Manhattan DA Calls For Higher Penalties for Workplace Fatalities
Manhattan NY District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. has called on New York State to raise the maximum penalty for corporate conduct…
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Congressional Review Act
David Michaels
Deconstructing the Administrative State
OSHA
Recordkeeping
Trump
Volks Rule
Trump Signs Repeal of Volks Rule: Workers Lose
President Trump yesterday signed the resolution repealing the Volks rule , thereby permanently removing OSHA’s ability to cite patterns of…
More on Southern Auto Parts Carnage
Bloomberg Business Week’s Peter Waldman published a devastating article last month about the injuries and fatalities in Southern auto parts facilities.…
In $5.4 Million Decision, OSHA Orders Wells Fargo to Reinstate, Compensate Employee
In the largest-ever individual award by the OSHA Whistleblower Protection Program, OSHA announced today that it had ordered Wells Fargo…
Safe and Sound: Of Carrots and Sticks
Workers concerned about safety and health in the workplace are heading for some rough days ahead with the current administration…
Large OSHA Enforcement Cases: Still Silence from OSHA — But Not From Confined Space
It has now been 41 days since OSHA has issued an enforcement-related press release. In 2016, OSHA issued 486 enforcement-related…
OSHA Stops Preventive Inspections in Southern Auto Parts Industry
In the wake of yesterday’s devastating article in Bloomberg Business Week about the carnage in foreign-owned auto parts facilities in…
Cars stained with the blood of American workers
If you read nothing else this week, read this: Inside Alabama’s Auto Jobs Boom: Cheap Wages, Little Training, Crushed Limbs. It…
Alex Acosta
Budget
Deconstructing the Administrative State
Department of Labor
Enforcement
OSHA
Regulations and Standards
Senate
Silica
Trump
Acosta Hearing: We watched so you wouldn’t have to
Alexander Acosta, the President’s nominee for Secretary of Labor testified today before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee.…
OSHA Recordkeeping Rule Dead: Senate Votes. Workers Lose
The Senate just voted to repeal OSHA’s Volks rule making it impossible for OSHA to enforce its recordkeeping standard. Workers…