ORC HSE’s Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Legal Issues Network offers in-house counsel who are responsible for managing corporate legal issues related to occupational safety and health a unique opportunity to share knowledge and candidly discuss issues facing them with HSE experts as well as their peers in a confidential setting. Twice yearly meetings feature speakers from OSHA and other federal regulatory agencies who address current trends and developments in occupational safety and health law. Meetings also include a roundtable discussion dedicated to discussing member concerns. The meetings are held in May and November, immediately before the OSH Group meetings so that members can easily attend both. Members who attend the meetings may earn continuing legal education units in states that have mandatory programs. Members also enjoy unlimited, immediate access to ORC HSE consultants on any HSE issue. Bi-weekly newsletters and quarterly updates with up-to-the-minute news on HSE developments are sent to all members.
If you want to be on the cutting edge of innovative strategies for improving performance and managing legal issues concerning HSE, consider joining ORC HSE’s Legal Issues Network
Among the many benefits of membership are:
Twice yearly meetings focusing on member topics of interest;
Unlimited, immediate access to ORC HSE consultants on any OSH issue;
Access to the members-only web site providing materials from network meetings, OSH news articles, task force activities, survey reports and benchmarking data, webinars, and consulting;
Custom bi-weekly newsletters and quarterly updates with up-to-the-minute news on OSH developments; and
Participation in topical webcasts, surveys on issues important to the group, and other benchmarking activities.
Reviewing OSHA’s new and proposed injury and illness recordkeeping requirements
Employer incentive programs and their impact on injury reporting
The revised Hazard Communication Standard – compliance issues and legal impacts
Safety and health audits – advantages and disadvantages of performing them under attorney-client privilege
OSHA’s enforcement policy for temporary workers
Protecting the safety and health of an aging workforce – legal issues
Potential revisions to OSHA’s Process Safety Management Standard
Company approaches to addressing OSHA’s outdated permissible exposure limits
Legal requirements and issues associated with the Ebola outbreak
Workplace violence – assessing the risk and dealing with the consequences
