OMB Approves OSHA's Interim Rule To Raise Penalties

OSHA appears on schedule to issue by July 1 an interim final rule boosting maximum penalties for safety and health violations by almost 80 percent to catch up with inflation since 1990, after the White House Office of Management & Budget (OMB) recently completed review of the rule scheduled to take effect Aug. 1. OMB June 23 completed review of the interim final rule implementing “The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015,” which a federal rulemaking...