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OSHA Provides Guidance on Reporting Injuries from Violent Acts at the Workplace

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Kollman & Saucier
08/20/2023
DOL Opinion Letters, OSHA, Workplace Safety
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released an interpretation letter that addresses when employers are required by OSHA rules to list injuries, illnesses, and deaths caused by violent acts at work on their OSHA logs.  Under OSHA standards, employers are required to keep a record of serious work-related injuries and illnesses.  29 C.F.R. 1904.5(a) provides that an injury or illness must be considered work-related if any event...
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Biden DOL Revokes Three Eleventh-Hour Trump DOL Opinion Letters

Kollman & Saucier
Kollman & Saucier
01/27/2021
Agency Activity, DOL Opinion Letters, Wage & Hour
In its final days under the Trump administration, the Department of Labor (DOL) had advanced three opinion letters on independent contracting and tip-pooling rules.  On Tuesday, the DOL's Wage and Hour Division revoked the letters under the Biden administration's regulatory review freeze.  The independent contracting rule would have permitted a simpler legal standard for classifying workers as independent contractors rather than employees covered...
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U.S. Department of Labor Issues Three New Opinion Letters

Kollman & Saucier
Kollman & Saucier
08/09/2019
DOL Opinion Letters, FMLA
On August 8, 2019, the federal Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued three opinion letters which concern the Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) and the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”).  The details are as follows: FMLA2019-2-A Intermittent leave to attend Committee on Special Education (“CSE”)/Individualized Education Program (“IEP”) meetings to address the educational and special medical needs of an employee’s child is...
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