STATE OF NEW JERSEY et al v. ACOSTA et al

  1. August 19, 2019

    States Slam DOL Over 'Arbitrary' Injury Reporting Rollback

    Six states challenging the U.S. Department of Labor's move to roll back rules requiring large employers to submit electronic reports of workplace injuries have told a D.C. federal court that revoking the regulation is "substantively arbitrary and capricious" and that the government is exaggerating the workplace privacy concerns.

  2. July 22, 2019

    DOL Says Privacy Concerns Justify Injury Reporting Change

    The U.S. Department of Labor told a D.C. federal judge Friday that it had legitimate reasons to roll back a requirement for larger employers to file electronic reports of workplace injuries, arguing that lawsuits by six states and a coalition of public health groups challenging the change should be dismissed.

  3. March 06, 2019

    DOL Didn't Justify Ending Injury Reporting Rule, States Say

    New Jersey's attorney general on Wednesday led a coalition of states accusing the U.S. Department of Labor in D.C. federal court of unjustifiably rolling back an Obama administration rule requiring larger employers to file reports of workplace injuries electronically.