OSHA ups the ante in U.S. workplaces

Employers, get ready. Recent developments show that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration — or OSHA, the main federal agency charged with assuring safe and healthful working conditions and enforcing various workplace standards — will step up its campaign of workplace investigations with measures that pursue an even greater degree of influence on you. Penalty increases — how much was that? One of the ways OSHA directly impacts employers is by conducting workplace inspections. This…