On June 10, the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued the Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) for health care employers and Protecting.
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Updated: 29 May 2021 07:07 PM BdST Caption 01: President Joe Biden talks about successes in combating the coronavirus pandemic at an indoor rock climbing centre in Alexandria, Va, May 28, 2021. Biden’s funding request to Congress, a $6 trillion plan for the 2022 fiscal year, maps out a vision of an expansive federal government in the years to come with proposals for significant new spending in areas like infrastructure, education and the environment. Sarah Silbiger/The New York Times
President Joe Biden’s first budget request maps out a vision of an expansive federal government in the years to come, with increased spending in areas like infrastructure, education and climate change.
May 27, 2021
Today, May 27, 2021, the International Safety Equipment Association (ISEA) releases a new docuseries about personal protective equipment (PPE) that features SGS experts speaking on the subject with a unique perspective on the industry and the innovation taking place to protect workers and save lives.
Premiered on May 27, 2021, Protecting Workers, Protecting Lives is a nine-episode series from the ISEA, the leading safety equipment trade organization, and produced by dBase Media (DBM).
This unique series presents a collective narrative of stories, featuring leading manufacturers and distributors, testing labs and specifiers, end users, and standards setters from the PPE industry. Its themes explore new standards in safety equipment, the impact of technology and why training and education are crucial for protecting a diverse workforce.
President Biden has proposed sweeping changes to U.S. immigration law, contained in the pending U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021. This piece of proposed legislation, as introduced into.
UPDATE:
On May 20, 2021, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced a bipartisan agreement with the Legislature to fully negotiate the state budget and federal funding from the CARES Act and the American Rescue Plan Act with the State Budget Director. Under the agreement, the MIOSHA’s draft permanent rules would be withdrawn. Additionally, in accordance with the governor’s MI Vacc to Normal plan allowing in-person work with the state reaching the 55 percent vaccination threshold, MIOSHA will remove from its standing emergency rules the requirement that employers create “a policy prohibiting in-person work for employees to the extent that their work activities can be feasibly completed remotely.” MIOSHA will also update the emergency rules to reflect recent guidance from the CDC and MDHHS, which will take effect May 24, 2021.