In June the U.S. Food and Drug Administration hosted a series of meetings in California, Michigan and New Jersey focused on the Food Safety Modernization Act Import Safety Programs. The […]
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued the final rule related to the injury data reporting and publication. Starting on Aug. 10, 2016, OSHA requires employers to keep […]
Despite pleas from U.S. House Republicans Committee on Energy and Commerce, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has denied the extension of the 60-day comment period, saying that there has been sufficient time […]
Now that the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act is in motion, what are some of the likely outcomes? IWLA Washington Representative Pat O’Connor shares his insight on key areas […]
IWLA urges the U.S. Congress to extend the positive train control rule in the next highway bill to give the railroads a more appropriate timeframe to be in compliance. The […]
On Oct. 13, U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-Minn.) and Workforce Protections Subcommittee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-Mich.) asked the Department of Labor (DOL) to provide information on […]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) small business review panel is seeking comments on proposed changes being considered by EPA on their Risk Management Program (RMP) Rule (40CFR68). Chemical warehouses […]
By IWLA Washington Representative Pat O’Connor The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Preventive Controls for Human Food rule is now final. Compliance dates for […]
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently released a reminder about new industry reporting requirements. These specify how employers must report all work related fatalities within eight hours. Read […]
The Coalition for Workplace Safety (CWS) submitted comments to the U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration requesting a withdrawal of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) titled Improve Tracking of […]
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