In the year ahead, a divided Congress will make it more difficult to pass federal legislation, and creates obstacles for the Biden administration to advance its agenda. Businesses will continue to grapple with pandemic-related issues such aslong Covid accommodation and leave issues.
But as most mandatory vaccine lawsuits work their way through courts and jurisdictions continue to ease or remove Covid-19-related requirements, the pandemic will likely require less attention.
Notwithstanding such uncertainties, here are some developments we expect to see in workplace safety and health, independent contractor status, and pay equity.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration continues its quest for more rulemaking. OSHA will implement a standard covering Covid-19 in health care, which is now in the final stage of the administrative rulemaking process. However, OSHA will refocus on more traditional safety and health rulemaking.
One such significant revision is to the Electronic Recordkeeping Rule, where OSHA has already proposed amendments. It is likely the final rule will be close, if not identical, to the proposed rule and create a new requirement for establishments with 100 or more employees in certain designated high-hazard industries to...
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