Build Back Better Increases OSHA’s Budget and Penalties
The Build Back Better Act, announced today by the Biden Administration, makes significant improvements in workplace safety protections for American…
FY 2019 OSHA Budget Is Here: Good News, But More Work to be Done
Happy New Year!!! Hope you’re not still hung over from celebrating the dawn of Fiscal Year 2019. Well wake up,…
OSHA Update: Good Budget News from Congress and Mugno Still Missing
Good Budget News for OSHA Last June we reported some good budget news for OSHA from the Senate, and now…
OSHA Update: Bureaucracy, Budget and Leadership Rumors
It’s mid-summer and a man’s fancy turns to what’s happening in OSHA these days. Let’s update you all before you…
“Fund OSHA and List Workers Killed” Says the Senate
Some good news from the Senate, and God knows, we need a little good news. The Senate Labor, Health and…
House Subcommittee Votes to Cut OSHA Funding
The House of Representatives Labor/HHS Appropriations Subcommittee has reported out a bill cutting overall OSHA funding from $552.78 million in…
Acosta Refuses To Commit to Preserving OSHA Recordkeeping Rule
In a hearing before the Senate Appropriations Committee today, Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta today refused to commit not to…
Acosta To Testify Thursday in Senate on FY 2019 DOL Budget
Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta will testify before the Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday morning regarding the Presidents FY 2019…
Workplace Safety: What Didn’t Happen
I’m back after a couple of weeks of travel and instead of focusing about what happened over the last couple…
Acosta: Who Needs Government Protections In the Era of Yelp?
Yesterday’s House Appropriations hearing on the Labor Department’s FY 2019 budget was a fairly low key — mostly boring —…