Webinar approx. 60 min. (1 Hr. CLE)
Review the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) trends and topics. OSHA policy targeting, rule making, and emphasis programs will be discussed. OSHA enforcement and hot-button issues will also be looked at. Discussion will include ways that paralegals
might get involved in the OSHA compliance and enforcement nprocess.|
Participants will be shown:
• Examples of OSHA’s enforcement initiatives
• Examples of OSHA’s compliance programs
• Examples of OSHA’s rulemakings
• Examples of OSHA case decisions
This OSHA review has been prepared and tailored for a paralegal audience. Mr. Simonsen has worked as an OSHA practice paralegal for over twenty years, and so is uniquely qualified to present this material. In addition, he has written and co-authored many blogs
on the trends and topics discussed in this webinar.
Meet Your Presenter:
Craig B. Simonsen is a senior litigation paralegal working with the Seyfarth Shaw Labor & Employment, Litigation, and Environmental, Safety & Toxic Torts Practice Groups. Mr. Simonsen has spoken on environmental law and internet legal resource
topics at the Air & Waste Management Association’s (AWMA) 2008 through 2010 Annual Conferences, at the Solid Waste Association of North America's (SWANA) WasteCon 2008, at the American Industrial Hygiene Association's 2007 Conference and Exposition, and at
the National Solid Wastes Management Association’s (NSWMA) WasteExpo 2007 Conference.
He has organized and presented webinars on environmental law topics for the SWANA, and has been a frequent speaker for the Lake Michigan States Section of the AWMA. Mr. Simonsen is a frequent author and the administrator of the Environmental & Safety Law Update
Blog, and is a contributing author for the Employment Law Lookout Blog. He is an author and managing editor of several books, including the Pearson Prentice Hall Legal Series titles
Essentials of Environmental Law, 3rd ed. (2007), and Computer-Aided Legal Research (CALR) on The Internet (2006).
