Workplace Policy Institute – California Globe

Supremes Kneecap Administrative State

June 28, 2024 1:40 pmJune 28, 2024 1:40 pm

The United States Supreme Court today threw out 40 years of precedent and overturned the principle of Chevron deference, blowing a huge hole in the power of the administrative state. In a 6 to 3 ruling (Justices Kagan, Sotomayor, and...

Union Reps OK to Accompany OSHA Inspections

March 29, 2024 11:22 amMarch 29, 2024 11:22 am

A new Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rule will allow union reps to accompany agency inspections of worksites even if said worksite is non-union. On a media call Thursday afternoon, Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health Doug Parker said...

Deference Deterrence: Will U.S. Supreme Court Let the Bureaucrats Keep Running Wild?

January 17, 2024 5:03 pmJanuary 17, 2024 9:06 pm

There is a legal thing called “Chevron deference” and it has encouraged the massive growth of the power and scope of the bureaucratic state over the past 40 years. Named after a 1984 legal case, the doctrine holds (in a...

Biden Re-Nominates Julie Su

January 8, 2024 5:27 pmJanuary 8, 2024 5:27 pm

When a pope is chosen, the world is informed by a plume of smoke from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel – white for “we have a new pope!” black for “nope, maybe next vote.” Will Julie Su see the...

Evicting the Squatter: Rep. Kiley Introduces Bill to Limit Su’s Job Tenure

July 28, 2023 1:34 pmJuly 28, 2023 1:51 pm

Republican member of Congress Kevin Kiley (R-Rocklin) today introduced a bill that would cut through the current questions swirling around acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su’s tenure in the job. Essentially, the bill states that Federal Vacancies Act would definitely...

Suing over Su?

July 27, 2023 5:06 pmJuly 27, 2023 5:12 pm

National industry groups have raised the specter of legal action if Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su is kept in her job indefinitely despite her failure thus far to be confirmed by the Senate for the permanent gig. The stalemate...