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U.S. Department of Labor Cites Tax Preparation Service for COVID-19 Unsafe Work Environment A Boston company owner faces high charges for not allowing employees or customers to wear masks or social distance. By Shereen Hashem Apr 15, 2021  A tax preparation service owner in Lynn, MA was fined $136,000 for prohibiting her employees as well as customers from wearing masks on the job and social distancing. Ariana Murrell-Rosario also refused to implement other precautions in protection against CO...

On March 22, 2021, former two-term Boston Mayor Marty Walsh was confirmed as U.S. Secretary of Labor in a 68-29 Senate vote. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce (Chamber) supported Walsh’s...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: The recent stages of the coronavirus pandemic have been a rollercoaster, with many twists and turns along the way. One week brings promising news of decreased community spread, and the next week concerns of new variants and local “surges” dominate the headlines. With the number of vaccinations trending up and positivity rates trending down in some states, there is reason for optimism. However, even with this increased optimism, em...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: President Joe Biden announced late last week that he intends to nominate Doug Parker as the head of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Parker has led the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) since 2019 and has made a name for himself prioritizing workplace safety through aggressive enforcement tactics. If confirmed by the Senate, Parker would fill a position that has been vacant since...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: In a move that may slow the momentum toward an OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) aimed at COVID-19, Labor Secretary Marty Walsh has ordered a pause in the development of any such standard to further analyze the current state of vaccinations and the virus itself. As reported by Bloomberg News on April 6, Secretary Walsh is seeking an update on the current state of affairs from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On March 12, 2021, OSHA established a 12-month long “National Emphasis Program,” effecting an immediate emphasis on the enforcement of safety standards associated with COVID-19. The “COVID-19 NEP” also creates “an added focus to ensure that workers are protected from retaliation.” OSHA coupled the COVID-19 NEP with an “Updated Interim Enforcement Response Plan for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19),” which details how...

Thursday, April 8, 2021 On March 30, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania dismissed the complaint a group of meat packing plant workers filed last summer against then Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The complaint sought to force the secretary of labor to take action to address allegedly “imminently dangerous” working conditions in which half of the plant’s employees contracted COVID-19. The...

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Tuesday, April 6, 2021 On March 22, 2021, Marty Walsh, the two-term Boston mayor, was confirmed as the Labor Secretary by the United States Senate in a 68-29 vote.  He becomes the first union leader to run the Department of Labor (the “DOL”) in over four decades. Workplace safety will be one area that we can expect to undergo significant change under Walsh.  Recently, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) released a new National Emphasis Program (“NEP�...