{"id":1200,"date":"2017-06-01T13:39:20","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T17:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/?p=1200"},"modified":"2017-06-01T14:43:38","modified_gmt":"2017-06-01T18:43:38","slug":"wolf-pigs-dont-worry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/2017\/06\/01\/wolf-pigs-dont-worry\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolf to Pigs: Don&#8217;t worry. I&#8217;ve got your backs."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1208\" src=\"http:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/34180980104_2fac907687_k-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"381\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/34180980104_2fac907687_k-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/34180980104_2fac907687_k-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/34180980104_2fac907687_k-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/34180980104_2fac907687_k-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/34180980104_2fac907687_k-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/34180980104_2fac907687_k.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px\" \/>I swear, sometimes I don&#8217;t know if I&#8217;m reading facts or farce.<\/p>\n<p>Bloomberg BNA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bna.com\/labor-department-objects-n73014451735\/\">reports<\/a> that the Labor Department &#8212; yes, the same Labor Department that has delayed implementation of OSHA&#8217;s electronic recordkeeping rule &#8212; is telling the court that unions should not be allowed to intervene in industry&#8217;s lawsuit because the Trump administration and the unions &#8220;share the same litigation objective: to defend the Recordkeeping Modernization Rule.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Quickly checking my calendar to make sure it was June 1 and not April 1, I read the Labor Department&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberglaw.com\/public\/desktop\/document\/National_Association_of_Home_Builders_of_the_United_States_et_al_\/3?1496340963\">brief <\/a>and discovered that my BNA friend Bruce Rolfsen was not trying to invent\u00a0June Fools Day.<\/p>\n<p>The electronic recordkeeping rule, for those of you who are just tuning in, would require employers to send their injury and illness rates to OSHA by July 1, and prohibit employers from retaliating against workers for reporting injuries and illnesses. \u00a0In response to an industry petition, DOL recently\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/2017\/05\/17\/osha-delays-recordkeeping-standard\/\">announced its intention<\/a> to delay the July 1 implementation date.<\/p>\n<p>The briefs are in response to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.environmentalsafetyupdate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/248\/2017\/01\/United-States-Chamber-v-Perez.pdf\">lawsuit<\/a> filed earlier this month by several industry associations, requesting that DOL stay the rule and re-open rulemaking because &#8220;OSHA lacks statutory authority,\u201d the rule is &#8220;arbitrary, capricious, and otherwise contrary to law,&#8221; and just for good measure, somehow &#8220;violates the constitutional rights of Plaintiffs\u2019 members under the First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States.&#8221; According to the plaintiffs, the rule would allegedly reveal confidential information and prohibit employers from conducting post incident drug testing and establishing incentive programs. The plaintiffs\u00a0were the Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Home Builders, the National Chicken Council and several others.<\/p>\n<p>So I&#8217;m not a lawyer, but I&#8217;ve worked around them long enough that I can pretty much understand &#8212; and sometimes even speak &#8212; their language without the help of a translator. After reading DOL&#8217;s brief, I think it goes something like this: Because the regulation is still in place, and it&#8217;s the government&#8217;s duty to defend any laws, standards or regulations that are currently in place, we&#8217;re all on the same side: &#8220;because the Government and the Unions share the same litigation objective: to defend the Recordkeeping Modernization Rule.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If the unions\u00a0suspect for some reason that the government may not, in fact, defend that rule&#8230;. Well, that suspicion, according to the brief, is &#8220;a red herring.&#8221; \u00a0The unions have failed to make any &#8220;concrete showing&#8221; that the government won&#8217;t defend the rule and &#8220;the Unions have\u00a0offered nothing to suggest that the Government\u2019s commitment to defending those provisions of the Rule that remain in place will shift.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Good point. \u00a0Why would the unions doubt that DOL is committed to defending the rule, just because\u00a0DOL has proposed to delay implementation of this rule, delayed enforcement of the silica standard, delayed the effective date of the beryllium standard and is about to issue a proposal to dismantle parts of it? 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U.S. Dep\u2019t of Labor<\/i>), OSHA\u00a0noted that it\u00a0&#8220;welcomes the Steelworkers\u2019 voice in this litigation&#8221; because &#8220;unlike OSHA, the Steelworkers have employees on the ground in affected facilities, and OSHA believes the Court will benefit from the additional input the Steelworkers can provide on the issues at hand.&#8221; In that case, the court agreed.<\/p>\n<p>Well, they may not be so hot at actually protecting workers or making serious legal arguments, but I suppose you have to give these guys a few points for creativity and humor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I swear, sometimes I don&#8217;t know if I&#8217;m reading facts or farce. 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