Trump Administration Proposes Elimination of the Reverse Offset

The Trump Administration in its proposed FY 2020 Budget has proposed elimination of the workers’ compensation reverse offset. The elimination will act as a cost saving measure and will level the playing field for all workers’ compensation system throughout the United States.

The Case Against Brett Kavanaugh

Today's post is authored by Deborah Berkowitz and is shared from nelp.org

IF YOU WORK IN A DANGEROUS JOB, YOU SHOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT BRETT KAVANAUGH

When a vibrant 40-year-old animal trainer was killed by a whale at SeaWorld in 2010, the government’s safety agency, an administrative law judge, and a panel of appellate judges all agreed that SeaWorld broke the law by not taking basic precautions to provide a safe workplace. All, that is, except one judge on the appellate panel who dissented: Brett Kavanaugh, the president’s nominee for Supreme Court Justice.

Trump Administration May Bring a Surge in Occupational Disease Claims

Mesothelioma death rates remain high in the US even on the eve of an anticipated national ban of the asbestos fiber. Things may radically change for the worse as the Trump Administration goes forward with its announced intention to dismantle environmental regulation now in place and placed on-track for enactment during the former Obama Administration. With anticipated less EPA and OSHA regulation under the Trump administration, there is the potential for a serious surge of future occupational disease claims in the United States.

OSHA Stopped Publishing Press Releases

It is like the US Government just shut down. The last press release from OSHA was on January 19, 2017, the day before Donald Trump was inaugurated as President.

After a robust effort under Obama Administration direction to help make the workplace safer, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), an agency created post the National Commission on Workers' Compensation (1972),  has now just come to a screeching halt in the release of information.