Closure Notice

October 1, 2025 Please note that, because of a lapse in appropriations, the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights (OCWR) is closed. OCWR staff, hearing officers, mediators, and court reporters are…

OSH Biennial Report for the 117th Congress

The Congressional Accountability Act directs the OCWR General Counsel to conduct occupational safety and health inspections of the legislative branch at least once each Congress, and to report the inspection…

e-Newsletter – Third Quarter 2025

OSH Fast FactHeat Stress Learn about the different work-related heat illnesses that can result from working indoors and outdoors in hot conditions in the OCWR’s new Fast Fact. A heat…

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