Employer Attorneys Expect Final OSHA Walkaround Rule ‘At Any Moment’

An attorney for employers says he anticipates that OSHA will soon finalize its controversial rule to allow representatives to take part in enforcement “walkaround” inspections even if they are not employed at the site, after the regulation sped through White House review -- a move he says is almost guaranteed to bring immediate court challenges. “The agency is free to issue this final rule at any moment, and that's my expectation,” Eric Conn, founder and chair of the OSHA Workplace...