State work safety agencies are poised to double down on enforcement in response to an expected retreat under the new Trump administration from more robust Biden-era OSHA activity, attorneys say.
Several states are expected to ramp up their enforcement of worker safety rules to ensure companies comply with local rules that haven’t been promulgated at the federal level—namely the proposed national heat standard. Employers in these states will be subject to stricter requirements than what’s seen at the federal level.
“It’s really going to be kind of a changing of the guard in terms of who’s pushing forward the ...