STATE WORK SAFETY AGENCIES are poised to double down on enforcement in response to an expected retreat under President-elect Donald Trump’s administration from more robust Biden-era OSHA activity, attorneys say. Several states will likely ramp up their enforcement of worker safety rules, meaning employers in these states will be subject to stricter requirements than seen at the federal level.
- Local rules that haven’t been promulgated at the federal level—namely the proposed national heat standard—will be front and center.
- Twenty-seven states, plus Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, have federal approval to operate a job safety agency. California’s Division of ...