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The two open slots are designated for the Department of Health and Human Services.

The Department of Labor has appointed six members to the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health and is accepting nominations for two vacancies.

The Virginia Safety and Health Codes Board voted on Monday to revoke Virginia’s permanent standard on the prevention of COVID-19 spread in the workplace, the culmination of one of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s first-day executive orders.

At the Virginia Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Conference, we heard first-hand from Jay Withrow, Esq., the Director of Legal Support for the Virginia Department and Labor and...

Regulators want to extend Virginia’s expiring pandemic workplace safety rules Brandon Meister prepares a Moscow Mule drink for a carry out order at Mellow Mushroom in Richmonds Carytown neighborhood on May 16, 2020. (Source: Parker Michels-Boyce/ For the Virginia Mercury) By Ned Oliver | January 11, 2021 at 8:25 AM EST - Updated January 11 at 8:25 AM Virginia was the first state in the country to mandate emergency workplace precautions against COVID-19 this summer. Now, with the temp...

Army veteran paints Henrico boy’s new room for free after it reminds him of the hospital Blake Hassmer wanted the walls in his room not to look like the walls in the hospital, where he spends a lot of time. (Source: Anthony Antoine) By Anthony Antoine | September 1, 2020 at 5:17 PM EDT - Updated December 30 at 3:54 PM HENRICO, Va. (WWBT) - A Sandston family recently moved into a new home - a healthy space for their growing family - but it was missing something. That’s when a lo...