OSHA Delays Reporting Rule After Court Seeks Briefs On Injunction's Scope

OSHA has again delayed anti-retaliation provisions of its controversial new worker injury and illness reporting rule after a federal court in Texas said it needed additional time and briefings from the parties to weigh the agency's push to limit the scope of a possible future injunction against the rule that industry plaintiffs are seeking. In an Oct. 18 memo to its regional administrators , OSHA delays by close to a month -- from Nov. 10 to Dec. 1 --...