Workplace Strategies Watercooler 2023: OSHA Enforcement Post-COVID-19—What Exactly Does It Look Like?

It has been an eventful year for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). In this podcast, Awanti Damle and Kara Lancaster, members of Ogletree Deakins’ Immigration Practice Group, provide a rapid-fire and informative summary of the top five immigration topics for employers. Awanti and Kara discuss proposed increases in filing fees for certain visa petitions, including H-1B and L-1 petitions, and the phased expansion of premium processing for some nonimmigrant and immigrant visa types. They also provide insight on pay transparency laws applicable for employers recruiting foreign nationals, the waiver of an in-person interview in the visa stamping process for some types of applications, and whether there will be an additional selection round in the annual H-1B lottery.

In this podcast, Frank Davis (Shareholder, Dallas) and John Surma (Shareholder, Houston) discuss job hazard analysis and pre-test planning. Frank and John—both members of Ogletree’s Workplace Safety and Health Practice Group—address how and when to conduct an analysis, who to involve in the process, the importance of communication, and methods of documentation. They offer insights and best practices for identifying hazards so that they can be eliminated or reduced to an acceptable risk level.

Welcome to In the Breakroom, a podcast series on hot topics related to employment law. On November 4, 2021, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued its new emergency temporary standard (ETS), which imposes vaccine and COVID-19 testing requirements on employers with 100 or more employees. In this episode, Bill Grob and Phillip Russell address the main challenges employers will face as they strive to comply with the new ETS.