The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration scheduled a meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health’s Temporary Workers Workgroup. The meeting will be held July 28 in Washington, D.C., and is open to the public.

The workgroup is meeting to continue its discussion of issues regarding protecting temporary workers and develop recommendations for NACOSH’s consideration. The issues include gaps in workplace protection for temporary workers, differences between temporary workers and contract workers and joint responsibility of host employers and staffing agencies.