Proposed OSHA walkaround rule could let union reps into your non-union workplace.

The Department of Labor has announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to revise regulations regarding who can be authorized by employees to act as their representative to accompany OSHA compliance officers during physical workplace inspections.

The Occupational Safety and Health Act gives the employer and employees the right to have a representative authorized by them accompany OSHA officials during a workplace inspection.

The proposed rule clarifies that employees may authorize an employee, or they may authorize a non-employee third party if the OSHA inspector...