This week, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) released a finalized recordkeeping rule that becomes effective January 1, 2017. Under the final rule, certain employers are required to electronically submit data regarding work-related injuries and illnesses. Impacted employers are already required to collect and record this data under OSHA regulations. However, now, this employer injury and illness data will be public. Once OSHA removes personal identifying information of employees, the data will be posted on OSHA’s website.
New Rules for Federal Contractors:
On December 3, 2014, the Department of Labor announced a Final Rule changing OFCCP’s regulations so that they prohibit discrimination based on, and require treatment of applicants and employees without regard to, sexual orientation or gender identity. These final rules were issued as a result of President Obama signing an executive order in July, 2014, extending workplace protections to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Americans in the federal contracting workforce.
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