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Over the last year, OSHA has been criticized for not doing enough to ensure that employers are protecting their employees from coronavirus risks. The March 12, 2021 implementation of a National Emphasis Program (NEP) on coronavirus may quickly be changing that perception. Shortly after the effective date of the NEP, OSHA imposed fines on a tax preparation service due to its failure to protect its employees from COVID-19.
A Massachusetts Liberty Tax Service owner has been fined $136,532 after a March 17, 2021 inspection by OSHA revealed that the employer was taking no precautions to protect its employees against coronavirus. OSHA issued one citation under Section 5(a)(1) of the OSH Act and found that the tax preparation service:
Monday, April 19, 2021
As we previously reported, OSHA recently launched a National Emphasis Program (NEP), focusing efforts on workplace COVID-19 concerns. The NEP guidance specifies that OSHA will be directing heightened enforcement efforts on companies that put the largest number of workers at serious risk of contracting the coronavirus, such as hospitals, assisted living centers, and other health care and emergency response providers treating COVID-19 patients. The NEP guidelines also note that in an anti-retaliation effort, OSHA will be targeting establishments where employees have complained about unsafe or unhealthy environments.
As the owner of a Lynn, Massachusetts, tax preparation service quickly found out this week, OSHA is serious about these efforts – and the NEP guidelines apply to businesses beyond hospitals or nursing homes. Specifically, Liberty Tax Service was slapped with a $136,532 fine after an OSHA investigation made a determination of coro
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As we previously reported, OSHA recently launched a National Emphasis Program (NEP), focusing efforts on workplace COVID-19 concerns. The NEP guidance specifies that OSHA will be directing heightened enforcement efforts on companies that put the largest number of workers at serious risk of contracting the coronavirus, such as hospitals, assisted living centers, and other health care and emergency response providers treating COVID-19 patients. The NEP guidelines also note that in an anti-retaliation effort, OSHA will be targeting establishments where employees have complained about unsafe or unhealthy environments.
As the owner of a Lynn, Massachusetts, tax preparation service quickly found out this week, OSHA is serious about these efforts – and the NEP guidelines apply to businesses beyond hospitals or nursing homes. Specifically, the company was slapped with a $136,532 fine after an OSHA investigation made a deter
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Signaling significant regulatory and enforcement changes from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), President Joseph Biden has named a California official to lead the agency.
Biden nominated Douglas Parker, the chief of California’s Department of Industrial Relations Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) on April 9, 2021, to serve as the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Workplace Safety and Health to lead OSHA. Parker had represented labor representatives and private and public sector unions as an attorney, and he was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve as Senior Policy Advisor and Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA). Parker left MSHA in 2019 to serve as Executive Director for Cal/OSHA, which advocates health and safety measures for workers.
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