{"id":1530,"date":"2018-08-13T09:00:48","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T13:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oshadefensereport.com\/?p=1530"},"modified":"2026-03-16T19:45:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T19:45:53","slug":"webinar-oshas-policy-of-public-shaming-the-status-under-the-trump-admin-and-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.connmaciel.com\/osha-defense-report\/webinar-oshas-policy-of-public-shaming-the-status-under-the-trump-admin-and-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"OSHA’s Policy of Public Shaming: Status and Future under the Trump Admin. [Webinar Recording]"},"content":{"rendered":"

On August 21, 2018, Eric J. Conn<\/a> and Aaron R. Gelb<\/a> of Conn Maciel Carey’s national OSHA Practice Group<\/a> presented a webinar: “OSHA’s Policies of Public Shaming: the Status under the Trump Admin. and the Future.<\/a><\/strong>“
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\"\"<\/a>As a small budget agency, OSHA has long looked for policies that will leverage individual enforcement actions to have the greatest impact on Industry.\u00a0 That is the origin of OSHA\u2019s controversial policy of \u201cRegulation by Shaming.\u201d\u00a0 During the Obama Administration, employer shaming became a significant enforcement tool and came in many forms, from increasing use of enforcement press releases that included embarrassing and inflammatory quotations about employers, to maintaining a public bad actors list in connection with the Severe Violator Enforcement Program, and the\u00a0pi\u00e8ce<\/em> de r\u00e9sistance<\/em><\/span> – publishing a Rule by which OSHA will collect and publish employers\u2019 injury and illness data and details about fatalities.<\/p>\n

The Trump Administration has signaled it will take a different approach to public shaming, but at the very least, the vestiges of these policies still remain, and some Administration actions suggest they are here to stay.<\/p>\n

During this webinar<\/a>, participants learned about:<\/p>\n

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