MS SC544

Opposes proposed amendments to 29 CFR Section 1903.8(c) that would allow non-employee third parties to serve as worker representatives during OSHA inspections, changing the requirement from "shall be an employee" to "may be an employee or a third party"

Objects to removal of expertise examples (industrial hygienists, safety engineers) from the regulation, claiming it grants OSHA Compliance Safety and Health Officers unfettered discretion to allow unqualified persons onto employer premises

Asserts the proposed rule violates Congressional intent, federalism requirements under Executive Order 13132, Fourth Amendment protections under Marshall v. Barlow's, Inc., and Fifth Amendment takings clause protections

Claims the U.S. Department of Labor failed to adequately consider costs imposed on employers and state and local governments and neglected to use state consultation processes

Directs the resolution be forwarded to Mississippi state officials, U.S. Congressional representatives, the President, Secretary of Labor, and OSHA's Jackson office