Safety practices and procedures in the workplace are part of federal regulations overseen by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Regardless of regulations, a work environment promoting ...

As states begin contemplating ways to ease shelter in place restrictions and how to facilitate employees returning to work, employers are faced with developing and implementing new policies and ...

Workplace policies establish boundaries, guidelines, and best practices for acceptable behavior at your business. The purpose of policies such as these is they allow you to communicate to your ...

Seyfarth Synopsis: OSHA has recently updated and published its enforcement procedures for occupational exposure to workplace violence. The procedures explain and lay out the elements of an OSHA ...

In March 2020, as thousands of public sector workers shifted to remote work almost overnight, few would have guessed they would remain there for months. What followed was a real-world litmus test for ...

High-voltage line work is risky business, with hazards associated with most of the tasks performed on routine or emergency jobs. Electrical workers must adhere to volumes of regulations, policies, ...

An Accommodation is an adjustment, for a specific person, to the usual application of an employer rule or practice. The adjustment is designed to address the negative impact that the usual application ...

The University of Nevada, Reno Bloodborne Pathogens Exposure Control Plan incorporates the most current work procedures, engineering controls, and medical surveillance practices. The Institutional ...

This program establishes written procedures to prevent fires resulting from temporary operations involving an open flame or that produces heat, sparks, or hot slag. This includes (but is not limited ...

This procedure applies to anyone who performs welding, cutting, brazing, soldering, grinding, or any duty that produces a spark. The intent of this program is to prevent injury and loss of property ...