A senior OSHA official is downplaying the prospect of significant consultation with EPA on chemical risks to workers under the revised toxics law as some industry groups have sought, calling the extent of such collaboration “hard to predict” and suggesting it is often unnecessary.

The Office of Management & Budget (OMB) has again found that the benefits of OSHA, EPA and other agencies' rules vastly exceed their costs, but the draft report issued late last week also indicates that the Trump administration is considering revising its accounting methods for rules in ways that could trim their estimated benefits in the future.

OSHA's Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC), which reviews administrative decisions, has found that inspectors with expired credentials still have the authority to cite employers for alleged violations and that it is the employers' responsibility to examine the officer's card before the inspection to ensure that they are “appropriate credentials."

OSHA's Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC), which reviews administrative decisions, has found that inspectors with expired credentials still have the authority to cite employers for alleged violations and that it is the employers' responsibility to examine the officer's card before the inspection to ensure that they are “appropriate credentials."

A House hearing on Trump administration calls to prioritize collaborative approaches with industry at OSHA highlighted a sharp divide on the issue, with Republicans and industry seeking to simplify regulatory requirements and ease enforcement while Democrats called for strict enforcement to deter bad actors and promoted a bill to bolster protections under the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act.

In the wake of an ethics controversy, the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) has reinstated its strict Obama-era standard defining when contractors, franchisers and other entities are considered “joint employers,” though the move is unlikely to result in new enforcement of related OSHA guidance as conservatives and Trump administration officials have long opposed the standard.

A federal district judge has rejected a legal challenge brought by public interest groups to President Donald Trump's executive order (EO) directing OSHA, EPA and other agencies to identify two existing rules for potential repeal in exchange for every new rule they issue, saying the plaintiffs failed to prove harm from the order -- but stopping short of dismissing the case entirely.

A federal district judge has rejected a legal challenge brought by public interest groups to President Donald Trump's executive order (EO) directing OSHA, EPA and other agencies to identify two existing rules for potential repeal in exchange for every new rule they issue, saying the plaintiffs failed to prove harm from the order -- but stopping short of dismissing the case entirely.

House lawmakers are holding a Feb. 27 hearing where they plan to explore ways to bolster Trump administration calls to increase OSHA's focus on collaborative compliance-focused approaches with industry, an effort intended to avoid the Obama-era's focus on strict enforcement but which Democrats say jeopardizes worker protections.

House lawmakers are holding a Feb. 27 hearing where they plan to explore ways to bolster Trump administration calls to increase OSHA's focus on collaborative compliance-focused approaches with industry, an effort intended to avoid the Obama-era's focus on strict enforcement but which Democrats say jeopardizes worker protections.