AS The Trump administration is moving vigorously to Reducing the federal government and reducing its spendingOSHA (OSHA) is the following on the cutting block.
Arizona, MP Andy Bigz, Republican, was recently re -presented legislation To cancel OSHA, which is part of the US Department of Labor. The draft law, called the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Law, “Nosha” has been named.
What does OSHA actually mean? Here is what to know.
What do Osha do?
OSHA’s goal is to maintain the safety of Americans and the health of the work. “OSHA Law says that employers are borne legal responsibility to provide safe workplaces for their employees,” he says, “says OSHA law. David MichaelsWho was the Assistant Minister of Labor at OSHA from 2009 to 2017 and is now a professor at the Milkin College of Public Health at George Washington University. “OSHA’s function is to ensure that employers do so.”
Since President Richard Nixon signed the law that was established in 1970, he continued to set standards on a wide range of possible health risks in the workplace, from limiting exposure to harmful substances such as Asbestos and benzene to Avoid falling and other injuries while working. Nearly 700,000 people have been rescued according to these safety standards since the foundation of OSHA, according to The American Federation of Work and Congress for industrial organizations, which is a group of 61 units.
Why do some Republicans want to cancel OSHA?
This is not the first time that OSHA has been arrested in the political intersection. Biggs first suggested canceling the organization in 2021, after OSHA began applying Covid-19 vaccination measures under the Biden Administration. OSHA PolicyThat was Pulled After being banned by the Supreme Court, employers who have at least 100 workers have asked for either a Covid-19 vaccination, or they are asked unacceptable workers to hide the job and undergo regular testing.
In 2021, Biggs invoice He had nine perceptions, but he never advanced to Congress. This time, the Biggs has no earns on its bill.
It is not alone among the Republicans in OSHA’s criticism. Last year, a contractor in Ohio-supported from 23 lawyers from the Republican states-by handing over the Supreme Court to hear a complaint that argued that the distant-term OSHA authority is unconstitutional, I mentioned the hill. Although the Supreme Court did not take the case, the conservative judge Clarence Thomas He called the question In her heart, “it cannot be denied.”
By re -introducing the bill, Biggs tries to strengthen the Trump administration’s goal of reducing the size and scope of the government; Stop “federal intervention” in the workplace; He said in a YouTube video Explanation of his motives.
“I have constitutional concerns about the federal organization of private workplaces,” Bigz said in the video. “I think most Americans who have read the constitution also have these similar questions.”
A member of the Congress in Arizona stated specifically concerns about the standards of OSHA “suitable” about it Outdoor work in hot weatherAnd what he said is unfairly punished with a warm climate, like it. “It is not logical to set a unified national standard for heat,” said Bigz.
What will happen if OSHA is canceled?
“There will be a race down,” says Michaels. Without a legal condition to do this, companies may decide not to spend the time, effort and money needed to maintain the safety of employees – especially if their competitors do not do so. “What will be the motivation to protect workers from [dangerous] Exposure? “Michaels asks.
State regulations can fill some void. Twenty -two states or region Currently working on Federally OSHA plans. But Michaels says, it would be wrong to rely on the organization’s organization alone. The current law does not require states to regulate safety in the workplace; He only says that if countries choose to do so, they must set effective policies such as those written by OSHA.
Even, this does not always happen. Arizona, for example, has the OSHA state plan – but Michaels notes that its policy has Previously contradicted However, which is determined by Federal OSHA, including autumn protection around residential construction workers. Michaels says that the safest way to protect workers is to maintain national protection in the workplace throughout the country.
