Iowa has a state plan and Iowa isn’t enforcing the federal OSHA standard at all. They have their own rules.
The corporation is lying if they say anything else.
OSHA trumps Iowa OSHA.
Full stop.
Iowa has a division empowered by OSHA to enforce OSHA regulations on the state. Some states do the same with the EPA.
But in a case of a state being less restrictive than the federal level you go to the federal level unless you want to spend a lot of money to lose the case.
I have been doing this for over 20 years, and am pretty familiar with how regulatory things work here. What this does is give Iowa companies some breathing room till the fed enforcement starts. Saying “Well we do this in Iowa” to OSHA is a guaranteed way to end up with a big fine. Saying “Well this was the instruction given to us by our local regulatory arm. How can we come into compliancy?” Is a path to a reduced finding (it happens more often than you would imagine) but you will be forced to the federal standard if the federal agency chooses to enforce. Full stop.
Now all this depends on the USSC ruling. If I had to guess, Kim thinks it will be a strike down to the mandate.
Any thoughts on what appears to be AJ Alito’s discussion of a possible administrative stay apparently not being implemented (yet)?
I’m just wondering what the lack of a decision, stay, etc either portends (or not).