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On July 2, 2024, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released a comprehensive proposal on Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in both outdoor and indoor work settings. This is the first-ever national heat stress rule. OSHA submitted the proposed...
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced the Final Rule on non-compete agreements, which was to go into effect on September 4, 2024. In essence, the Rule was intended to discourage to a significant extent the use of non-compete agreements....
With great sadness, we must announce the passing of our friend and longtime employee, Mary Sue Harris. Mary blessed us as an employee at Bugbee and Conkle for 47 years, working as a dedicated secretary and paralegal. Everyone at Bugbee and Conkle will miss her...
Prior to September 28, 2021 when a claimant was denied permanent total disability compensation (hereinafter “PTD”) that claimant could file multiple subsequent PTD applications without any change to the allowed conditions in the claim. It was not unusual for claimants...
A variety of different workplace disagreements could lead to worker lawsuits. Sometimes, employees file lawsuits against organizations when they claim that a recent termination was wrongful. Other times, they may allege that a business engaged in discriminatory...
On April 1, 2024, OSHA published in the Federal Register its final Worker Walk Around Representative designation process Rule. The final new rule amends 29 CFR 1903.8 regarding Representatives of Employees and Employers in an OSHA inspection. This new rule will become...
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has issued a “final rule,” termed the Non-Compete Clause Rule, on April 23, 2024, effective 120 days after it is published in the Federal Register. The final rule will be codified at 16 C.F.R. §910. The final rule makes the...
Employees working for a business provide important services, but they are also in a position to damage the company in question. Sometimes, an employee with access to trade secrets and information about how a company operates may use that knowledge to start a competing...
The 3rd District Court Of Appeals Rejects COVID-19 Claim Since the COVID-19 pandemic ensued, employers have wondered whether there would be rash of compensable COVID-19 cases arising from employment. Because COVID-19 is a disease arising from the Sars-CoV-2 virus,...
2024 CHANGES TO OSHA INJURY AND ILLNESS RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS What's Changing: Establishments with 100+ employees in certain designated industries are required to electronically submit information from their OSHA Forms 300 and 301 to OSHA once a year. OSHA will...