Lawyer offers guidance on how to remain compliant and avoid hefty fines and citations
As employees return to the office or adapt to a hybrid work schedule, companies are confronted with various practical challenges in maintaining and ensuring a safe and healthy workplace.
After all, it’s an employer’s duty to provide a work environment that’s up to date and in compliance with state and local regulations, even if they’re changing on a monthly basis. Oftentimes, employers and HR leaders rely upon the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to issue guidance, but that’s not the main source employers need to adhere to. Companies should be concerned with the rules and guidance issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and any of its state divisions, such as Cal/OSHA.
“There are a number of regulators you need to understand, depending on where your company is located,” Julie Vanneman, partner at Pittsburgh-based law firm Dentons Cohen & Grigsby, told HRD.
Vanneman has significant experience assisting clients with workplace safety and health matters, including counseling on safety compliance programs, advising on responses to OSHA citations and representing companies in OSHA investigations and other matters arising out of a workplace crisis. This experience includes providing advice and counseling in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Vanneman also currently serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where...
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