Occupational Safety and Health Administration Inspection Integrity Act

Bill: 115-hr-3586
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Ferguson, A. Drew, IV [R-GA-3]
Introduced: 2017-07-28
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Labor-management relations

Worker safety and health
Latest action: action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-07-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Occupational Safety and Health Administration Inspection Integrity Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to revise requirements concerning workplace inspections conducted by the Department of Labor. Specifically, the bill prohibits an individual who is not an employee and does not represent the employees in a collective bargaining unit from serving as a representative of the employees for the purpose of accompanying a representative of Labor during an inspection.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3586 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 28, 2017 Mr. Ferguson (for himself and Mr. Byrne ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 with respect to labor organization representation during physical inspections of workplaces.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Inspection Integrity Act . 2. Limitation on labor organization representation of employees in physical inspection of the workplace Section 8(e) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 ( 29 U.S.C. 657(e) ) is amended by inserting after the first sentence the following: An individual who is not an employee and does not represent the employees as described in section 9(a) of the National Labor Relations Act ( 29 U.S.C. 159(a) ), may not serve as a representative of the employees for the purpose of accompanying the Secretary or his authorized representative during such a physical inspection. .