Benjamin Noren is the Associate Chair of DHC’s Labor and Employment group and concentrates his practice on litigating, counseling, and advising businesses and individuals in various industries. His expertise is in a wide range of labor and employment and commercial litigation matters, including wage and hour claims, sexual harassment, retaliation, and discrimination claims before federal and state courts.
The current 6-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court appears poised to place some limits on agency actions.
If the Supreme Court says that the statute granting OSHA authority is vague and imprecise, you could see a number of challenges to OSHA regulations relating to workplace hazards that have gone unchallenged for many years.