On Tuesday, October 18, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced that it will once again postpone the enforcement date of the “employee involvement” provisions of its new rule on drug-testing, retaliation claims, and accident reporting, entitled “Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses,” 81 Fed. Reg. 29624 (May 12, 2016).  This is the second

On October 13, an en banc Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, in Perez v. Loren Cook Company, denied the Secretary of Labor’s petition for review of an order handed down by the Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission (OSHRC). In doing so, the court provided an in-depth discussion of circumstances where the Secretary (and