The Supreme Court is facing calls to end its long-standing precedent deferring to OSHA and other agencies' interpretations of their own rules, with a critic's opening legal brief urging the justices to scrap the “egregiously wrong” precedent because it allows regulators to change rules on a whim without notice-and-comment rulemaking.
September 17, 2026
The Supreme Court is facing calls to end its long-standing precedent deferring to OSHA and other agencies' interpretations of their own rules, with a critic's opening legal brief urging the justices to scrap the “egregiously wrong” precedent because it allows regulators to change rules on a whim without notice-and-comment rulemaking.
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Hours after OSHA promulgated its rule rolling back the Obama administration's recordkeeping requirements, Public Citizen led an alliance of state and health groups in filing a lawsuit challenging the measure, charging it is “arbitrary and capricious” because of a series of alleged violations of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA).
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As the Trump OSHA prepares to promulgate its final rule rolling back Obama-era injury reporting requirements, it is facing a likely lawsuit alleging it violates the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and oversight from House Democrats who charge it undermines worker safety and its approval during the shutdown may have violated federal law.
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As the Trump OSHA prepares to promulgate its final rule rolling back Obama-era injury reporting requirements, it is facing a likely lawsuit alleging it violates the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and oversight from House Democrats who charge it undermines worker safety and its approval during the shutdown may have violated federal law.
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Labor groups are conferring with Democratic lawmakers over a possible challenge to the Trump administration's approval of OSHA's rule rolling back Obama-era reporting and recordkeeping requirements during the government shutdown, which they say may have violated the Antideficiency Act (ADA).
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Labor groups are conferring with Democratic lawmakers over a possible challenge to the Trump administration's approval of OSHA's rule rolling back Obama-era reporting and recordkeeping requirements during the government shutdown, which they say may have violated the Antideficiency Act (ADA).
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Worker safety advocates are targeting states with high populations of temporary or contract workers to push for legislation strengthening their safety and other protections, using blueprints from recently approved measures in several states that focus on worker safety and create a path for the so-called gig workers to become permanent employees.
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White House officials have approved a final OSHA rule rolling back an Obama-era measure that requires employers to upload injury and illness data online rather than keep the data on a work site, clearing the way for an almost certain lawsuit that critics say has been bolstered by a prior challenge to agency efforts to delay the 2016 rule's implementation.
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White House officials have approved a final OSHA rule rolling back an Obama-era measure that requires employers to upload injury and illness data online rather than keep the data on a work site, clearing the way for an almost certain lawsuit that critics say has been bolstered by a prior challenge to agency efforts to delay the 2016 rule's implementation.
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