The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is reiterating arguments that a pair of West Virginia coal miners lack standing to challenge staffing cuts at a key federal workplace safety agency, saying the plaintiffs’ attempt to seek standing in perpetuity is not appropriate under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA).
November 15, 2026
ExxonMobil is arguing that OSHA’s defense in the company’s challenge to a citation for failing to properly record the mental health diagnosis of an employee does little to respond to the company’s legal claims and in fact only confirms the agency failed to meet due process and Administrative Procedure Act (APA) requirements.
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The Labor Department (DOL) is asking the D.C. Circuit to reverse several decisions from the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (FMSHRC) that rejected the DOL secretary’s changes to health and safety citations in enforcement settlements with mining companies, arguing FMSHRC overstepped its authority.
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The Trump EPA is proposing to overhaul major portions of the Biden-era rule outlining how the agency evaluates chemical risks under TSCA including eliminating a requirement to make a single, “whole chemical” risk determination and revising how the agency will consider occupational exposure controls.
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The House Education and Workforce Committee has advanced legislation along party lines to codify OSHA’s longstanding Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP), with Republicans touting the bill’s ability to save OSHA resources and taxpayer dollars but Democrats arguing the bill will do little to actually protect workers.
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California OSHA’s (Cal/OSHA) standards board is partially granting two petitions seeking review of separate worker-safety rules covering residential construction worker falls and bird flu exposure, though they are rejecting requests by the petitioners for emergency standards to address their concerns.
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OSHA is extending by 30 days the deadline for stakeholders to provide additional comments on the Biden-era proposed heat injury and illness standard after an industry coalition said it needed more time to adequately respond to questions from the agency following an informal public hearing.
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OSHA is extending by 30 days the deadline for stakeholders to provide additional comments on the Biden-era proposed heat injury and illness standard after an industry coalition said it needed more time to adequately respond to questions from the agency following an informal public hearing.
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A recent landmark ruling from the 6th Circuit analyzing what constitutes “substantially the same” under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) opens the door for a future Democratic administration to issue new OSHA ergonomics rules after Congress killed a Clinton-era regulation in 2001, administrative law experts say.
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West Virginia coal miners and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are continuing to spar over litigation challenging staffing cuts at a key federal workplace safety agency, with HHS renewing a motion to dismiss the case and the miners urging a federal court to again reject the department’s arguments.
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