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California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) released a draft rule that would make the state’s Covid 19 Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) permanent (for at least two years). The proposed permanent rule does not at this point include a…
States will need to take away license privileges from any professional driver who tests positive for drugs and alcohol sooner under a new rule issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. FMCSA says the rule is needed because too many…
The problem of heat-related illness in the workplace gained fresh prominence when President Biden made a public display of ordering the federal government to create new regulations and launch enforcement actions to address the issue. As a result, on Sept.…
For decades the debate has raged over whether college athletes should get paid. But there is no question about it, according to Jennifer Abruzzo, the new General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board. On Sept. 29, she issued an official policy…
Granting an employee’s request to work full-time from home can be considered a reasonable accommodation under the Americans With Disabilities Act, but that doesn’t mean employers have to grant such requests. “You should engage in the interactive process to…
A new law in California aims at strictly regulating employer-imposed work quotas on warehouse and distribution center workers in that state. Called AB 701, the law will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2022. The law contends that quotas placed on warehouse and DC…
The Surface Transportation Board opened an official investigation seeking input from rail shippers on how it should measure and regulate railroad first-mile, last-mile (FMLM) operations. The board also seeks comment on whether further examination of FMLM…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration expects truck driver medical exam reports from 2017-18 delayed then because of a computer hack to be submitted no later than Sept. 30 of this year. The 14,000 missing reports cover the results of truck and bus…
President Biden’s pronouncement that private businesses with more than 100 employees must have all of their workers vaccinated against Covid 19 stirred up controversy and raised serious questions about how it can be implemented. Doubts have been raised about…
The Senate unanimously passed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which is being considered by the House of Representatives. where an earlier version of the bill passed 406-3 in September 2020. In recent months, the Biden Administration has threatened…
Following a request by President Biden, the Surface Transportation Board has moved to its front burner the rail shippers’ request large freight railroads be requiried to adopt reciprocal switching. Biden asked the STB to look at that and other issues in his…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has proposed streamlining federal regulations that govern interstate household goods moving and storage companies. The recommended changes are intended to streamline the documentation requirements and support…