To protect workers and reduce injuries and illnesses in the warehousing, storage and distribution industries, the U.S. Dept. of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has launched the Regional Emphasis Program for Warehousing Operations in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Washington D.C. and West Virginia. 

Northampton Community College is offering free webinars for health care workers and employers on the dangers of COVID-19 in the workplace on June 14.  The webinars came from the Occupational Safety & Health Administration’s (OSHA) vow to continue to vigorously enforce general standards it has adopted to help protect health care employees from the dangers ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry joined labor leaders Monday to advocate for enhanced workplace safety standards in Pennsylvania’s public sector. 

The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is expected to release its new rule requiring businesses with over 100 employees to require their workers to be fully vaccinated or mandate weekly COVID-19 tests next week. 

Businesses with over 100 employees will need to either require their workforce to be fully vaccinated or require unvaccinated employees to take weekly COVID-19 tests as part of a new country-wide vaccination effort. 

On May 13, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) changed its COVID-19 masking guidelines, announcing fully vaccinated Americans could now unmask indoors.

As the world begins to focus on restarting the economy post-COVID-19, and politicians debate if, when and how to get America back to work, many businesses are trying to determine what standards, laws and precautions will apply and need to be taken when restrictions are eased or lifted.

In 2009, the EEOC published guidelines for employers to handle the H1N1 virus in the workplace. On March 19, 2020 they re-issued the document with COVID-19 specific guidelines. As the U.S. continues to respond to the growing number of coronavirus cases, what is the obligation of employers to report confirmed cases?

A Dollar Tree store in Bethlehem Township is facing nearly $300,000 in fines from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for exit and storage hazards.

A Bala Cynwyd-based construction company is being fined more than $600,000 by OSHA for three instances of exposing employees to fall hazards at worksites in the Lehigh Valley.