The White House said on April 9 that President Biden had picked Doug Parker, chief of Californiaโs Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) since 2019, to be assistant secretary of labor for occupational safety and health. (OSHA). During the Obama administration, Parker was deputy assis...
In response to President Biden’s executive order on protecting worker health and safety, the U.S. Department of Labor’sย Occupational Safety and Health Administrationย has launched aย national emphasis programย focusing enforcement efforts on companies that put the largest number of workers ...
Protect workers. Decrease risk. Increase safety. Check out OSHA’s guidance on implementing a COVID-19 Prevention Program in the workplace. OSHA has answers to questions about reporting work-related exposures to COVID-19....
The BCTGM welcomes the message released by leading scientific experts urging stronger protections for workers and the public due to proof that inhalation is the major route of transmission causing COVID-19 infections and outbreaks. Leading scientific and medical experts are calling upon the Biden Ad...
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread, affecting more than 7.4 million Americans, with more than 210,000 deaths in the United States, the AFL-CIO has released its annual Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect report, which contains data showing how the current administrationโs failure to act i...
