Editor's note: Katie Clarey is one year into covering HR and continues to educate herself and readers on the building blocks of the field with her series, Back to Basics. If you're new to HR (or just ...

This is the eleventh installment in a series of articles intended to provide the reader with a very high-level overview of the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act of 1970 and the Occupational ...

The arrival of 2008 prompted Occupational Hazards to take stock of what OSHA has — and has not — accomplished in 2007. When the Democratic Congress became a majority party in November 2006, labor and ...

OSHA issued its Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) on November 5, 2021, creating important obligations for businesses. This overview answers common questions about the new regulation. Most private ...

OSHA Hazard Communication Labels provides an overview of widely applied standards for hazard communication labels, with particular attention to the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) of the ...

Every year, OSHA is faced with a unique set of challenges and 2007 wasn’t any different. When the Democratic Congress became a majority party in November 2006, labor and industry advocates knew OSHA ...