Firms Urged To Await Rule Changes Before Filing New OSHA Reports

As companies prepare to comply with a looming Feb. 1 deadline for internally posting their annual work-related injury and illness summaries, an attorney is urging them to delay early compliance with a July 1 deadline for electronically submitting the reports to OSHA as the administration is expected to overhaul the requirements before then. “Although the web portal is now accepting 2017 data, we encourage employers to wait until close to the July deadline to submit data, because the rule itself...