OSHA Puts the Heat on a Heat Standard
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration yesterday issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) to begin the process of…
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…
OSHA’s Sorry Justification for Repealing Recordkeeping Requirements
Here we do a deep dive into OSHA's faulty reasoning for rolling back parts of the Obama Administration's "electronic recordkeeping…
Deconstructing the Administrative State
Office of Management and Budget
OSHA
Recordkeeping
Regulations and Standards
Regulatory Process
OSHA Announces Rollback of Recordkeeping Requirements
OSHA today released the text of its partial rollback of the Obama administrations "electronic recordkeeping" rule that requires some employers…
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…
Beryllium
Deconstructing the Administrative State
Journalism
OSHA
Regulations and Standards
Regulatory Process
Weakening Beryllium Protections: How Business Influence Affects Regulatory Process
A new Reuters investigative piece describes how industry influence has gotten OSHA to weaken worker protections from exposure to beryllium.
White House Finalizes OSHA Recordkeeping Rollback: But It’s a Mystery
OIRA has rushed to approve OSHA's rollback of its recordkeeping regulation despite the fact that the agency review the regulation…
Department of Labor
Office of Management and Budget
OSHA
Regulations and Standards
Regulatory Process
Fall 2018 Regulatory Agenda: No Surprises
Lots happening these days: the grizzly murder of a Saudi journalist, baseball championships (Go Dodgers!!), mid-term elections, Presidential temper tantrums…
Congress
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House of Representatives
Regulations and Standards
Regulatory Process
House Holds Worthless Hearing on “Regulatory Reform”
Sometimes you just have to wonder why House Republicans even bother. Yesterday they wasted the taxpayer’s money holding a ridiculous…
Deconstructing the Administrative State
House of Representatives
Regulations and Standards
Regulatory Process
House Hearing on Reducing Worker Protections Tomorrow
The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections will hold a hearing tomorrow on reducing protections for the American…