OSHA Maintains COVID-19 Safety Pressure on Healthcare Employers Despite Challenges from All Sides | McDermott Will & Emery jdsupra.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from jdsupra.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Department of Labor regarding COVID-19 pandemic-related
Pennsylvania Meatpackers Can t Force OSHA to Act on COVID-19 Concerns | Fisher Phillips jdsupra.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from jdsupra.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Judge blocks lawsuit against OSHA over refusal to inspect Pennsylvania Maid-Rite food processing plant during pandemic
US District Judge Malachy Mannion of Scranton, Pennsylvania dismissed a lawsuit March 30 that was brought by three anonymous employees of the Maid-Rite Specialty Foods meatpacking plant in Dunmore. The lawsuit was against the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for failing to adequately inspect the plant where more than half of the workforce contracted COVID-19. Mannion asserted that he lacked the legal authority to order the agency to enforce safety protocols at the facility.
The dismissal of the lawsuit serves as an illustration of how all levels of government have colluded to keep workers on the job during a deadly pandemic without regard to the dangers posed to thier health under conditions where basic safety measures are not enforced. The ruling by the judge provides another green light to employers to disregard workers’ health and safety, k
Judge throws out meatpacking workers COVID-19 safety lawsuit against OSHA pennrecord.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from pennrecord.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.