Articles by Girish Anand

November 2, 2011

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OSHA Head Can't Give Timeline on Proposed I2P2 Standard

Speaking as one of the keynoters at the National Safety Council (NSC) Congress and Expo in Philadelphia today, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) chief David Michaels spent a lot of time defending OSHA regulations as not being "job-killers" and then admitted that the one proposed OSHA regulation drawing the most flak—the Injury and Illness Prevention Program (d...

November 1, 2011

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Commentary Period Closes on OSHA's Proposed Expansion of Reporting Requirements

In June 2011, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced in a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) the agency’s plan to update requirements under its recordkeeping rule, including removing some partial exemptions for certain employers in order to increase the number of employers who will be covered under the rule. More recently, at the end of September 2011, O...

October 31, 2011

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Small Businesses Can Now Offer Investment Advice

With a new rule issued by the Department of Labor (DOL) this past week, small business owners will now be allowed to offer investment advice to employees on their 401(k), IRA or other retirement vehicles. Small businesses that offer retirement plans were previously barred from giving investment advice since, as fiduciaries, offering advice would be a conflict of interest. Thus they had to hire ...

October 30, 2011

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AT&T Settles Age Discrimination Lawsuit with the EEOC

Telecommunications giant AT&T has agreed to cease discriminatory policies to settle an age discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that AT&T, Inc. and a number of its subsidiaries discriminated against a class of retired AT&T workers by denying them the opportunity for reemployment solely beca...

October 29, 2011

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Female Employees Join New Class Action Against Wal-Mart

Female employees of Wal-Mart outlets in California have joined in a class-action lawsuit against the firm in an effort to elude the restrictions placed on such efforts by the Supreme Court in its Dukes v. Wal-Mart decision. In that case, the court ruled that a nationwide suit was too broad to meet class-action standards. Attorneys for the women are now focusing on a smaller set of class-ac...

October 28, 2011

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OSHA Submits HAZCOM/GHS Final Rule to OMB for Approval

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has submitted its final rule to incorporate the Globally Harmonized System for Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) into its Hazard Communication Standard (HAZCOM) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval. Approval—or back to the drawing board—will come within 90 days. Developed by the United Nations...

October 26, 2011

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OSHA Announces Site-Specific Targeting Program

From a list of 14,600 worksites designated for inspection in April, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has winnowed the group to 3,700 work places to be inspected under the just-announced Site-Specific Targeting Program (SST). The final list was culled using data from what OSHA calls the DART (Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred) and DAFWII (Days Away from Work Injury an...

October 24, 2011

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EEOC Working With 200 Companies on National Mediation Agreements

EEOC National Mediation Program

With its recent announcement that it had entered into a National Mediation Agreement with Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc., the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is now helping more than 200 firms nationwide resolve disputes with their employees without going to court. The EEOC is charged with enforcing the harassment and discrimination statutes of the land, and it has used th...

October 21, 2011

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DOL Partners With Facebook to Help Job Seekers

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Labor Secretary Hilda Solis unveiled an innovative partnership via a live Web stream on Thursday (Oct. 20, 2011) that brings together the U.S. Labor Department, Facebook, the National Association of State Workforce Agencies, the DirectEmployers Association and the National Association of Colleges and Employers. In addition, Facebook debuted a new Social Jobs Partnership page that highlights ava...

October 20, 2011

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Seattle Passes Paid Sick Leave Ordinance

The city of Seattle has passed an ordinance requiring businesses within the city to offer sick and safe days to workers who qualify. Sick days may be for the employee or to care for family members. Safe days provide domestic violence victims days off to relocate, file charges, or attend court proceedings. The ordinance will take effect on Sept. 1, 2012. All businesses with at least five full-ti...

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