OSHA Targets December For Proposal Reviving Recordkeeping Rule

OSHA plans to propose in December a rule to restore Obama-era electronic recordkeeping and reporting mandates that the Trump administration largely rolled back in 2019, according to its newly released Unified Agenda of regulatory actions that also targets December for proposing a long-delayed infectious-disease standard. The Biden administration’s first update to the semi-annual rulemaking agenda, released June 11, sets timelines for 20 pending OSHA policies -- a list that includes the recordkeeping and infectious-disease rules along with a host of...