Osha promises more inspections and enforcement: Agency plans to put more emphasis on setting standards and enforcement and less on cooperative programs

摘要

Elections have consequences. The Obama administration's secretary of labor, Hilda Solis, at her first public speaking engagement as labor secretary in March, reportedly said: "The Labor Department is back in business. ... Yes, I think you can rest assured that there is a new sheriff in town." Jordan Barab, acting assistant secretary of labor for OSHA, was quoted as having said, "He wanted to be absolutely clear that OSHA is back in the business of standards and enforcement." What will this all mean for the poultry industry?