The new minimum wage poster is now available in Appendix C, Posting requirements. Log in to Model Policies and Forms for Arizona Employers on HRsimple.com to download the updated minimum wage poster now.
Workplace Safety and Health Compliance Manual
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The Workplace Safety and Health Compliance Manual is the essential guide to understanding the OSH Act, OSHA standards, and employer obligations associated with safety and health in the workplace. This book covers topics such as:
- Recordkeeping requirements
- Reporting requirements
- Inspections
- Citations and civil penalties
- Affirmative defenses
- Development of a comprehensive health and safety program
In addition to 14 in-depth chapters, the guide provides 23 appendices to help employers stay in compliance with the OSH Act, including:
- Safety and inspection checklists
- Model hazard communication and lockout/tagout programs
- Sample forms (OSHA Form 300 and hazard assessment)
- State-specific contact information
- Emergency action plan
- U.S. Department of Labor regional OSHA offices
This publication was written by Ed Foulke, Jr., a partner with Fisher & Phillips LLP and former head of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in Washington, DC.
Table of Contents
- Snapshot
- Introduction
- Duties and responsibilities
- The employer's general duty
- OSHA recordkeeping requirements
- Significant standards
- Inspections
- Citations and civil penalties
- Settling citations
- Procedural and affirmative defenses
- Criminal penalties
- Developing a comprehensive health and safety program
- Whistleblower protection – prohibition of discrimination and retaliation
- Emergency response and preparedness
- Required postings
- OSHA Forms 300 and 300A
- Reporting fatalities and multiple hospitalization incidents
- Partially exempt industries from OSHA recordkeeping requirements
- Safety checklist
- Inspection checklist
- U.S. Department of Labor regional OSHA offices
- Directory of states with approved occupational safety and health plans
- State plan review commissions/boards
- State plan notice of contest timeline
- Safety and health management systems
- Sample emergency action plan
- Emergency action plan checklist
- Safety and health policy
- Model written hazard communication program
- Time period for filing complaint under whistleblower statutes
- Company’s commitment to safety
- Safety strategies
- Model written lock out/tag out program
- Hazard assessment form
- Vaccination acknowledgment
- OSHA’s national, regional and local special emphasis inspection program
- OSHA’s frequently cited “low-hanging fruit” standards
- OSHA Injury & Illness Recordability Worksheet
Recent Updates
01/09/2013
01/09/2013
The new minimum wage poster is now available in Appendix B, Posting requirements. Log in to Model Policies and Forms for Missouri Employers on HRsimple.com to download the updated minimum wage poster now.
01/09/2013
The new minimum wage poster is now available in Appendix B, Posting requirements. Log in to Model Policies and Forms for Ohio Employers on HRsimple.com to download the updated minimum wage poster now.
12/13/2012
The authors at Ogletree Deakins have made an update to Model Policies and Forms for Tennessee Employers on HRsimple.com! Check out and download the new “Summary of Your Rights Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act,” which was recently updated, re-issued, and must be used starting January 1, 2013.
12/13/2012
The authors at Rubenstein & Pitts have made an update to Model Policies and Forms for Oklahoma Employers on HRsimple.com! Check out the new section Background checks and download the new “Summary of Your Rights Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act,” which was recently updated, re-issued, and must be used starting January 1, 2013.
12/13/2012
The authors at Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen, P.C. have made an update to Model Policies and Forms for Iowa Employers on HRsimple.com! Check out and download the new “Summary of Your Rights Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act,” which was recently updated, re-issued, and must be used starting January 1, 2013.
12/12/2012
The authors at The Cavanagh Law Firm have made an update to Model Policies and Forms for Arizona Employers on HRsimple.com! Check out and download the new “Summary of Your Rights Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act,” which was recently updated, re-issued, and must be used starting January 1, 2013.
12/12/2012
The authors at Squire Sanders (US) LLP have made an update to Model Policies and Forms for Ohio Employers on HRsimple.com! Check out the new section Background checks and download the new “Summary of Your Rights Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act,” which was recently updated, re-issued, and must be used starting January 1, 2013.
12/11/2012
The authors at Cozen O’Connor have made an update to Model Policies and Forms for Texas Employers on HRsimple.com! Check out and download the new “Summary of Your Rights Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act,” which was recently updated, re-issued, and must be used starting January 1, 2013.
12/11/2012
The authors at Hinkle Law Firm have made an update to Model Policies and Forms for Kansas Employers on HRsimple.com! Check out and download the new “Summary of Your Rights Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act,” which was recently updated, re-issued, and must be used starting January 1, 2013.
11/09/2012
11/05/2012
The Workplace Safety and Health Compliance Manual has been updated recently:
Chapter 6, Significant standards
Chapter 13, Whistleblower protection – prohibition of discrimination/retaliation
Appendix G, U.S. Department of Labor regional OSHA offices
Appendix H, Directory of states with approved occupational safety and health plans
Appendix J, State plan notice of contest timeline
Appendix V, OSHA’s national, regional, and local special emphasis inspection program
10/26/2012
10/18/2012
10/05/2012
08/28/2012
The authors at Fisher & Phillips have made another update to the South Carolina Employment Law Reference Guide on HRsimple.com! Check out the new section, Poster update, which discusses the revised Required Work Place Poster – including a link to the updated poster.
06/29/2012
Your HR Manual has recently been updated! To find out what yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling regarding health care reform means for employers, click on your state below:
For Tennessee, click here.
For Iowa, click here.
For Oklahoma, click here.
For Kansas, click here.
For South Carolina, click here.
06/28/2012
You've heard it on the news – and now you're hearing it from the experts at Barran Liebman! The authors of Health Care Reform: A Year-By-Year Guide for Employers have made a timely update to the text on HRsimple.com. Click here to read the recently added section, "Is health care reform here to stay?" and find out what today’s Supreme Court ruling means for employers.
05/16/2012
The South Carolina Employment Law Reference Guide has recently been updated by the authors at Fisher and Phillips in response to a new law change.
The revised section addresses the no-longer mandatory National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) poster – which was to have been a required posting by April 30, and has now been delayed.
To see the new text, check out Appendix B, Posting requirements.
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