A three-day online seminar series hosted by the OSHA Training Institute will focus on hazard controls and inspection processes.

It’s a fundamental right of every employee to be safe in the workplace, and workplace safety is closely monitored by the Occupational Safety Health Administration (OSHA) — a branch of the U.S.

OSHA’s regulation governing participation in OSHA inspection by employee representatives, 29 C.F.R. 1903.8(c), was established in 1993, and it granted employees and their representatives the right to ...

On March 29, the Department of Labor announced a final rule (the worker walkaround rule) clarifying the rights of employees to authorize a representative to accompany an OSHA compliance officer during ...

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has issued a final rule that expands the rights of employees regarding representation during OSHA inspections. According to a release dated March 29, this ...

On October 15, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor released expanded guidance for OSHA inspections of employers in the animal slaughtering and processing industry. This guidance supersedes previous ...

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A proposed rule from the U.S. Dept. of Labor to broaden its regulation about employee representation on workplace safety inspections has drawn widespread opposition from contractors. The change would ...