Chevron Reversal Seen Aiding Suits Over OSHA ‘Walkaround’ Rule, Citations

An employer attorney says the Supreme Court’s reversal of its long-standing Chevron deference doctrine bolsters the odds that a court will reverse OSHA’s new rule governing employee representatives’ roles in inspection walkarounds and will encourage the targets of enforcement actions to challenge whatever standards the agency cites them for violating. Jim Sullivan, a former chair of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) who is now co-chair of the law firm Cozen O'Connor’s workplace safety practice, told Inside...