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On January 8, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced that it has issued citations arising from 300 inspections for violations relating to coronavirus, resulting in proposed penalties totaling $3,930,381. Some of the violations employers were cited for include failure to: implement a written respiratory protection program; comply with required medical evaluations, respirator fit…
On January 29, 2021 the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) Deputy Assistant Secretary Jim Frederick issued a Guidance statement providing information to employers and employees regarding the implementation of a COVID-19 protection program. The Guidance is intended to be informational only to provide assistance to employers for planning and guidance purposes. However, the statement does recommend that employers use…
Shortly after the inception of the pandemic, Ohio state lawmakers got to work proposing legislation to cover coronavirus in the workplace. House Bills 571, 573, 605, 633, 667, and 668 propose amendments to the occupational disease provision of the workers’ compensation statute (4123.68) to include COVID-19 as a scheduled disease for first responders, essential workers, health care workers, grocery store…
Since the onset of the pandemic in the Spring of 2020, the Director of the Ohio Department of Health, through its orders, has encouraged employers to permit “as many employees as possible to work from home by implementing policies in areas such as teleworking and video conferencing.” As a consequence, many Ohioans have been working from home in accordance with…
For years, many considered Cardiovascular Disease to be an older man’s disease, when in fact, heart disease & stroke are the number one killer of women. To help dispel the myths and raise awareness, our office participates in the annual #GoRedForWomen campaign led by the American Heart Association. Why? Since the launch of this campaign, there has been a nearly…
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On January 9, 2021, Governor Mike DeWine signed Ohio House Bill 308, which provides for compensation and benefits to public safety officers (a.k.a. “first responders”) who sustain a disability from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) received in the course of and arising out of employment, but without a physical injury. The new law also contains an anti-retaliation provision, which provides for…