Thread regarding Union Pacific Corp. layoffs

The railroad is FELA and OSHA (and FRA, plus more). FELA replaces Workers Comp for us, it’s how injuries are paid out. FRA covers workplace safety around rails. OSHA (or state OSHA programs as applicable) covers workplace safety rules everywhere else.

UP rules concerning Covid precautions are mostly following federal guidelines…it’s hard to imagine the government allowing the company to be liable for any directives put out by the federal government, but anything’s possible, I guess.

There are people who are fully vaccinated and still dying from covid.

Nowhere in the constitution does it say vaccines cannot be mandated. Way too many people reference the constitution that have never read it or don’t understand it’s meaning.

Do what the boss says to do!

We are FELA, not OSHA.

Get Vaccinated!

Laughable. Many are dying from COVID but not from the vaccine. You don’t have to worry about getting sick or dying form the shot because it’s not going to happen.

So many aspiring attorneys at UP.....

Half true. Copied and pasted. Your info is outdated OP. Although it shows how the powers at be are playing ball sucking biden's d*ck.

Employer Liability for COVID-19 Vaccine Side Effects
June 9, 2021
As employers encourage or require employees to obtain a COVID-19 vaccine, they should be aware of OSHA recording obligations and potential workers’ compensation liability.

Though OSHA has yet to revise its COVID-19 guidance in response to the latest CDC recommendations, OSHA has revised its position regarding the recording of injury or illness resulting from the vaccine. Until now, OSHA required an employer to record an adverse reaction when the vaccine was required for employees and the injury or illness otherwise met the recording criteria (work-related, a new case, and meets one or more of the general recording criteria). OSHA has reversed course and announced that it will not require recording adverse reactions until at least May 2022, irrespective of whether the employer requires the vaccine as a condition of employment. In its revised COVID-19 FAQs, OSHA states:

DOL and OSHA, as well as other federal agencies, are working diligently to encourage COVID-19 vaccinations. OSHA does not wish to have any appearance of discouraging workers from receiving COVID-19 vaccination, and also does not wish to disincentivize employers’ vaccination efforts. As a result, OSHA will not enforce 29 CFR 1904’s recording requirements to require any employers to record worker side effects from COVID-19 vaccination through May 2022. We will reevaluate the agency’s position at that time to determine the best course of action moving forward.

I've read the Osha stuff before, that's why Law is reviewing it because the Glass palace and Fritzy are all panicked about actually being liable for once lmfao.