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Fifth Circuit Provides New Grounds for Employers to Pursue Late Notices of Contest to OSHA Citations

Seyfarth Synopsis: The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that an untimely Notice of Contest to an OSHA citation was permissible due to “excusable neglect” by the employer, on account of a single unforeseen human error. Coleman...
By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Source Url: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/fifth-circuit-provides-new-grounds-for-23170/

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