2024 OSHA Mid-Year Review: The Latest Workplace Safety Rules and Enforcement Trends

Recent policy changes from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) have impacted employers nationwide and include increased funding and inspector hiring, revisions to the agency's "instance-by-instance" violation policy, a new electronic data reporting rule, and new employee representation rights during OSHA inspections. 

This program, presented by Michael Metz-Topodas and Jacob Tosti, reviews recently implemented OSHA policies, covers workplace safety enforcement trends, and provides insight regarding proposed future OSHA initiatives, to help in-house and outside counsel prepare for, address, and manage workplace safety matters, OSHA inspections, and OSHA enforcement actions. 

Learning Objectives:

1. Modify existing policies and procedures to account for recently implemented OSHA rules and policies
2. Prepare for additional internal operational changes potentially necessary in response to current OSHA enforcement trends
3. Contribute to industry messaging to OSHA, as appropriate, for any applicable notice and comment or similar submissions regarding future developments in the workplace safety regulatory space
4. Adopt strategies for addressing OSHA inspections, enforcement actions, and other workplace safety issues in light of recently implemented and proposed OSHA policy initiatives