Employers may seek additional information regarding an employee’s religious beliefs where the employee seeks to be excused from participating in a mandatory influenza vaccination program for religious reasons, according to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Office of Legal Counsel. The opinion came in an informal discussion letter in which the Office responded to an inquiry
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GAO Study Critical of OSHA’s NRTL Program
By Bradford T. Hammock on
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The General Accounting Office (GAO) has just completed a critical review of OSHA’s Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) Program. The NRTL Program is an OSHA program that accredits laboratories to perform testing of certain equipment to ensure its safety when used in the workplace. Most notably, all electrical equipment used in worksites across the country…
OSHA’s Plan for 2013 includes at Least 1,260 Workplace Inspections
By Bradford T. Hammock on
Posted in OSHA Enforcement
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration plans to inspect at least 1,260 establishments under its site-specific targeting (“SST”) program for 2013. Details are here.