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Give Workers the Gift of Kindness When Shopping for the Holidays

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Protecting America’s Workers Act Introduced. Would Strengthen OSHA and Workers’ Rights

February 8, 2019 Jordan Barab

Congressman Joe Courtney has introduced a new and improved version of the Protecting America's Workers Act which significantly expands workers'…

Combustible Dust OSHA This Day In History

Today in Workplace Safety: Imperial Sugar and Kleen Energy

February 7, 2019 Jordan Barab

February 7 is the sad anniversary of two of this country's worst and most recent industrial disasters: the 2008 explosion…

OSHA

Mugno’s Prospects Dim Further

February 6, 2019 Jordan Barab

Bad news for fans of OSHA nominee Scott Mugno.

Congress OSHA

OSHA’s Mugno: Delayed Again

February 5, 2019 Jordan Barab

Scott Mugno's long journey to head OSHA has again been delayed, a problem facing an unprecedented number of Trump administration…

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Weekly Toll: Workers Killed on the Job in the Last Two Weeks

February 4, 2019 Jordan Barab

Not a good couple of weeks to be a worker in Florida -- six workplace fatalities. But then, for many…

OSHA Recordkeeping Regulations and Standards Regulatory Process Wage and Hour Division

Undermining Worker Safety — Despite Laws and Shutdowns

February 1, 2019 Jordan Barab

Regulatory doo doo — to use the technical term — seems to be where the Department of Labor is finding…

Congress

Workforce Protections Sub-Committee Members Set

January 30, 2019 Jordan Barab

The newly christened House Education and Labor Committee has announced its sub-committee assignments for the 116th Congress. The Workforce Protections…

OSHA Recordkeeping Regulations and Standards

Update: OSHA Sued Over Recordkeeping Rollback

January 28, 2019 Jordan Barab

Public Citizen has filed a lawsuit against OSHA to block its rollback of the electronic recordkeeping standard. The Chamber of…

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OSHA’s Sorry Justification for Repealing Recordkeeping Requirements

January 25, 2019 Jordan Barab

Here we do a deep dive into OSHA's faulty reasoning for rolling back parts of the Obama Administration's "electronic recordkeeping…

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OSHA Announces Rollback of Recordkeeping Requirements

January 24, 2019 Jordan Barab

OSHA today released the text of its partial rollback of the Obama administrations "electronic recordkeeping" rule that requires some employers…

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