Industry Asks High Court To Reverse State Ruling On Reach Of OSH Act

Business groups are urging the Supreme Court to review and reverse a California high court ruling that backed the state's use of supplemental enforcement powers to address workplace safety violations, fearing it will allow nearly two dozen other states operating under OSHA-approved plans to use their unapproved state laws to address alleged violations. The groups are asking the justices to review Emerson Electric Co. v. Superior Court of California, Orange County , in which California's high court ruled that the...