January 20, 2025
Trump's Jan. 20 regulatory freeze paused OSHA's heat safety rule requiring water and rest breaks at 80°F, while Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer oversees former Amazon safety executive David Keeling leading OSHA under the administration's '10-to-1' deregulation mandate.
President Trump’s “10-to-1” deregulation rule requires federal agencies to eliminate 10 existing regulations for every new rule introduced (CorFix OSHA analysis).
On May 29, 2025, the Trump administration’s regulatory freeze halted OSHA’s proposed federal heat safety rule—which would have required employers to provide water, rest breaks, and shade when temperatures exceed certain thresholds—indefinitely (Ogletree Deakins legal analysis; CorFix OSHA analysis).
California and Washington maintain their own state heat illness prevention regulations that remain in effect regardless of federal OSHA rulemaking (Employment Law Letter analysis).
The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission has lacked a quorum to decide cases since Apr. 2023; Chairman Atwood remains the sole member, preventing the Commission from issuing decisions (Jackson Lewis workplace analysis).
Connecticut’s Senate Bill 830, introduced in Jan. 2025 by the Connecticut General Assembly, would establish comprehensive heat safety standards for employees in agriculture, construction and landscaping, covering both outdoor and indoor work settings (Employment Law Letter analysis).
What approach does the Trump administration favor regarding workplace safety enforcement?
OSHA inspections and citations will continue under the Trump administration despite regulatory changes.
Trump's regulatory freeze has halted OSHA's proposed heat safety rule.
What was the proposed requirement in OSHA's heat safety rule that employers would have had to provide?
What act would completely eliminate OSHA according to Congressional legislation?
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Start Quizissued a regulatory freeze on OSHA rulemaking (including the heat safety rule and emergency response standards) and enacted the “10-to-1” deregulation rule (CorFix OSHA analysis; Ogletree Deakins legal analysis).
reintroduced the Nullify Occupational Safety and Health Administration Act (“NOSHA Act”) in 2025 to repeal OSHA and abolish the agency (Fulcrum legislative analysis).
appointed to the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission in 2025 to address its quorum vacancy (National Law Review analysis).