Unions, Employers Clash Over ‘Walkaround’ Rule At OMB Meetings

Industry groups and unions are raising sharply contrasting arguments on OSHA’s pending final rule to allow worker representatives to take part in enforcement “walkaround” inspections even if they are not employed at the site, with employers calling the rule “unconstitutional” and demanding it be scrapped while labor groups are strongly backing it. The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is in the midst of a blitz of stakeholder meetings on OSHA’s “Worker Walkaround Representative Designation Process” rule, where...