Punching In: OSHA Blew Its Health-Care Rule Deadline, Groups Say

Monday morning musings for workplace watchers.

OSHA Out of Time?|WHD’s Thinning Ranks

Bruce Rolfsen: OSHA’s plans to resurrect its Covid-19 standard for health-care workers may encounter stiff legal resistance as employer groups ask whether the agency missed its deadline for issuing a permanent measure.

That issue arose repeatedly during the written public comment period preceding the April 27 start of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s online public hearings about the standard. The proceedings are scheduled to last for four days.

David Addington, general counsel for the National Federation of Independent Business, told the agency he doubts the legality of ...