California lawmakers are advancing a bill that would impose new restrictions and certification requirements for stone fabrication shops to protect workers from being exposed to crystalline silica and contracting silicosis, a measure that would expand on toughened rules recently approved by California OSHA’s (Cal/OSHA) standards board.
A federal district court judge has dismissed for the second time litigation alleging North Carolina labor officials were administering the state’s workplace safety plan in violation of the federal OSH Act, finding the case raises no new issues from a previously dismissed challenge.
A federal district court judge has dismissed for the second time litigation alleging North Carolina labor officials were administering the state’s workplace safety plan in violation of the federal OSH Act, finding the case raises no new issues from a previously dismissed challenge.
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) has vetoed legislation that would have required employers to implement control measures to address workplace violence safety concerns, arguing the bill is unnecessary even as employment law experts expect states to continue to consider such legislation in the absence of federal action.
Republicans on the House workforce committee are urging the Labor Department (DOL) to withdraw proposed OSHA regulations and rescind final Biden-era ones as part of a broader push to overhaul “burdensome” regulations from the department.
A panel of D.C. Circuit judges appear likely to rule on the merits of the Biden-era TSCA framework rule laying out procedures for evaluating existing chemicals’ risks to workers and others, after judges repeatedly questioned EPA and industry attorneys’ arguments that the court lacks jurisdiction to do so.
A leading chemical industry attorney is urging the Trump administration to engage industry and other stakeholders in strengthening the coordination between EPA and OSHA, arguing that a newly issued memorandum of understanding (MOU) fails to provide the necessary clarity on their respective regulatory roles.
A leading chemical industry attorney is urging the Trump administration to engage industry and other stakeholders in strengthening the coordination between EPA and OSHA, arguing that a newly issued memorandum of understanding (MOU) fails to provide the necessary clarity on their respective regulatory roles.
A federal appellate court has backed calls from labor and other groups to hear oral arguments March 21 in a case over EPA’s Biden-era TSCA framework rule laying out the procedures for evaluating -- and thus regulating -- worker and other risks under the law, though the court has directed the parties to discuss EPA’s request to remand the rule.
Worker advocates and Kentucky’s governor are raising concerns about recently passed state legislation that if enacted would block regulators from enforcing years-old rules that are less protective than federal OSHA standards, setting up a test of whether the Trump administration will enforce statutory mandates for state program effectiveness.