OSHA Allies Press 6th Circuit To Reject ‘Non-Delegation’ Challenge To OSH Act

Unions, Democratic-led states and pro-regulatory groups are lining up against a contracting firm’s lawsuit claiming OSHA’s authority to craft and enforce safety standards is unconstitutional, calling the company’s claims untethered from the law and warning that granting its request would “hobble” workplace safeguards nationwide. The agency’s allies in Allstates Refractory Contractors v. OSHA filed four amicus briefs on Jan. 30 urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit to uphold the OSH Act standard-setting program against...