On Oct. 18, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced that it agreed to of the anti-retaliation provisions of until Dec. 1st. Under the anti-retaliation provisions of the final rule, some forms of post-accident drug testing and accident-free incentive programs will be deemed unlawfully retaliatory.

The delay is a result of which was filed in the Northern District of Texas. The court asked for OSHA to delay enforcement of the anti-retaliation provisions to allow for additional time to consider the motion challenging the rule.

It is the of the anti-retaliation provisions, which were originally scheduled to go into effect Aug. 10, 2016 but OSHA had previously agreed to delay until Nov. 10. 

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