After facing pressure from labor unions, the Obama administration is considering enforcement tools to deter companies from discouraging workers from reporting work-related injury and illness information, data the government is looking to collect and make public.
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is reviewing the use of certain mechanisms intended to encourage businesses to report accurate data on employee illnesses and injuries under a rule proposed by the agency in November. That proposal, which faces opposition from the business community, would require companies with more than 250 employees to submit injury and illness records to the agency on a quarterly basis for publication online.
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