A decade-long effort to give workers new protections against repetitive motion injuries is coming to a head with the Clinton administration intent—over the objections of Congress—to implement workplace rules this year. The GOP majority in Congress is equally determined to put off the new rules until next year, when they hope there will be a Republican in the White House more sympathetic to the business community’s strong opposition to the rules. Both the House and the Senate this summer voted mainly along party lines to bar OSHA from releasing final repetitive motion injury standards during the fiscal year that began Oct. 1, 2000. The White House said that delay was unacceptable and has made it one of the key issues, along with education spending, in ongoing negotiations over a $350 billion bill to fund labor, education and health programs in fiscal 2001.
From Daily Regulatory Reporter citing Fox News On-Line
