OSHA Enforcement on the Rise
Preparing for Workplace Safety Investigations, Responding to Citations, and Negotiating Penalties
Recording of a 90-minute CLE webinar/teleconference with Q&A
Conducted on Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Recorded event now available
This CLE webinar will discuss current trends in OSHA enforcement and explain how OSHA approaches and carries out its workplace investigations. The panel will provide best practices for employment counsel when preparing for and participating in an OSHA inspection, responding to citations, and negotiating penalties.
Description
The Obama administration has identified OSHA compliance as a top enforcement priority and has promised to aggressively monitor businesses for compliance with workplace safety requirements.
Employers and their counsel should prepare now for increased safety inspections, closer scrutiny of injury recordkeeping and reporting, a stronger focus on investigations of employee whistleblower claims, and tougher negotiations with OSHA regarding penalties and citations.
Listen as an authoritative panel of employment law attorneys explains current OSHA enforcement trends and describes how OSHA approaches and carries out workplace investigations. The panel will outline strategies for preparing for and participating in an inspection, responding to citations, and negotiating penalties with OSHA.
Outline
- Current OSHA enforcement trends
- Increased budget for OSHA inspectors and enforcement programs
- More aggressive penalties
- National emphasis program on injury and illness recordkeeping
- Pending legislation — Protecting America’s Workers Act of 2009
- Preparing for OSHA investigations
- Two types of investigations
- Compliance investigations
- Whistleblower investigations
- Internal and external audits of OSHA compliance
- Effective, current safety and health program
- Adequate recordkeeping
- Manager and employee training
- Safety committees
- Two types of investigations
- Participating in an OSHA inspection
- Selecting company representative
- Opening conference and record requests
- Walkaround inspection
- Employee and supervisor interviews
- Closing conference
- Responding to OSHA citations and negotiating penalties
- Appeal procedures
- Settlements
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key questions:
- What should employers expect from the recent increase in OSHA enforcement?
- What steps can employers and their counsel take to prepare for an OSHA inspection?
- What strategies should employers use when responding to a citation and negotiating penalties arising from an OSHA inspection?
Faculty
James A. Lastowka,
Partner
McDermott Will & Emery, Washington, D.C.
He has practiced exclusively in the field of occupational safety and health for close to 30 years. He is a recognized authority on OSHA and MSHA law and has a nationwide safety and health practice. He handles the full range of OSHA and MSHA litigation, including appeals of citations, penalties and withdrawal orders, and investigating and defending discrimination and whistleblower complaints.
Peter R. Spanos,
Partner
Burr & Forman, Atlanta
His experience includes: employment policies, procedures and “best practices;” Fair Labor Standards Act collective actions; wrongful termination and employment discrimination lawsuits and charges; discrimination class actions; unfair competition and trade secrets; construction industry labor relations; OSHA; Davis-Bacon; labor/RICO issues; and wage and hour law.
Patricia A. Poole,
Partner
Baker Hostetler, Cleveland
She has significant experience assisting employers with matters involving federal and state safety and health statutes and regulations, including defending OSHA citations and whistleblower claims. In addition, she has worked with many clients in the aftermath of catastrophic workplace events causing injuries, property damage and other types of loss.
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Customer Reviews
The webinar provided good practical advice.
Peter Bado
Thrivent Financial
High quality content, good speakers, and convenient to do over the web.
Ed Moomjian
Udall Law Firm
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Alice Mercado
Lemons, Grundy & Eisenberg
All the speakers seemed extremely knowledgeable on the subject matter. Overall a very good seminar.
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American AgCredit
The back-and-forth between the panelists made the program easy to listen to. The slides were very well done.
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Mayer Brown
Employment & ERISA Advisory Board
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Littler Mendelson
Partner
Perkins Coie
Partner
Wick Phillips
Shareholder
Littler Mendelson
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Greenberg Traurig
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Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Partner
Gladstone Michel Weisberg Willner & Sloane
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Greenberg Traurig
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