OSHA Scraps Concurrent Jurisdiction Plan After Hawaii Agrees To Revamp Program

OSHA has scrapped its bid to seize authority from the Hawaii state OSHA plan, dropping a proposal conceived last year to exercise a rarely invoked power to assert limited concurrent enforcement jurisdiction over state plans. OSHA cited assurances by the state's new governor that substantial improvements to the program are under way, deferring to the state's own blueprint for addressing performance gaps outlined by the federal agency in critical audit findings. At the same time, OSHA said that, at the state's request, jurisdiction over private sector employees working on military bases will be