OSHA Issues Proposal To Reinstate Controversial “Union Walkaround Policy”
The U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has proposed revising its regulations to expressly permit employees to designate third parties, such as labor union officials, to accompany OSHA compliance officers on walkaround inspections of an employer’s workplace. The proposal essentially seeks to reinstate an Obama Administration policy that was ruled unlawful because it was not adopted through...