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South Carolina Files Second Lawsuit Over State Plan Penalty Matching


March 23, 2023 at 06:15 PM
South Carolina is again challenging OSHA’s mandate for states to match federal minimum and maximum penalties for OSH Act violations, targeting the 2016 federal rule that first announced the policy after a federal court rejected its earlier suit that focused on language restating the mandate in the agency’s annual rules adjusting penalties for inflation.

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