President Trump and congressional Republicans are poised to roll back a series of Obama-era worker safety regulations targeted by business groups, starting with a rule that would require federal contractors to disclose and correct serious safety violations. A half-dozen other worker safety regulations are also in Republican crosshairs, with one headed to the Senate floor as soon as this week. Since 2015, the report says, more than a third of the 100 largest OSHA penalties have been imposed on federal contractors. “Too often, federal contractors break labor laws while continuing to suck down millions in taxpayer dollars,” Warren said in a statement. [Hill Republicans move to scrap Obama-era regulations]That concern prompted the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces regulation.

Source: Washington Post March 06, 2017 20:38 UTC