Regulations adopted late in an outgoing president’s term are typically referred to as “midnight” regulations, and are commonly aimed at implementing the prior administration’s policy objectives before it leaves office. As such, these midnight regulations typically are scrutinized carefully by the incoming administration, and it is not uncommon for the new regulators to attempt to delay them or even prevent them from going into effect.
The Trump Administration was no exception to the established practice of an outgoing administration to push out significant regulatory actions during its last few months in office, and many of these regulatory actions impacted workplace compliance.
Presented below is a summary of selected Trump Administration workplace regulations that were advanced in the last six months, their current status, and whether they are or could be subject to the Biden Administration’s “regulatory freeze” memorandum or rescission by Congress under the Congressional Review Act (CRA).
Members of the Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC) can read more here.