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Trump signs resolution to strike down ‘Volks’ recordkeeping rule
- April 4, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Overseas Occupational Health And Safety News
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Washington – President Donald Trump has signed a Congressional Review Act resolution to repeal OSHA’s so-called “Volks” rule, which addressed employers’ ongoing obligation to make and maintain accurate records of work-related injury and illness data. Trump signed the measure (H.J. Res 83) into law April 4 following its passage in the House and Senate. Trump’s
Trump signs resolution repealing federal contractor disclosure requirements
- March 28, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Overseas Occupational Health And Safety News
Washington – President Donald Trump has officially rolled back a regulation requiring prospective federal contractors to disclose labor-law violations. Trump signed H.J. Resolution 37 into law March 27, immediately voiding the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order from the Obama administration. The Executive Order required employers bidding for federal contracts valued at $ 500,000
In Focus: Will the Trump Administration Roll Back OSHA Enforcement?
- March 27, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
President Donald Trump and GOP members of Congress have promised to cut back on federal regulations, including those that govern the workplace. Actions (or lack thereof) targeting workplace safety rules and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) enforcement over the past few weeks have suggested that Republican leaders will keep their promise. U.S. Department of
Trump budget ‘blueprint’ proposes 21% funding cut for DOL; would eliminate CSB
- March 17, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Overseas Occupational Health And Safety News
Washington – The first budget proposed by the Trump administration would cut $ 54 billion in funding to various segments of the federal government, including the Departments of Labor and Transportation and the Environmental Protection Agency. Released March 16, America First: A Budget Blueprint to Make America Great Again lists the Departments of Defense, Homeland
Trump to nominate R. Alexander Acosta to be secretary of labor
- February 16, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Overseas Occupational Health And Safety News
Washington – President Donald Trump says he will nominate former Justice Department official R. Alexander Acosta as secretary of labor after his first choice fell through. Trump tapped Acosta one day after fast-food executive Andrew Puzder withdrew his name from consideration. The Senate was scheduled to vote on Puzder’s nomination Feb. 16. Instead, lawmakers will
LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST TRUMP OVER ORDER BANNING NEW SAFETY, HEALTH AND WORKPLACE …
- February 11, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Global Safety News
By Miriam Raftery February 8, 2017 (Washington D.C.) – Today, the nonprofit watchdog group Public Citizen filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump. The suit challenges Trump’s executive order banning federal agencies from issuing any new regulations unless they eliminate two others. A press release from Public Citizen states, “Trump essentially ordered the government to
Groups sue Trump over ‘2 for 1’ Executive Order on regulations
- February 9, 2017
- Posted by: Sage Shield Safety Consultants
- Category: Overseas Occupational Health And Safety News
Washington – Watchdog groups Public Citizen and the Natural Resources Defense Council, as well as the labor union Communications Workers of America, have filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump and other government officials over a recent Executive Order requiring federal agencies to eliminate two regulations for each new one introduced. In the lawsuit, filed
