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On April 16, the Coalition for Workplace Safety sent a letter to the Department of Labor urging they consider rescinding regulatory activity pursued under the Biden administration as part of its review of all regulations under its purview as required by Executive Order 14219, Ensuring Lawful Governance and Implementing the President’s “Department of Government Efficiency” Deregulatory…
Read MoreOn March 31, the Coalition for Workplace Safety submitted comments on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) request for information (RFI) on its recordkeeping and reporting obligations related to occupational injuries and illnesses. CWS reiterated our “serious concerns about the electronic submission and public posting of data from Forms 300, 301 and 300A,” as…
Read MoreOn February 14, the Coalition for Workplace Safety submitted to the Senate HELP Committee a letter of support for President Trump’s nominee to serve as Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, Dave Keeling. As we explain in our letter, “Mr. Keeling’s long career as a workplace safety professional would provide the Occupational…
Read MoreOn February 6, the Coalition for Workplace Safety sent a letter to the US Senate urging Senators to reject the policies contained in Senator Hawley’s (R-MO) legislative framework altering federal labor and employment policy. The framework would impose significant new regulatory schemes on employers and create an entirely new subagency at the Department of Labor, both of…
Read MoreOn January 14, 2025, the Coalition for Workplace Safety and 81 employer organizations filed comments on OSHA’s Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings Proposed Rule. We call on OSHA to withdraw the proposed rule, because “it fails to consider the extensive concerns provided during the SBREFA process regarding the inflexibility…
Read MoreOn December 16, Senator Sanders, Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, released another report on the Committee’s investigation into Amazon’s workplace safety and health practices. No other members of the HELP Committee are involved in the report or investigation. Amazon’s response to the report is available here. The following statement can…
Read MoreOn October 8, the Coalition for Workplace Safety and 45 employer organizations sent a letter to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee urging them to oppose the newly reintroduced Warehouse Worker Protection Act. The following statement can be attributed to CWS spokesperson Lauren Williams: “As we explained when the Warehouse Worker Protection Act was originally…
Read MoreOn July 15, 2024, Senator Sanders, Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, released an interim report on the Committee’s investigation into Amazon’s workplace safety and health practices. The following statement can be attributed to CWS spokesperson Marc Freedman: “This report and investigation are inappropriate uses of committee resources to target a single employer…
Read MoreOn July 2, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued its proposed rule on heat injury and illness prevention in indoor and outdoor workplaces. The rule mandates that employers with a “reasonable expectation” that workers will be exposed to certain heat thresholds have a written Heat Injury and Illness Prevention Plan (HIIPP), track local heat…
Read MoreOn June 5, President Biden nominated Mark Eskenazi to serve as a member of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC). CWS urges the Senate to quickly hold a confirmation hearing on his nomination. OSHRC has not had a working quorum since April 2023. Amanda Wood Laihow was nominated to serve on OSHRC in July 2023, and her…
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