Under federal law, most executive branch agencies, including the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), are required to publish a semi-annual regulatory agenda that contains a list of each regulatory action the agency plans to take during the next 12 months, along with a time estimate as to when the action will be taken.
The Trump Administration recently published its first semi-annual regulatory agenda, and it looks a lot different than those we saw during the Obama Administration. For starters, the formal name of the collective agendas has been changed to the “Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions,” (emphasis added), signaling that the agendas must now include deregulatory initiatives that are designed to reduce burdens and costs.
Indeed, rather than stressing new regulatory initiatives, the agendas now feature a number of anticipated regulatory rescissions or other revisions of Obama-era regulations. This is consistent with the Trump Administration’s new policies emphasizing deregulatory actions.
Given the differences between this agenda and past ones, NT Lakis attorneys have prepared a guide to selected regulatory items that may be of interest to employers. In addition to highlighting regulatory priorities of the DOL and EEOC, we have also included some regulatory activities of the Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council.
Members of the Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC) can read more here.