Category: Recordkeeping
Undermining Worker Safety — Despite Laws and Shutdowns
Regulatory doo doo — to use the technical term — seems to be where the Department of Labor is finding itself these days. And Democrats in Congress along with the Department of Labor’s Inspector General are not amused. At the request of Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Congresspersons Bobby Scott (D-VA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Rosa…
Update: OSHA Sued Over Recordkeeping Rollback
OSHA’s Sorry Justification for Repealing Recordkeeping Requirements
OSHA Announces Rollback of Recordkeeping Requirements
AFL-CIO Calls on White House to Recall OSHA Recordkeeping Rule Update
The AFL-CIO has asked the White House Office of Management and Budget to recall the administration’s rule rolling back workplace injury reporting requirements because the labor federation’s request to meet with administration officials was ignored before OMB approved the final regulation last week. As I wrote last week, OMB approved the apparent regulatory roll-back, but because…
White House Finalizes OSHA Recordkeeping Rollback: But It’s a Mystery
Court Says OSHA Can Be Sued For Recordkeeping Delay
Final OSHA Recordkeeping Rollback Goes to OMB Review
Hiding Injuries at Tesla: Where The Worker Still Doesn’t Matter.
Under-recording of workplace injuries and illnesses is bad, and far too common. But at the automaker Tesla, in Fremont, California, under-recording is more than a paper exercise in deception — at Tesla it means withholding needed medical treatment of injured workers so that their injuries aren’t report on OSHA logs. We wrote previously about reports…