A California road district is urging a federal court to reject OSHA's argument that it lacks standing to challenge a controversial 2020 scaffolding safety policy, arguing that the agency's relaxed standards have caused delays, disputes and heightened safety concerns for federally funded projects.
President Donald Trump has signed a series of executive orders (EOs) targeting federal employees at OSHA and other agencies, including measures stripping many workers of civil service protections, freezing new hiring, overhauling existing hiring practices and ending work-from-home allowances.
President Donald Trump has signed a series of executive orders (EOs) targeting federal employees at OSHA and other agencies, including measures stripping many workers of civil service protections, freezing new hiring, overhauling existing hiring practices and ending work-from-home allowances.
The Biden EPA has released for public comment a draft scoping document that outlines its plans for what uses of -- and occupational exposures from -- vinyl chloride the agency’s TSCA evaluation will consider, although the incoming Trump administration will craft the evaluation and may have different ideas of how to do so.
Russell Vought, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to again head the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), is defending his plans for a dramatic overhaul of key federal budget, regulatory and workforce practices at OSHA and other agencies.
OSHA is touting the Biden administration’s focus on increased enforcement as a key factor in a decrease in fatal occupational injuries in 2023, noting especially the administration’s focus on recognizing the disproportionate impact of work hazards on workers of color.
Worker-safety advocacy groups are elevating their press on California OSHA (Cal/OSHA) officials to advance an indoor heat protection rule for prisoners and jail staff, as the national debate over heat standards becomes more focused on states due to the incoming Trump administration’s likely deprioritization of national heat standards.
OSHA is dropping its plan to develop a final rule on occupational exposure to COVID-19 in healthcare setting, noting the lack of a public health emergency and saying any ongoing risk would be better addressed by a rulemaking addressing infectious diseases more broadly.
OSHA is dropping its plan to develop a final rule on occupational exposure to COVID-19 in healthcare setting, noting the lack of a public health emergency and saying any ongoing risk would be better addressed by a rulemaking addressing infectious diseases more broadly.
The ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles County are prompting California OSHA (Cal/OSHA) to alert employers to abide by worker-safety rules aimed at protecting employees from unhealthy air due to wildfire smoke, with fears rising that the threat could spread even farther.