Scheduled Implementation Date Of July 1 Is Now Off The
Table
Employers will be relieved, at least temporarily, of the
requirement to file injury information through
an electronic recordkeeping system that was scheduled to take
effect this July 1. The Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), which had issued a rule requiring the
posting of such information for most employers in May 2016,
announced yesterday that the filing deadline will be postponed for
an undetermined period of time.
Delay Expected; Details Not Yet Forthcoming
Many had expected the Trump administration to delay
implementation, or Congress to deny funding to the program, so this
news does not necessarily come as a surprise. What is unknown at
this point is the exact rationale for the delay and when a new
deadline will be set (if at all). No further information has been
forthcoming about the rule or the delay, however, presumably
because we only just recently gained a Secretary of
