OSHA Recordkeeping Requirements: The Criteria for Recording and Reporting Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses

In this podcast, which was recorded at the firm’s national Workplace Strategies seminar, shareholders Timothy Reed (San Francisco) and Phillip Russell (Tampa) reflect on the ever-changing compositions of modern-day workforces, including neurodiverse employees whose unique skills provide valuable solutions for many workplaces. Our speakers provide tips and takeaways on how employers can onboard and develop neurodiverse employees. Tim and Phillip also cover the various types of neurodiversities that may be present in the workforce and ways employers can embrace them at work.

Information surrounding the new strain of the coronavirus is rapidly evolving, and employers may begin getting questions from employees. In this podcast, Michael Eckard and Kathy Dudley Helms discuss practical considerations for employers to keep their workforces safe, from educating employees traveling to China and other impacted regions as to the symptoms of the virus, to being prepared to discuss accommodation needs.

In this podcast, John Surma and Frank Davis (both of whom are members of Ogletree Deakins’ Workplace Safety and Health Practice Group) discuss the keys to being successful in terms of managing an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) inspection. Frank and John discuss the importance of having a workplace safety plan, training employees on details of the plan, being prepared, and maintaining relationships with safety professionals.They also discuss whistleblower complaints, rapid response investigations (RRI), and considerations for employers submitting RRI responses.