While businesses have long been required to keep data on workplace injuries and illnesses, they weren't required actually to report on them until 2016 rule obliged them to submit annual detailed reports electronically to the DOL.
Claiming it was acting to protect worker privacy, the Department of Labor has scrapped an Obama-era requirement for larger employers to electronically file detailed reports on workplace injuries and illnesses. According to Reuters, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has already published notice of the change in the Federal Register, with the rescission of the rule to be published on Friday.
It may have snuck in under cover of the government shutdown, but that doesn't mean the change isn't being fought. Reuters also reports that the public advocacy group Public Citizen has filed a lawsuit in federal court that seeks to restore the reporting requirements.
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Emily Payne
Emily Payne is director, content analytics for ALM's Business & Finance Markets and former managing editor for BenefitsPRO. A Wisconsin native, she has spent the past decade writing and editing for various athletic and fitness publications. She holds an English degree and Business certificate from the University of Wisconsin.
