BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20260311T120000Z DTEND:20260311T133000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:OSHA Update - Environmental Health and Safety Breakfast DESCRIPTION:Join YOUR Union County Chamber as we invite Travis Vance\, Partner at Fisher Phillips to share at this year's OSHA Update Environmental Health and Safety Breakfast.\n\n\n\nThe Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) remains aggressive in its enforcement efforts. In this session\, we will review recent developments including OSHA's new rule regarding union representatives accompanying an OSHA inspector during a facility walk around\, what OSHA's new electronic recordkeeping rule means for employers\, and other related workplace safety topics.\n\n\n\nThis interactive and comprehensive presentation offers attendees an in-depth\, practical examination of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (the "Act") and how it\, and the Secretary of Labor's right to enforce the Act\, may potentially affect your business.\n\n\n\nThroughout the presentation\, attendees will be provided practical\, "real world" information regarding the various legal aspects of the Act\, including references to many actual scenarios under which citations under the Act have been issued.\n\n\n\nEducation regarding the Secretary of Labor's right to issue the various types of citations will be a focus\; specifically\, attendees will learn the ramifications that may result from the payment of citations (e.g.\, repeat and willful citations)\, even after settlement negotiations with the Secretary of Labor have taken place.\n\n\n\nAfter the presentation\, attendees will:\n\n\n Know how to prepare for an OSHA inspection\;\n Know your rights if and when OSHA arrives\;\n Understand the ramifications of issues\, including matters relating to employee testimony\, arising during an OSHA inspection and litigation\; and\n Have a greater understanding of the interplay of OSHA with other types of laws and litigation.\n\n\n\n\n\nTravis Vance is dedicated to responsive client service and forming a partnership with companies to help tackle their most difficult and high-profile issues. Having gained a reputation as a professional and aggressive advocate for his clients\, Travis has emerged as a thought leader in the field of workplace safety. His writing and interviews are followed closely by experts in the safety arena and have been featured in premiere publications such as Inc.\, Bloomberg Law\, Business Insurance\, The Washington Post\, EHS Today\, and the Wall Street Journal. \n\n\n\nTravis is a partner in the firm's Charlotte office and co-chair of the firm's Workplace Safety and Catastrophe Management Practice Group. He has tried matters across several industries and various subject matters\, including employment litigation\, business disputes and matters prosecuted by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). He uses unique or outside-the-box approaches to counsel employers and owners on all aspects of employment law and the development of preventive policies and procedures to avoid employment and workplace safety-related claims.\n\n\n\nTravis handles litigation in both federal and state courts as well as claims pending with state and federal agencies including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)\, MSHA\, OSHA\, and the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL). Travis is a member of the firm's COVID-19 Taskforce\, a cross-disciplinary team of attorneys dedicated to advising employers on the many workplace law aspects of the global coronavirus pandemic. Travis has assisted over 500 companies during the pandemic and remains committed to serving companies to protect the safety and health of their employees. He has received over 40 requests to speak on topics concerning the pandemic.\n\n\n\nKnown for his dynamic and engaging speaking style\, Travis receives several requests each year to speak on safety related topics throughout the country. His popular interactive presentation entitled "What to Do When OSHA Knocks\," which walks attendees through an OSHA inspection\, with the audience steering the direction of the presentation as it responds to several questions presented throughout the talk\, is frequently requested and has received numerous exceptional reviews. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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\nJoin YOUR Union County Chamber as we invite Travis Vance\, Partner at Fisher Phillips to share at this year's OSHA Update Environmental Health and Safety Breakfast.
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\nThe Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) remains aggressive in its enforcement efforts. In this session\, we will review recent developments including OSHA's new rule regarding union representatives accompanying an OSHA inspector during a facility walk around\, what OSHA's new electronic recordkeeping rule means for employers\, and other related workplace safety topics.
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\nThis interactive and comprehensive presentation offers attendees an in-depth\, practical examination of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (the "Act") and how it\, and the Secretary of Labor's right to enforce the Act\, may potentially affect your business.
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\nThroughout the presentation\, attendees will be provided practical\, "real world" information regarding the various legal aspects of the Act\, including references to many actual scenarios under which citations under the Act have been issued.
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\nEducation regarding the Secretary of Labor's right to issue the various types of citations will be a focus\; specifically\, attendees will learn the ramifications that may result from the payment of citations (e.g.\, repeat and willful citations)\, even after settlement negotiations with the Secretary of Labor have taken place.
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\nAfter the presentation\, attendees will:\n\n\n
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\nTravis Vance is dedicated to responsive client service and forming a partnership with companies to help tackle their most difficult and high-profile issues. \; Having gained a reputation as a professional and aggressive advocate for his clients\, Travis has emerged as a thought leader in the field of workplace safety. His writing and interviews are followed closely by experts in the safety arena and have been featured in premiere publications such as \;Inc.\, Bloomberg Law\, Business Insurance\, The Washington Post\, EHS Today\, and \;the \;Wall Street Journal. \;
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\nTravis is a partner in the firm's Charlotte office and co-chair of the firm's Workplace Safety and Catastrophe Management Practice Group. He has tried matters across several industries and various subject matters\, including employment litigation\, business disputes and matters prosecuted by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). He uses unique or outside-the-box approaches to counsel employers and owners on all aspects of employment law and the development of preventive policies and procedures to avoid employment and workplace safety-related claims.
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\nTravis handles litigation in both federal and state courts as well as claims pending with state and federal agencies including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)\, MSHA\, OSHA\, and the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL). Travis is a member of the firm's COVID-19 Taskforce\, a cross-disciplinary team of attorneys dedicated to advising employers on the many workplace law aspects of the global coronavirus pandemic. Travis has assisted over 500 companies during the pandemic and remains committed to serving companies to protect the safety and health of their employees. He has received over 40 requests to speak on topics concerning the pandemic.
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\nKnown for his dynamic and engaging speaking style\, Travis receives several requests each year to speak on safety related topics throughout the country. His popular interactive presentation entitled "What to Do When OSHA Knocks\," which walks attendees through an OSHA inspection\, with the audience steering the direction of the presentation as it responds to several questions presented throughout the talk\, is frequently requested and has received numerous exceptional reviews. \;
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\n LOCATION:Union County Chamber 903 Skyway Dr. Monroe\, NC 28110 UID:e.391.23747 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260415T072009Z URL:https://members.unioncountycoc.com/events/details/osha-update-environmental-health-and-safety-breakfast-23747 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR