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OSHA Rejects GAO Poultry Recommendations: Sees No Problem With Workers’ Restroom Access

In a surprising and disappointing apparent rollback of OSHA’s enforcement policy related to poultry inspections, Acting Assistant Secretary Loren Sweatt has rejected recommendations from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) designed to address findings that poultry workers are intimidated about reporting health and safety problems to OSHA, particularly about their inability to get bathroom breaks. The GAO …

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Uncle Sam’s Hiring Practices

1 Comment / Federal Government / By max cyril

A pair of reports released this week show that the federal government routinely ignores worker safety and labor law violations when awarding contracts to private companies—and that American taxpayers are cheated in the process. The first comes from the staff of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pension (HELP) Committee, which conducted a yearlong investigation …

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OSHA’s squeaky Whistleblower Protection Program

Leave a Comment / OSHA, whistleblower / By max cyril

Most people are aware that, since 1970, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) has been responsible for issuing and enforcing standards for workplace health and safety. But if I were a betting person, I would wager that far fewer are aware of OSHA’s responsibilities in relation to the Sarbanes Oxley Act. OSHA is charged …

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Government Accountability Office Report Highlights Shortcomings of OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Program

Leave a Comment / accountability / By max cyril

The Government Accountability Office has recently released a report showing that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Voluntary Protection Program is ineffective. OSHA’s VPP, established in 1982 and expanded to over twice the number of job sites during the Bush administration, allows businesses to avoid routine OSHA inspections by, among other things, demonstrating below average …

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OSHA Rejects GAO Poultry Recommendations: Sees No Problem With Workers’ Restroom Access

Uncle Sam’s Hiring Practices

OSHA’s squeaky Whistleblower Protection Program

Government Accountability Office Report Highlights Shortcomings of OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Program

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