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DOL Ends Zero-Tolerance Position on Contesting OSHA Citations
Until a recent decision by the Department of Labor, it didn't matter if your excuse for being late to contest an OSHA citation was really good. The NFIB Legal Foundation fought DOL's strong-arm policy for years, and recently secured this critical victory.
Small Business Keeps Close Eye on OSHA, Labor Regulations
Though NFIB and the small-business community scored a tremendous victory when Congress overturned the Clinton administration's ergonomics regulations, we have continued to ensure that the defeated regulatory scheme is not reconstituted in a supposedly "voluntary" form today. Meeting with administration officials and offering informal and formal commentary on new ergonomics guidelines, NFIB has stressed repeatedly that the best approach for OSHA is to offer clear assistance in showing businesses how they might limit true musculo-skeletal disorders in their workplaces.NFIB has also been an active participant in an effort to fairly address employee health concerns arising out of workplace exposure to chemicals and other substances. Our overriding concern has been to make certain that NFIB's members aren't unfairly saddled with a new regulatory regime that is overly burdensome and unnecessary, and to date we have been successful. Clearly, small businesses do not want to get hit with a series of new requirements that will be difficult to understand, costly to implement and undertaken without regard to how these requirements will actually improve the health and safety of their employees.
