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Category Archives: Regulation
Hammock: Don’t Forget OSHA’s Severe Violator Program
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 [...]
OSHA announces interim final rules and invites public comment on whistleblower procedures
September 1, 2010 – 10:50 am
Just an FYI, OSHA published in the Aug. 31 Federal Register interim final rules that will help protect workers who voice safety, health, and security concerns. The regulations, which establish procedures for handling worker retaliation complaints, allow filing by phone as well as in writing and filing in languages other than English. See the full [...]
CWS Sends Letter To House of Reps on H.R. 5663
July 26, 2010 – 11:42 am
Today, the Coalition for Workplace Safety sent a letter to Members of the House of Representatives regarding the concerns of many in the employer community about H.R. 5663, the “Miner Safety and Health Act of 2010,” as it awaits floor action. For printable PDF, click here. The letter reads: July 26, 2010 To the Members [...]
Coalition Sends Letter on HR 5663 Markup
July 20, 2010 – 6:25 pm
Today, the Coalition for Workplace Safety sent a letter detailing its concerns over H.R. 5663, the “Miner Safety and Health Act of 2010″ as the House Committee on Education and Labor prepares to mark the bill up. (Printable PDF here). July 20, 2010 Dear Chairman Miller, Ranking Member Kline: The Coalition for Workplace Safety (CWS) [...]
WSJ: “Employer Groups Criticize Mine-Safety Bill”
July 14, 2010 – 6:07 pm
In case you missed it, the Wall Street Journal was one of the key media outlets to take note of employer opposition to the misguided H.R. 5663, titled “Miner Safety and Health Act of 2010.” While detailing parts of the bill that would address rules governing mines, it went on to highlight the bill’s elements [...]
CWS Testifies Before House on HR 5663 (Miner Safety and Health Act of 2010)
July 13, 2010 – 1:00 pm
Today, the Coalition for Workplace Safety testified before the House of Representatives House Education and Labor Committee regarding the employer community’s significant concerns with H.R. 5663, the “Miner Safety and Health Act of 2010″. Click here to read the prepared testimony of Jonathan Snare of law firm Morgan Lewis. Full text below the fold.
BRT: Admin efforts “increasing costs without enhancing workplace safety”
June 23, 2010 – 1:58 pm
The Business Roundtable has issued a letter to White House budget director Peter Orszag about the group’s concerns over potentially misguided efforts that will do little (if anything) to boost workplace safety while raising the burden on employers. Regarding the “Protecting America’s Workers Act” BRT writes (with our emphasis in bold): The Administration’s policy to [...]
June 18th: Today’s The Day For Severe Violators Policy
June 19, 2010 – 10:19 am
OSHA announced on June 18 that the effective date of its “severe violators” policy would be … June 18. From the trade release: WASHINGTON – OSHA announced today that the Severe Violators Enforcement Program directive is effective June 18th. The agency announced in April that it was implementing the program to focus on employers who [...]
New OSHA Training Requirements
June 15, 2010 – 9:37 am
Just an FYI from OSHA: “Introduction to OSHA,” a new training component emphasizing workers’ rights, is required content in every OSHA 10- and 30-hour Outreach Training Program class. OSHA developed the information in support of the Secretary of Labor’s goal of strengthening the voice of workers. Read the details here.