VPP Advocates Dispute OSHA Stance That Some Incentives Could Discourage Reporting

Advocates for Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) employers take issue with OSHA's broad stance that company incentive programs have “the potential to” inhibit incident reporting and as a result, discourage adequate recordkeeping. A key organization representing VPP employers disputes OSHA's earlier assertions that the group harbors the same concerns and tells lawmakers the agency “stabbed us in the back” in its handling of the issue. The Voluntary Protection Programs Participants' Association (VPPPA), the main group that represents VPP employers before OSHA and Congress, tells two senators in