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OSHA Again Delays Anti-Retaliation Enforcement

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Katy Tedrow

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently announced that it is pushing back the enforcement deadline for its anti-retaliation regulations for the second time this year. Although they became effective as of August 10, OSHA originally chose to delay enforcement for these regulations, including the required posting of an anti-retaliation statement, until November 1. Read more

US DOL Penalties Increase for OSHA, Wage & Hour, Child Labor Violations

Posted on July 5, 2016 by Kathy White, Esq.

Passed in 2015, the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act requires federal agencies to increase penalties for violations of the laws they enforce to maintain their deterrent effect. The Act requires agencies to adopt “catch up” penalties to account for lost time, in some cases decades, since the last adjustments were made and Read more