We recently told you that a Coalition for Workplace Safety spokesperson was set to testify about the priorities for the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration. To follow up, here is the written testimony of Stuart Sessions, who received this write-up from Bloomberg: Stuart Sessions, president of Environomics Inc. in Bethesda, Maryland, whose [...]
“Business and labor are preparing to wage a lobbying battle over a new rule expected later this year that could have a profound effect on how health and safety are handled in the workplace,” reports The Hill. At stake is the future of a potential Occupational Safety and Health Administration plan requiring workplace managers to [...]
February 28, 2011 – 6:41 pm
As employers know all too well, the American economy is dynamic. In other words, any given snapshot or analysis of a policy has to be the best possible estimate of the consequences of any legislation or regulation. In looking at that challenge, the Associated Press (via CNBC) was kind enough to include a reference to [...]
February 14, 2011 – 4:58 pm
From the House Education and Workforce Committee: On Tuesday, February 15 at 10:00 a.m., the Workforce Protections Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), will hold a hearing on “Investigating OSHA’s Regulatory Agenda and Its Impact on Job Creation” in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building. Since 1970, the Occupational Safety and Health [...]
January 19, 2011 – 12:14 pm
The Coalition for Workplace Safety is pleased that OSHA has announced that they will be withdrawing their proposal that would have required employers to implement costly and disruptive new controls for employee exposure to noise. OSHA indicated that they received a tremendous of amount of feedback from employers that have detailed their concerns with the [...]
December 14, 2010 – 11:44 am
Senators Olympia Snowe (R) and Joseph Lieberman (I) have sent a letter to Department of Labor Secretary Hilda Solis regarding OSHA regulation of noise in the workplace. Specifically, the agency is proposing an interpretation regarding exposure to noise in the workplace. The Senators’ letter warns, “There is significant alarm, in the manufacturing community in particular, [...]
December 6, 2010 – 2:53 pm
Senators Olympia Snowe (ME), the top Republican on the Small Business Committee, and Mike Enzi (WY), the top Republican on Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pension are concerned about the direction OSHA is taking. In a recent letter, the Senators took issue with the fact OSHA “proposed several significant regulatory changes that could negatively [...]
November 19, 2010 – 1:33 pm
The Department of Labor’s Office of the Solicitor of Labor this morning announced its intention of extending the comment period for re-interpretation of the OSHA Noise abatement requirement by 90 days. The original comment deadline was scheduled for December 20th, but the Coalition for Workplace Safety sought additional time for public input. This 90-day extension [...]
October 29, 2010 – 4:51 pm
The Coalition for Workplace Safety has filed Comments to the OSHA docket regarding On-Site and SHARP programs.
September 27, 2010 – 1:55 pm
This timely reminder comes from Brad Hammock’s OSHA Law Blog: It has been several months since OSHA unveiled its Severe Violator Enforcement Program (SVEP), which focuses OSHA’s enforcement resources on employers “who have demonstrated indifference to their OSH Act obligations by committing willful, repeated, or failure-to-abate violations.” This is the time for employers to ramp [...]
