Michaels: Cooperative Program Status Hinges On Judicious Use Of Safety Incentives

OSHA chief David Michaels recently told congressional investigators the agency “will soon provide policy guidance” putting employers on notice that they risk losing their cooperative program status if their worker safety incentives have the potential to discourage workers from reporting injuries, echoing a message the agency sent to Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) participants. The upcoming guidance comes in the wake of a controversial memo a top OSHA official recently sent to field operations officials warning that statutory and regulatory violations potentially could arise from some of th