Workplace Safety

New and Updated

• Type:

  Editor's Choice

  July 1 Workplace Compliance Changes Employers Need to Know

  Updated to reflect delayed implementation of hazard communication standard in Oregon.

• Type:

  Legal Timetable

  Oregon Delays Effective Dates for Revised Federal Hazard Communication Standard

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  HR and Workplace Safety: Oregon

  Updated to reflect forthcoming revised effective dates for the amended federal Hazard Communication Standard.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  HR and Workplace Safety: Federal

  Updated to reflect OSHA's revised National Emphasis Program addressing indoor and outdoor heat-related hazards.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  HR and Workplace Safety: Maryland

  Updated to clarify the jurisdiction of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) relative to the state plan program in Maryland.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Drugs, Alcohol and Smoking: Federal

  Updated to reflect the federal  reclassification of certain marijuana products to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act.

• Date:

  May 18, 2026

  Type:

  Editor's Choice

  The Month Ahead - June 2026

  June 2026 edition of The Month Ahead - your monthly briefing designed to help HR leaders anticipate what's next across workplace, compliance, and employment law developments and seasonal issues.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Drugs, Alcohol and Smoking: Maine

  Updated to reflect forthcoming changes to the Maine Substance Use Testing law.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Drugs, Alcohol and Smoking: Alabama

  Updated to reflect forthcoming amendments to the Clean Indoor Air Act.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Drugs, Alcohol and Smoking: Oklahoma

  Updated to reflect forthcoming changes to the state medical marijuana law.