The Gang That Couldn’t (de)Regulate Straight
President Trump frequently boasts about “eliminating more regulations in our first year than any administration in history.” This is supposedly…
NY Times Story on Regulatory Policy Again Forgets Workers, Communities
The New York Times, in another rather questionable Front Page article, The Trump Effect: Business, Anticipating Less Regulation, Loosens Purse Strings,…
Trump’s War on Coal (Miners) Continues
When I noted last week that OSHA had come out of the new Fall 2017 Regulatory Agenda relatively unscathed, I…
Republicans Find New Ways to Roll Back Protections
Just what you needed One more thing to keep you up at night. One of things we complained about at…
OSHA: What’s On Your Regulatory Agenda?
The Office of Management and Budget released its Spring (very, very late Spring) Regulatory Agenda yesterday. The Regulatory Agenda is…
Breaking: OSHA Launches Rollback of Beryllium Worker Protections
Less than half a year after workers finally received long overdue protections against deadly beryllium dust, the Trump administration has…
Chemical Standards
Congressional Review Act
Deconstructing the Administrative State
Regulations and Standards
Regulatory Process
Why Workers Wait So Long For OSHA Standards (And How Trump Is Making It Worse)
Attached here is an article I wrote for Law 360 about OSHA’s painfully slow process for issuing standards that protect…
Alex Acosta
Beryllium
Deconstructing the Administrative State
Department of Labor
OSHA
Regulations and Standards
Regulatory Process
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Trump
Trump Administration Continues to Attack Worker Protections
The New York Times takes another look at Obama administration worker protections that are being “revisited” in the early months…
Acosta Reassures Business Community: “The Labor Department will roll back regulations.”
Responding to withering criticism from his friends in the business community for allowing the Obama administration’s “fiduciary rule” to go…
AFL-CIO
Alex Acosta
Deconstructing the Administrative State
Office of Management and Budget
Regulations and Standards
Regulatory Process
Making OSHA More Effective: President Trump and Secretary Acosta Need Your Help!
President Trump and Labor Secretary Acosta need you to do something for your country. On March 13, President Trump signed…