Partner John Ring spoke with Law360 about the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA's) final "walkaround rule," which allows workers to pick who represents them during safety inspections. John, a former chairman of the National Labor Relations Board, said that employers worry that the rule presents the chance for anyone to come into a workplace for safety inspections.
"When I talk about this, so many employers are dumbfounded that they have to allow a stranger onto their premises as part of an OSHA inspection. It's one thing to say I'll allow the U.S. government inspector onto my premises, but now they might have to [facilitate] a union organizer, a community organizer? What about property rights?" John said. "A lot of employers are scratching their heads on this one."