The United States Department of Labor (DOL) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government. It is responsible for the administration of federal laws governing occupational safety and health,wage and hour standards,unemployment benefits,reemployment services,and occasionally,economic statistics. It is headed by the secretary of labor,who reports directly to the president of the United States and is a member of the president's Cabinet.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is a regulatory agency of the United States Department of Labor that originally had federal visitorial powers to inspect and examine workplaces. The United States Congress established the agency under the Occupational Safety and Health Act,which President Richard M. Nixon signed into law on December 29,1970. OSHA's mission is to "assure safe and healthy working conditions for working men and women by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training,outreach,education,and assistance." The agency is also charged with enforcing a variety of whistleblower statutes and regulations. OSHA's workplace safety inspections have been shown to reduce injury rates and injury costs without adverse effects on employment,sales,credit ratings,or firm survival.
The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 is a US labor law governing the federal law of occupational health and safety in the private sector and federal government in the United States. It was enacted by Congress in 1970 and was signed by President Richard Nixon on December 29,1970. Its main goal is to ensure that employers provide employees with an environment free from recognized hazards,such as exposure to toxic chemicals,excessive noise levels,mechanical dangers,heat or cold stress,or unsanitary conditions. The Act created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
Kirkland &Ellis LLP is an American multinational law firm headquartered in Chicago,Illinois. Founded in 1909,Kirkland &Ellis is the largest law firm in the world by revenue and the seventh-largest by number of attorneys. It was the first law firm in the world to reach US$7 billion in annual revenue.
Crowell &Moring is an international law firm headquartered in Washington,DC,with offices in New York City,Los Angeles,San Francisco,Orange County,Chicago,Denver,London,Brussels,Doha,and Shanghai. With approximately 600 lawyers,the firm advises multinational corporations on regulatory,litigation,corporate,and investigations matters. As of 2022,Crowell &Moring is ranked among the top 100 law firms in the United States in The American Lawyer's "AmLaw 100" list,based on gross revenue.
Buchanan Ingersoll &Rooney PC is an American law firm and lobbying group based in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania. The firm has more than 450 lawyers in offices in 15 U.S. cities. As of 2022,Buchanan Ingersoll is the third-largest law firm in Pittsburgh by number of attorneys in its Pittsburgh office.
Edwin Gerhart Foulke Jr. is an American lawyer who served as the Assistant Secretary of Labor. In 2006,Foulke was nominated by U.S. President George W. Bush to head the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and had assumed the position until November 2008. Foulke is currently a partner at Fisher &Phillips in Atlanta,Georgia.
The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) is an independent federal agency created under the Occupational Safety and Health Act to decide contests of citations or penalties resulting from OSHA inspections of American work places. It is not part of the Department of Labor or OSHA. It functions as a two-tiered administrative court,with established procedures for conducting hearings,receiving evidence,and rendering decisions by its Administrative Law Judges,and if necessary discretionary review of those decisions by a panel of Commissioners.
John Joseph Sullivan is an American attorney and government official who served as the United States Ambassador to Russia from 2020 to 2022,and who previously served as the 19th United States Deputy Secretary of State from 2017 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party,Sullivan served as Acting United States Secretary of State from April 1,2018,to April 26,2018,following President Donald Trump's dismissal of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on March 13,2018,until Tillerson's official successor,Mike Pompeo,was sworn in. Tillerson did not officially leave office until March 31,2018. Sullivan,however,was delegated all responsibilities of the Secretary of State beginning March 13.
Occupational safety and health (OSH) or occupational health and safety (OHS) is a multidisciplinary field concerned with the safety,health,and welfare of people at work. OSH is related to the fields of occupational medicine and occupational hygiene and aligns with workplace health promotion initiatives. OSH also protects all the general public who may be affected by the occupational environment.
Michelle Taryn Friedland is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
This is a list of political appointments of current officeholders made by the 45th president of the United States,Donald Trump.
The Building and Construction Trades Department,commonly known as North America's Building Trades Unions (NABTU),is a trade department of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL–CIO) with 14 affiliated labor unions in the building trades. It was originally founded by the American Federation of Labor in 1907.
Heather MacDougall is an American lawyer and former government official who currently serves as the vice president of worldwide employee health and safety for Amazon. She was a member of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) from 2014 until 2019. She served as the acting chair of OSHRC from January 2017 until her resignation in March 2019. MacDougall was first nominated to the post by President Barack Obama and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate in March 2014. In April 2017,President Donald Trump nominated her to continue as a commissioner for a second term. She was confirmed by the U.S. Senate for an additional term on the OSHRC on August 3,2017. She resigned from OSHRC in March 2019 in order to join Amazon.
Marvin Elliot Kaplan is an American lawyer and government official who is a member and former chairman of the National Labor Relations Board. Prior to assuming his current role,he was the chief counsel of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. In June 2017,President Donald Trump nominated Kaplan to be a member of the NLRB for a term expiring on August 27,2020. He was confirmed by the Senate on August 2,2017,by a vote of 50–48. On March 2,2020,Trump announced that he would renominate Kaplan for a second five-year term expiring on August 27,2025. On July 29,2020,Kaplan was confirmed by the Senate by a vote of 52–46,thereby keeping the NLRB in solid Republican control.
James David Schultz is an American lawyer and corporate executive who was an Associate White House Counsel under Donald Trump,serving from January 20,2017 to November 24,2017. Schultz was part of the legal team at the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland and the Trump Transition Team. He reported to White House Counsel Don McGahn.
David James Porter is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Amanda Wood Laihow is an American labor lawyer who served as a member of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission from 2020 to 2023. Her renomination is pending United States Senate confirmation. She was previously the director of labor and employment policy for the National Association of Manufacturers.
Atlas Roofing Company,Inc. v. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission,430 U.S. 442 (1977),was a United States Supreme Court decision in administrative law. The decision held that the Seventh Amendment to the US Constitution did not require a jury trial to enforce the civil penalties for violating a federal "public rights" statute,allowing enforcement by an administrative agency.
