On June 28, the U.S. Supreme Court听听Chevron, USA Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council. ABC鈥檚 general counsel, Littler Mendelson, provided an of the decision:

鈥淐hevron听often required courts to defer to federal agencies when those agencies were interpreting statutes they administer. Because of [the June 28] decision, courts will no longer defer. Instead, they will give statutes their 鈥榖est鈥� interpretation. That means agencies鈥攊ncluding labor and employment agencies鈥攚ill have less leeway to write broad rules. They will instead have to write rules that hew more closely to statutory language. They may also have to defend some existing rules against closer scrutiny in court. And that closer scrutiny could upset some recently adopted or proposed rules, such as rules on overtime, safety inspections, and independent contracting.鈥�

The ABC-led Coalition for a Democratic Workplace issued a on the decision:

鈥淭he Supreme Court has rightly recognized that听Chevron听deference gave too much authority听to federal agencies. Agencies like the National Labor Relations听Board have taken advantage of this decision to interpret their statutes in radical, expansive ways never intended by Congress.听Chevron听also allowed the Board to engage in incessant flip-flopping on issues with each change of administration, leading to unmanageable uncertainty for the employer community.

鈥淭he Court鈥檚 new decision will result in more reasonable policies from the executive branch. The judicial system will finally have the ability and responsibility to rein in overreaching agencies like the NLRB to protect the regulated community.鈥�