Ohio Comp Bill Encourages Employers to Hire Undocumented Workers
I’m not sure that was their intention, but what could make hiring undocumented workers more attractive than passing a law…
2018 Trump Budget Preview: OSHA gets cut, NIOSH gets Disemboweled
“Don’t tell me what you value, show me your budget, and I’ll tell you what you value.” ― Joe Biden…
Chamber of Commerce: Killing Unions More Important Than Saving Lives
The Chamber of Commerce is nothing if it’s not consistent. Consistently opposed to each and every new protection issued or…
BREAKING: OSHA Announces Delay of Recordkeeping Rule
Probably hoping no one would notice, OSHA today subtly buried an “Update” deep in its website, announcing that it intends…
Alex Acosta
Chemical Standards
Construction
Office of Management and Budget
OSHA
Regulations and Standards
Silica
Industry Petitions OSHA to Reopen Silica Standard
Representatives of the construction industry, as well as general industry have petitioned Labor Secretary Alex Acosta to reopen the silica…
Democrats Introduce Bill to Overturn Republican Repeal of Recordkeeping Rule
Democratic leaders in the US Senate and House of Representatives have introduced legislation that would reverse the Republican’s recent repeal…
Agriculture
Department of Labor
International
Mine Safety
MSHA
Office of Management and Budget
OSHA
Regulations and Standards
Short Stuff
Short Stuff: Information to Make Your Life More Interesting
Raw Sewage and A Foot per Worker: The Labor Department filed a lawsuit against G Farms in El Mirage, Arizona…
Weekly Toll: Not Coming Home
The latest list of workers not coming home at the end of the shift Jimmy Ray Baker, 45 of Houston…
OSHA Press Releases Hide Behind “Cloak of Invisibility”
After almost four months, the Trump Administration’s OSHA has issued only two enforcement-related press releases, despite having issued well over…
Has Prison Rehabilitated Don Blankenship?
Don Blankenship got out of jail this week and instead of taking the path of penitence after a year of…