronically. The information would then be made publicly available. Now OSHA says ...

Which means the rule will be enforced starting day after tomorrow, December 1.

Judge Sam A. Lindsay of the Northern District of Texas found in TEXO ABC/AGC, Inc. v. Perez that the plaintiffs challenging the rule had failed to show that they would suffer irreparable harm if the rule was not preliminarily enjoined. He also found that the plaintiffs had failed to show that the balance of ...

Effect of Election 2016 on labor and employment law. We asked our practice group heads and some thought leaders to tell us how they think employers will be affected by a Trump Administration on specific labor and employment law issues. This client bulletin is packed with prognostication about what we may see in the areas of affirmative action and OFCCP compliance, litigation ...