Acosta refuses to commit to preserving OSHA recordkeeping rule
Posted with permission from Confined Space, a newsletter of workplace safety and labor issues.
In a hearing before the Senate Appropriations Committee today, Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta today refused to commit not to rescind OSHA’s electronic recordkeeping rule. The rule, issued in 2016, requires employers to send injury and illness information into OSHA and prohibits employers from retaliating against workers for reporting injuries.