In a recent article, Luis Inaraja Vera argues that policymakers should consider voluntary regulation when mandatory ...

The VPP, the agency’s recognition initiative for workplace safety and health excellence, will provide new options for construction contractors and other employers who may have workers at various ...

Lynn Sinkler signs the Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Declaration of Commitment letter on behalf of the American Federation of Government Employees, Local 1923, on Aug. 8. Sinkler joined Naval ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) administers Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP), which represent a cooperative relationship to encourage excellence in worksite-based safety ...

The U.S. Department of Energy has again awarded United Cleanup Oak Ridge with DOE's Voluntary Protection Program “Star of Excellence.” The award recognizes UCOR’s commitment to keeping its workers ...

Last week, the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) and the Voluntary Protection Programs Participants’ Association (VPPPA) announced that they had entered into an agreement that would ...

To support employer compliance through education and assistance, OSHA recently added a new option to its array of cooperative programs administered by the agency’s Directorate of Cooperative and State ...

On July 24, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced several self-audit and voluntary compliance programs across six of its agencies aimed at what the agency describes as helping employers, unions ...

FLORENCE, KY – April 9, 2007 – At a public ceremony today presided by Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., and Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher, ...