The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), while legally bound to a fine structure with limits, is seeking to raise its average fine from the $1,000 range to the $3,000 to $4,000 range while awaiting higher fine approval from Congress.
OSHA Director David Michaels announced on April 22 what the agency is calling its Severe Violator [...]
The Department of Labor (DOL) has released its strategic plan for 2010-2016 with the overall objective being "good jobs for everyone," in the words of Secretary Hilda Solis.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently held a Web chat to discuss its part in the DOL strategic plan, during which it characterized its overall plan [...]
The Department of Labor (DOL) has released its agenda for the coming year, and it has a few surprises to spring on American business.
First (for discussion’s sake), the DOL wants each paycheck to come with a stub or explanation of hours worked, overtime paid and everything else that went into the computation of the amount.
Next, [...]
The Senate, without a committee confirmation hearing or discussion on the floor, has approved David Michaels as Deputy Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, in other words, the chief of OSHA.
Michaels was confirmed along with a host of other nominees in a simple voice vote.
Michaels from the beginning was a controversial nominee who [...]
