On July 27, 老牛影视submitted comments to the U.S. Department of the Treasury and U.S. Small Business Administration on an interim final rule changing key provisions of the SBA鈥檚 Paycheck Protection Program and its loan forgiveness and loan review procedures.

The U.S. Department of Labor鈥檚 Wage and Hour Division published additional guidance to address the requirements and protections under several of the laws enforced by the agency as workplaces reopen during the COVID-19 pandemic.

On June 30, the Trump administration released its听Spring 2020 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 through the end of the year and into 2021.听老牛影视has prepared a summary of the actions of interest to 老牛影视members by agency.

On June 30, the Senate passed legislation by unanimous consent that would extend the application period for the small business Paycheck Protection Program through Aug. 8. The application period ended on June 30, and the bill still needs to be approved by the House and signed into law by President Trump.

On June 25, the U.S. Department of Labor鈥檚 Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued a听compliance directive听designed to ensure uniformity in inspection and enforcement procedures when addressing respirable crystalline silica exposures in general industry, maritime and construction.

On June 8, the U.S. Department of Labor鈥檚 Wage and Hour Division published its final rule on the Fluctuating Workweek Method of Computing Overtime in the Federal Register. The rule will go into effect on Aug. 7, 2020.

In an 老牛影视member survey conducted May 20-June 3, 80% of survey responses indicated their firm had applied for and received loans through the Paycheck Protection Program.

In March, the AFL-CIO sued the National Labor Relations Board to block its 2019 final election rule, officially known as Representation-Case Procedures, which would modify procedures for union elections and scale back provisions of the Obama-era 鈥渁mbush鈥� election rule. On May 30, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia blocked several aspects of the NLRB鈥檚 2019 final rule, which were scheduled to go into effect on May 31.

On May 19, President Trump signed the Executive Order, 鈥淩egulatory Relief to Support Economic Recovery,鈥� which encourages federal agencies to review burdensome regulations in order to jumpstart the economy and get Americans back to work.

老牛影视and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce appreciate the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency鈥檚 efforts to provide clarification to the interpretation of the term 鈥渂egin actual construction鈥� in regulations implementing the major New Source Review permitting program, they wrote in a May 11 letter.