ASAToday for June 26th, 2025

ASA and SBA’s Office of the National Ombudsman In the fall, ASA will once again host a webinar with the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Office of the National Ombudsman.  Their mission is to achieve regulatory fairness while leveling the playing field for small businesses.  Many of our ASA members are small businesses that are required…

OSHA Proposed “Walk Around Rule” Clears White House Review On August 24th, the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) completed its review of OSHA’s Worker Walkaround Representative Designation Notice of Public Rulemaking (NPRM). The regulation could be released any day now. While we do not have specifics about the rulemaking, we expect it will allow…

OSHA Releases Some Details on Heat Proposal as Part of Small Business Review Obligations As part of its obligations under the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA), OSHA must involve small business representatives in the development of some rules.  This requires the agency convene a Small Business Advocacy Review Panel consisting of representatives from OSHA, the…