By James L. Curtis, Daniel R. Birnbaum, and Craig B. Simonsen
Seyfarth Synopsis: Employers should prepare for the holiday shopping season and protect their employees from harm and injuries.
As the holiday shopping season approaches, we are again reminding retail and hospitality employers of the importance of taking safety precautions during the holiday season’s major sales events,
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By James L. Curtis, Daniel R. Birnbaum, and Craig B. Simonsen
Seyfarth Synopsis: Employers should prepare for the holiday shopping season and protect their employees from harm and injuries.
As the holiday shopping season approaches, OSHA has previously reminded retail and hospitality employers of the importance of taking safety precautions during the holiday season’s major sales events,
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By Benjamin D. Briggs, Brent I. Clark, Patrick D. Joyce, and Craig B. Simonsen
Seyfarth Synopsis: Keep your holidays happy and safe. At this time of year, with all of the joy, parties, and excitement the season brings, employers need to be especially vigilant to keep and maintain a safe workplace environment for employees and customers
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By James L. Curtis and Craig B. Simonsen
OSHA’s Assistant Secretary David Michaels has just “reminded” the chief executive officers and retail trade associations that it is “critical … to take safety precautions to protect workers who may be injured during the holiday season’s major sales events, such as Black Friday sales.”
Holiday shopping has increasingly become associated with violence
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By James L. Curtis, Brent I. Clark, Meagan Newman, and Craig B. Simonsen
Holiday shopping is increasingly becoming associated with violence and hazards. At one large national chain store last year “crowds who came looking for holiday deals came face-to-face with riots, shootings, and pepper-spray attacks”. CNN notes that “violence marred Black Friday shopping in at least seven
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