Word: osha
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...homes. But as is the case with most areas of society transformed by recent technologies, the telecommuting phenomenon poses a host of uncertainties for federal regulators. Rarely has this been more drastic than with Labor's handling of home-office safety. First Labor's Occupational Health and Safety Agency (OSHA) sent a "letter of interpretation" to a California firm in November, making the firm responsible for keeping its employees' home offices in line with federal office safety standards. These letters traditionally constitute agency policy...
...because employers are spared a host of expenses when workers stay at home it's only fair that they ante-up their share to keep the workplace safe. And some business groups are calling Herman's backpeddling insincere and ineffectual since these advisories traditionally set national precedents. "Despite what OSHA says, this is clearly a change of policy," said Ed Petter, president of the Employment Policy Foundation. The real coup for the laptop-reliant worker: When employers are forced to have ergonomically correct chairs installed at Starbucks...