NFIB

Ergo Guideline Announcement Expected Today
04/05/2002

The Bush administration today is expected to propose voluntary guidelines for employers to protect workers against repetitive-stress injuries, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Ergo regulations imposed during the Clinton administration were repealed by Congress early last year. The costly Clinton-era mandates would have affected 6.1 million workplaces. Small business owners opposed the mandates because of the questionable science on which they were based.

Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) opposes the White House's decision because he believes any ergonomics guidelines should be mandatory. Kennedy said the expected proposals were "a win for industry."