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Course Information
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    On-Demand

  • signal_cellular_alt Difficulty Level

  • work Practice Area

    Employment and Workers Comp

Date & Time
  • event Date

    Wednesday, June 23, 2021

  • schedule Time

    1:00 p.m. ET./10:00 a.m. PT

  • timer Program Length

    90 minutes

Credit Information

  • This 90-minute webinar is eligible in most states for 1.5 CLE credits.

$297.00
CLE
ALL

This CLE course will advise employment counsel on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) current focus and the enforcement actions and increased audits under the Biden administration. The panel will discuss the National Emphasis Program (NEP) programs to protect employees in high COVID-hazard industries from highly contagious diseases and from retaliation for raising safety health concerns with employers.

Faculty

David E. Dubberly
Member
Nexsen Pruet

Mr. Dubberly chairs the firm’s Employment and Labor Law Group. In a career of over three decades, he has built a strong track record rooted in determination and ingenuity and has become a go-to attorney for companies seeking legal counsel in compliance matters, defense of government investigations, litigation, and mediation and arbitration. Mr. Dubberly is well-versed in matters involving trade secrets; noncompete agreements; whistleblowers; Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigations; discrimination, harassment, and retaliation; wage and hour disputes; and employment, severance, and other related agreements, among others.

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A. Scott Hecker
Miscellaneous

Description

In March 2021, OSHA established an NEP related to COVID-19, to ensure that "employees in high-hazard industries are protected from the hazard of contracting SARS-CoV-2." Under the NEP, OSHA will target investigations and enforcement activities toward identified industries and worksites that have workers with increased potential exposure to this hazard.

Employment counsel should review the NEP and future OSHA publications updating targeted industries and provide their clients with counsel on: (1) whether their industry is "high-hazard" and a potential OSHA target for an on-site COVID-19-related inspection; (2) how their COVID-19 safety and health procedures can be updated to enhance worksite compliance and preparedness for COVID-19-related inspections.

Employers can expect to be subject to more COVID-19-related onsite inspections and the potential for general duty clause citations. With the March NEP underway, this is a critical time to review OSHA guidance on the pandemic and incorporate relevant measures into their safety planning and standard operating procedures.

Listen as our expert panel discusses the COVID-19 temporary standards established by OSHA and what the NEP has determined regarding all safety and health procedures for worksites. The panel will address the increased OSHA onsite inspections and best practices to respond to a general duty clause citation.

Outline

  1. NEP
    1. Types of workplaces covered
    2. Standards established by OSHA
    3. All COVID-19 safety and health procedures
  2. Consequences of increased onsite inspections
  3. General duty clause citations

Benefits

The panel will review these and other relevant topics:

  • What types of employers are targeted by the NEP, and what should these employers expect?
  • How can employers ensure worksites are complying with all of OSHA's COVID-19 safety and health procedures?
  • As OSHA increases onsite inspections, what should employers expect?
  • How should employers respond to general duty clause citations?