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Arlington, VA — The Mine Safety and Health Administration has recorded 70% fewer miner deaths through the first 10 weeks of 2024 than during the same period in 2022 and 2023.
Washington — The Environmental Protection Agency will ban the use and import of chrysotile asbestos – a known human carcinogen – under a final rule announced March 18.
Washington — The White House is calling on stakeholders across all sectors to “commit to save lives” by increasing training on – and access to – lifesaving opioid overdose reversal medications.
Frankfort, KY — A bill that would reduce – to one from two – the number of mine emergency technicians required during each shift at small underground coal mines is advancing in the Kentucky Legislature.
Washington — State and local governments can play a critical role in protecting teens from workplace injury and death amid a nationwide surge in child labor law violations, a recently published report states.
Tallahassee, FL — Legislation that would prohibit local municipalities, counties or any other “political subdivision” in Florida from enacting regulations requiring worker protections against heat exposure is awaiting the governor’s approval.
Cambridge, England — Nearly 90% of companies that participated in a four-day workweek pilot program have continued with that schedule a year later, a follow-up from research organization Autonomy has found.
Washington — The White House is proposing a relatively modest budget increase for OSHA under the Department of Labor’s fiscal year 2025 budget request, released March 11.
Tyler, TX — A federal judge in Texas has vacated the National Labor Relations Board’s joint employer rule, but NLRB Chair Lauren McFerran says the decision is “not the last word.”
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