Three proposed rules of concern to 老牛影视members promulgated by the U.S. Department of Labor are currently at the Office of Management and Budget鈥檚 Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs and are expected to be issued imminently. The Worker Walkaround Representative Designation Process and Overtime proposed rules are being reviewed by OIRA, and review of the Form LM-10 Employer Report final rule has concluded.

On June 22, the U.S. Department of Labor鈥檚 Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced it will be holding Small Business Advocacy Review panel (also known as a SBREFA panel) meetings this summer to gather input on a possible Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings rule.

On June 13, the Biden administration released its听Spring 2023 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. The agenda lists upcoming rulemakings and other regulatory actions from each agency that the administration expects to publish in 2023. 老牛影视has听prepared a summary of the actions of interest to 老牛影视members by agency.听

On May 25, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in the Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency case, narrowing the scope of 鈥渨aters of the United States鈥� that may be regulated under the Clean Water Act.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled June 1 that the International Brotherhood of Teamsters can be sued, after a lawsuit alleged that a 2017 drivers鈥� strike in Washington state damaged a concrete supplier鈥檚 product.

On May 25, 老牛影视joined the Partnership to Protect Workplace Opportunity in sending a letter to the U.S. Department of Labor鈥檚 Wage and Hour Division, urging Acting Secretary Julie Su to abandon or at least postpone issuance of its anticipated proposed rulemaking that would alter overtime regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The letter includes signatures from over 100 organizations.

The Mackinac Center for Public Policy recently published a study evaluating the effects of state prevailing wage policy on road construction and maintenance costs. Prevailing wage requirements undermine nonunion contractors鈥� competitiveness for public works contracts by standardizing the payment of union wage rates via methodologically defective surveys.

On May 1, 2023, President Joe Biden鈥檚 administration announced its intent to end certain COVID-19 vaccination requirements, including the mandate on federal contractors. According to the announcement, President Biden will soon issue an executive order rescinding vaccine requirements and COVID-19 safety protocols for federal contractors, effective at 12:01 a.m. on May 12.

On April 22, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued a听clarified ruling听blocking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers from enforcing a final rule published by the agencies on Jan. 18 that听revises the definition of Waters

On April 19, 老牛影视submitted comments in opposition to the Federal Trade Commission鈥檚 unprecedented proposal to ban all noncompete agreements nationwide, a radical departure from hundreds of years of legal precedent. Ultimately, this vastly overbroad rule will invalidate millions of reasonable