OSHA UPDATE

Employer-Paid Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced a final rule on employer-paid personal protective equipment (PPE) on November 15, 2007 which became effective May 15, 2008. Under the rule, all PPE, with a few exceptions, are provided at no cost to the employee.  The rule for employer payment of PPE only applies when equipment is used by an employer to comply with one of the PPE requirements in OSHA's standards. In some cases, the OSHA rules describe the exact PPE that is required, and in other cases the requirements are more general. 

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Long Awaited FMLA Regulations Released

The United States Department of Labor has released final revised regulations implementing the Family and Medical Leave Act.  The revised regulations are over 750 pages in length and adopt most of the positions the DOL outlined in proposed regulations issued in February 2008.  The regulations become effective on January 16, 2009, 60 days from November 17, 2008, the date the regulations will be published in the Federal Register.

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2007 Charitable Donations

Each year the Board of SVAPOHN makes charitable donations to groups in need or to the advancement of Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing.

In 2007 donations were made to the following:

• Operation USO Care Package
• Suppan Hope Fund
• Children’s Miracle Network
• Nurses House
• AAOHN Foundation