Judge Advances, But Narrows, Industry Suit On OSHA Inspection Memo

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February 6, 2017 at 06:17 PM
A federal judge is allowing an industry challenge to OSHA's 2013 memo interpreting federal law as allowing union officials to accompany agency inspectors onto non-unionized work sites to proceed, backing companies' procedural arguments that the memo changes existing policy, though the judge rejects an industry claim that the memo exceeds agency authority.