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OIG Says OSHA COVID-19 Enforcement ‘Did Not Sufficiently Protect Workers’


November 3, 2022 at 05:50 PM
A new report from the Labor Department’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) harshly criticizes OSHA’s enforcement work during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, charging that it “did not sufficiently protect workers from COVID-19 health hazards” and floating five recommendations for policy fixes to address those failures.

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