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Butler Snow attorneys James H. (Jay) Bolin and Anna Little Morris were recently mentioned in an article by EHS Today about the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced a 5% increase in the civil penalties assessed for violations of its regulations.
In addition, employers should keep a watchful eye on additional legislation to increase OSHA penalties that could be in the offing, according to attorneys Anna Little Morris and James Bolin of the law firm of Butler Snow.
They point to the Build Back Better (BBB) bill, which had been approved by the House of Representatives only to later be stymied in the Senate in late 2021. That measure’s nearly 2,500 pages included some staggering increases in OSHA penalties. For serious violations, the maximum penalty would have gone from $14,502 to$70,000. For willful and repeat violations, the penalty would have increased from$145,027 to $700,000.
