News & Analysis

Marijuana Approved for Adult Use in California, Massachusetts, Nevada and Likely Maine; Four More States Adopt Medical Marijuana Rules

In preparation for the election, we briefly survey some of the labor and employment initiatives pending at the state and municipal levels.

Earlier this year, OSHA published its long-awaited final rule setting new workplace permissible exposure limits (PELs) for respirable crystalline silica.

Seattle Initiative 124 would impose new and significant health and safety, healthcare, and hiring requirements on the City’s hotel industry.

California may be the next state to join Alaska, Colorado, the District of Columbia, Oregon and Washington in legalizing adult recreational use of marijuana.

The active transmission of the Zika virus by mosquitos in Miami, Florida, along with the Zika-related challenges faced by individuals travelling to Rio de Janeiro for the Olympics, have raised new concerns over the virus for employers.

Pokémon Go has taken the United States and the rest of the world by storm. One of the less-discussed impacts of the game is the effect on the workplace and how employers can respond.

WPI Co-Chair Ilyse Schuman interviews Ben Huggett and discusses the developments at OSHA and how they impact almost all areas of employment.

OSHA's new interim final rule will raise citation penalties for the first time in 25 years.

This Insight aims to provide a guide to employers on ways they can support their employees whose lives were touched by the recent mass-shooting in Orlando.