The annual process that Congress follows to fund the federal government is well underway as appropriators are formulating agency spending levels for fiscal year (FY) 2022 (October 1, 2021 – September 30, 2022). Of particular note, although final numbers won’t be known for several more weeks, the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives has already approved its version of a bill to fund the Department of Labor (DOL) (including the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP)) and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), among others. Separate spending bills that would fund the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the immigration enforcement agencies have been approved by committee and await expected House floor approval.
Given the sizeable funding increases that the House has approved or is expected to approve for virtually all of the workplace enforcement agencies, we thought it might be of interest to let you know where things stand now, as well as to highlight some instructions that House appropriators have directed at various agencies regarding how they should spend their money.
Members of the Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC) can read more here.