The Justice Department is urging the Supreme Court to preserve the Chevron doctrine, which grants OSHA and other agencies discretion to reasonably interpret ambiguous statutory language, warning that such a rollback would send a “convulsive shock” to the legal system and create “cascading uncertainty” for agency decisions.
September 18, 2026
Trade groups and companies say EPA’s proposed TSCA rule for carbon tetrachloride (CTC) rests on an illegally strict workplace exposure limit, and improperly cuts OSHA out of the rulemaking process despite a statutory mandate to consult with peer agencies before treading into areas they regulate, among a host of other attacks.
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Trade groups and companies say EPA’s proposed TSCA rule for carbon tetrachloride (CTC) rests on an illegally strict workplace exposure limit, and improperly cuts OSHA out of the rulemaking process despite a statutory mandate to consult with peer agencies before treading into areas they regulate, among a host of other attacks.
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An employer attorney says companies, especially small businesses, are likely to push OSHA for greater flexibility in its upcoming heat-danger standard after the agency quietly released a lengthy list of “potential options” for its proposal including a range of possible heat-control requirements, temperature thresholds and training mandates.
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An employer attorney says companies, especially small businesses, are likely to push OSHA for greater flexibility in its upcoming heat-danger standard after the agency quietly released a lengthy list of “potential options” for its proposal including a range of possible heat-control requirements, temperature thresholds and training mandates.
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An employer attorney says companies, especially small businesses, are likely to push OSHA for greater flexibility in its upcoming heat-danger standard after the agency quietly released a lengthy list of “potential options” for its proposal including a range of possible heat-control requirements, temperature thresholds and training mandates.
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A prominent industry attorney says OSHA is likely to include mandates for facilities to plan for extreme weather like hurricanes in any overhaul of the process safety management (PSM) standard, building on what is already a broad push by several other program offices and agencies to incorporate weather resiliency into regulatory programs.
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A prominent industry attorney says OSHA is likely to include mandates for facilities to plan for extreme weather like hurricanes in any overhaul of the process safety management (PSM) standard, building on what is already a broad push by several other program offices and agencies to incorporate weather resiliency into regulatory programs.
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The California Legislature has passed a scaled-back bill requiring employers to implement workplace violence-prevention plans on a faster timeline than a pending rule at California OSHA (Cal/OSHA) would impose, and sources say Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is expected to sign it into law before an Oct. 14 deadline.
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The California Legislature has passed a scaled-back bill requiring employers to implement workplace violence-prevention plans on a faster timeline than a pending rule at California OSHA (Cal/OSHA) would impose, and sources say Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is expected to sign it into law before an Oct. 14 deadline.
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