AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- DIVISION OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY

Summary

The bill requires the state’s labor director to adopt the existing OSHA regulations as state law whenever the federal OSHA program is significantly weakened. It then tasks the Department of Labor and Training with enforcing those standards and obliges the legislature to fund the needed staff. This ensures Rhode Island workers retain safety protections even if federal oversight declines.

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