FDRsafety supports and promotes employers developing strong safety policies, training their employees and enforcing those policies. However, some policies are so strict that they create potential legal issues. Recent cases (both OSHA and personal injury) suggest that industry’s quest to …
It appears likely that the Voluntary Protection Program would take a hit under the President’s proposed 2014 budget for OSHA, while funding for the whistleblower enforcement program would substantially increase. According to a report by Bloomberg BNA, OSHA would hire …
Advocates of ramped-up enforcement are pushing again to revise the Occupational Safety and Health Act, with a goal of increasing penalties and widening OSHA’s jurisdiction. The bill, introduced late last month in the Senate, would: Increase the maximum penalty for …
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While OSHA readies itself for a fight over its Fiscal 2012 budget, another big battle is looming over a proposal that OSHA administrator David Michaels views as the centerpiece of his campaign to exert more enforcement pressure on industry. That …
With the Republican takeover of the House early next year, the stage appears to be set for some clashes with OSHA over its agenda to substantially increase enforcement. One thing seems clear: changes to the OSH law proposed last year …
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This summer, when Democrats were very much ruling the roost in Congress, there seemed to be a good chance that proposed changes to the OSH Act adding protection for whistleblowers and increasing penalties would pass at least in the House. …