Category: Safety and Regulation Compliance

The Torrance Main Post Office has partially reopened to the public after about three months of remediation work to remove asbestos from the facility. The location, 2510 Monterey St., first closed on July 26 and partially reopened on Wednesday, November 12. It was determined that while no air ducts or “human occupied” areas contained asbestos-containing… Continue reading Torrance post office partially reopens after asbestos abatement – Daily Breeze

Records of Elon Musk-led The boring co. Officials meet with the governor of Nevada Joe LombardoThe office reportedly disappeared after discussions about it Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) citations. Citations removed, records missing OSHA issued more than $400,000 in fines and citations to the tunneling startup, prompting a meeting between company officials and Lombardo's… Continue reading Elon Musk-led boring company in spotlight as meeting with Nevada governor disappears from public records over OSHA violations: report – Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA)

Democratic AGs Object to DOL's Risky Reinterpretation of General Duty Clause – Employee Rights/Industrial Relations – United States CO Cozen O'Connor More Founded in 1970, Cozen O'Connor has more than 925 attorneys practicing internationally in 32 cities in North America and Europe. We are… Continue reading Democratic AGs Object to DOL's Risky Reinterpretation of General Duty Clause – Employee Rights/Industrial Relations

Frost Brown Todd partner Holly Gilani wrote an article for the Daily journal titled “Capacity Standards in California Fiduciary Litigation: Why the Distinction Matters.” The article examines how California courts apply different standards of mental capacity, testamentary and contractual, and why this distinction can determine the outcome of high-stakes trust and estate disputes. Gilani also… Continue reading Capacity standards in the California Trust…

The House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitation Services Committee met in executive session and took formal action on five bills, placing one on the House calendar and voting on three additional ITLs. The committee voted to deem HB 282 (which would have increased the maximum benefits for first responders critically injured in the line of duty)… Continue reading Committee votes: ITL on three bills for first responders; Maintaining workplace safety measures; Military Spouse Employment Act Advances

November 10th1933 – At the Hormel plant in Austin, Minnesota, a sit-in strike begins with the help of a Wobbly organizer, leading to the formation of the Independent Union of All Workers. Labor historians believe this may have been the first sit-down strike of the 1930s.1975 – The ship Edmund Fitzgerald – the largest freighter… Continue reading This Week in Labor History November 10-16

Authorities confirmed Thursday that the six people who died on a Colorado dairy farm in August were exposed to toxic hydrogen sulfide gas, according to autopsies and toxicology reports. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) notes that exposure to hydrogen sulfide gas in “very high concentrations can rapidly cause death.” However, the exact circumstances… Continue reading The coroner identifies the cause of death for six people who collapsed on a Colorado dairy farm

PRESS RELEASE Published on November 8, 2025 New report reveals how poor sanitation, poor oversight and contractor corruption are jeopardizing aviation safety at major U.S. airports. NEW YORK, NY, November 8, 2025 /24-7PressRelease/ — New York Airport News has released a white paper entitled “Systemic Sanitation and Environmental Failures at U.S. Airports” that exposes critical… Continue reading New York Airport News publishes white paper on failures in airport hygiene and safety oversight

Order prevents U.S. Department of Education from enforcing partisan shutdown language over federal employees' email accounts WASHINGTON, DC – A federal court ruled today that the Trump-Vance administration unlawfully compelled U.S. Department of Education officials to transmit partisan political messages from their government email accounts during the ongoing federal shutdown – in violation of core… Continue reading Court rules Trump-Vance administration violated federal workers' First Amendment rights by forcing partisan shutdown messages

Cozen O'Connor's most popular are: within immigration topic(s) with readers from the environmental and waste management as well as the insurance industry Federal closure: As the longest federal shutdown drags on, OSHA continues to operate with paltry staffing levels. With a few exceptions, which include hazardous situation inspections, workplace fatality inspections, whistleblower complaint… Continue reading OSHA Snapshot Updates – Worker Rights/Labor Relations