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Staff explains VOSHA expedited-rulemaking language removed from S.117 and other labor-technical changes
Summary
Legislative staff on May 13 briefed the House General & Housing Committee on language removed from S.117 that would have created an expedited rulemaking process for the Vermont Occupational Safety and Health Administration and on other technical labor law corrections and updates.
BURLINGTON, Vt. — Legislative staff on May 13 briefed the House General & Housing Committee on provisions that had been pulled from S.117 concerning expedited rulemaking for the Vermont Occupational Safety and Health Administration (VOSHA) and on other technical changes to labor-related statutes that now appear in S.125 or in committee calendars.
"VOSHA essentially just adopts rules that are promulgated by the federal OSHA. It's literally a cut and paste, which is unusual," Sophie, a legislative staff member, told the committee while walking members through the language the senate had proposed and later removed from S.117.
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