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Corporate Counsel

OSHA Tweaks Workplace Injury Records Proposal

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued a supplemental notice on a rule requiring employers to keep electronic records of injury and illness.
1 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Back to School: Child Labor Laws

With schools headed back in session, now is the time for employers to review hiring, payment and scheduling practices for workers under the age of 18.
9 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Attorney-Client Privilege in OSHA Compliance Self-Audits

The most valuable tool available to employers in their efforts to resist U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration demands for audit materials is the attorney-client privilege.
8 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Temporary Workers, Enduring Liability

Temps come with their own brand of liability, even though most companies hire the workers from a staffing agency.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

ABA Adopts Domestic Violence Model Workplace Policy

The policy's stated purpose is to enhance workplace awareness and create a supportive and safe work environment for victims of domestic violence.
1 minute read

Corporate Counsel

OSHA Wants More Workplace Injury Data, Less Retaliation

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is reviewing the use of certain mechanisms intended to encourage businesses to report accurate data on employee illnesses and injuries.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Don't Panic: Workplace Worries Over Ebola Virus

The Ebola threat in U.S. workplaces remains low, but companies will do no harm in making sure they have policies that keep the office healthy and safe.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

California Court Blocks Home Health Aide's Injury Claim

A home health aide for a woman suffering from Alzheimer's disease can't sue the homeowners over a job-related injury, the California Supreme Court has ruled.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Long Island Precast, Inc. v. U.S. Dept. of Labor

By | August 04, 2014
OSHA Subpoenas Denied Quash; Its Specific Demands Relevant to Probe Into Hazards
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Repair or Routine Maintenance; Sole Proximate Cause Defense

In his Construction Accident Litigation, Brian J. Shoot discusses distinguishing a "repair," which is expressly covered by the so-called scaffold statute, from "routine maintenance," which is not; and the "sole proximate cause" defense, which will bar a plaintiff-worker's recovery when there was no statutory violation and the accident was solely caused by the plaintiff.
10 minute read

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