A California board focused on workplace safety voted Thursday for permanent rules to protect workers from silicosis, an incurable and deadly lung disease. Public health officials have tallied more ...

WASHINGTON – It's long been a conservative dream: shrinking the federal government. And on Friday, part of the dream came true: the Supreme Court tossed a 40-year principle that boosted the power of ...

The US Supreme Court turned away a sweeping attack on federal regulatory power, refusing to weigh an industry-backed appeal that might have cast doubt on hundreds of workplace-safety standards. The ...

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WASHINGTON – A Supreme Court that has tried to rein in what it views as regulatory overreach by executive branch agencies nonetheless declined to decide if Congress violated the Constitution when it ...

The California legislature has passed a slew of new workplace safety laws – many of which would change the landscape for California employers. Now that the September 30 deadline for the governor to ...

A bill championed by a pair of Colorado Democrats seeks to put federal workplace safety law into state statute in anticipation of rollbacks and lack of enforcement by the Occupational Safety and ...

A federal appeals court just handed HR departments a roadmap for distinguishing between disability accommodations and run-of-the-mill safety complaints. The Eighth Circuit ruling, issued February 12, ...

The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) is moving forward with updates to chapter 296-800 WAC, which outlines the state’s Safety and Health Core Rules. According to the L&I website ...