Hours after OSHA promulgated its rule rolling back the Obama administration's recordkeeping requirements, Public Citizen led an alliance of state and health groups in filing a lawsuit challenging the measure, charging it is “arbitrary and capricious” because of a series of alleged violations of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA).
November 15, 2026
As the Trump OSHA prepares to promulgate its final rule rolling back Obama-era injury reporting requirements, it is facing a likely lawsuit alleging it violates the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and oversight from House Democrats who charge it undermines worker safety and its approval during the shutdown may have violated federal law.
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Labor groups are conferring with Democratic lawmakers over a possible challenge to the Trump administration's approval of OSHA's rule rolling back Obama-era reporting and recordkeeping requirements during the government shutdown, which they say may have violated the Antideficiency Act (ADA).
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Worker safety advocates are targeting states with high populations of temporary or contract workers to push for legislation strengthening their safety and other protections, using blueprints from recently approved measures in several states that focus on worker safety and create a path for the so-called gig workers to become permanent employees.
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White House officials have approved a final OSHA rule rolling back an Obama-era measure that requires employers to upload injury and illness data online rather than keep the data on a work site, clearing the way for an almost certain lawsuit that critics say has been bolstered by a prior challenge to agency efforts to delay the 2016 rule's implementation.
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For the second time since first nominating him, the White House has again renominated former FedEx executive Scott Mugno to lead OSHA, though his prospects for Senate confirmation remain dim due to partisan differences over Labor Department and other Trump administration nominees.
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House and Senate lawmakers have agreed to a one-year extension of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) ahead of a looming Jan. 19 deadline when the program's funding will expire, planning to use the next few months to debate potential legislative changes to CFATS.
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The Labor Department (DOL) is appealing an administrative law judge's (ALJ) decision voiding an OSHA citation against a security company for not requiring its armed guards to wear bulletproof vests, arguing in part that OSHA's 2014 policy expanding application of its personal protective equipment (PPE) standard to include bulletproof vests was applicable in this case.
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House Democrats are vying to win seats on the newly renamed Education and Labor Committee, likely delaying a decision on who will lead the workforce protection subcommittee, which oversees OSHA, given the departure of Rep. Mark Takano (D-CA), who was previously the panel's ranking member but who is now leading the veterans committee.
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Top Democrats are urging the Labor Department's Office of Inspector General (IG) to audit the department's process for crafting a controversial rule that eases child labor restrictions to allow teenagers working in healthcare to independently operate powered patient lifts, heightening an already contentious workplace safety dispute.
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