Proposed Rule 1 Jul 2025 compliance, regulations, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, reporting requirements, department of labor, labor, labor organizations

📊Proposed Rule to Revise Labor Organization Report Filing Thresholds

This proposed rule revises the filing thresholds in 29 CFR 403.4(a) for the Forms LM-2, LM-3, and LM-4 Labor Organization Annual Reports. This summary can be found at www.regulations.gov by searching by the RIN: 1245-AA15.

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Proposed Rule 1 Jul 2025 compliance, government contracts, government procurement, administrative practice and procedure, employment, investigations, civil rights, labor regulations, individuals with disabilities, labor, equal employment opportunity, federal contractors, disability rights, equal opportunity

♿Proposed Revisions to Rehabilitation Act Affecting Federal Contractors

The U.S. Department of Labor proposes to revise its implementing regulations for Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. The proposed revisions will better align the regulations with recent case law and executive orders, including Executive Order 14173, "Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity" and Executive Order 14219, "Ensuring Lawful Governance and Implementing the President's `Department of Government Efficiency' Deregulatory Initiative."

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Proposed Rule 1 Jul 2025 compliance, mining, regulation, chemicals, safety, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, hazardous substances, labor, mine safety and health, mines, surface mining, electric power, explosives, equipment, fire prevention, metals

⛏️Proposed Rule to Rescind Drilling Safety Requirements by MSHA

MSHA is proposing to rescind requirements for the maintenance of drill equipment and inspection of drilling areas before starting drilling operations at surface metal and nonmetal mines. Removing these provisions would not reduce protections afforded to miners because the requirements are duplicative and covered elsewhere in 30 CFR part 56.

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Proposed Rule 1 Jul 2025 compliance, regulations, government contracts, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, employment, civil rights, labor, equal employment opportunity, workforce, outreach, affirmative action, wioa

⚖️Proposed Rescission of WIOA Affirmative Outreach Requirements

The Department of Labor (Department), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management, Civil Rights Center (CRC), proposes to remove the regulations implementing the nondiscrimination and equal opportunity provisions of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) that contain affirmative outreach requirements for recipients of financial assistance under Title I of WIOA. WIOA does not authorize the Department to require affirmative outreach, therefore the Department is proposing to remove this requirement.

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Proposed Rule 1 Jul 2025 compliance, mining, regulations, safety, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, labor, communications equipment, mine safety and health, electric power, explosives, msha, emergency medical services, fire prevention, photometers

💡Proposed Rule to Remove Photometer Requirement in Mining Safety Regulations

MSHA proposes to revise title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations (30 CFR) part 75 by removing requirements for methods in measuring luminous intensity with a photometer. Removing this provision would provide greater flexibility in measurement procedures while maintaining protection for miners.

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Notice 24 Jun 2025 regulation, chemicals, business compliance, labor, occupational safety

⚠️OSHA Seeks Comments on Process Safety Management Information Collection

OSHA solicits public comments concerning the proposal to extend the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval of the information collection requirements specified in the Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals Standard.

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Notice 23 Jun 2025 compliance, federal regulations, labor, unemployment insurance, data exchange

📊Federal-State Unemployment Insurance Data Exchange Notice

The Department of Labor's (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is soliciting comments concerning a proposed revision to the authority to conduct the information collection request (ICR) titled, "Federal-State Unemployment Insurance Program Data Exchange Standardization." This comment request is part of continuing Departmental efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent burden in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA).

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Notice 23 Jun 2025 compliance, information collection, disability, employment, department of labor, labor

🏢DOL’s RETAIN Program

The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.

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Notice 20 Jun 2025 compliance, regulatory, advisory board, department of labor, toxic substances, labor, worker health

⚖️Renewal of Advisory Board on Toxic Substances for Worker Health

The Secretary of Labor (Secretary) has approved the renewal of the charter of the Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health (Board). The renewed charter will expire two years from its filing date or until the Board terminates, whichever occurs first.

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Notice 17 Jun 2025 compliance, regulation, health, labor, data privacy, unemployment

📊Business Implications of the Privacy Act Matching Program

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Child Support Services (OCSS), is providing notice of a re-established matching program between HHS/ACF/OCSS and state workforce agencies (SWA) administering the Unemployment Compensation benefits program (UC). The matching program compares SWA records with new hire and quarterly wage information maintained in the National Directory of New Hires (NDNH), the outcomes of which help SWAs administer their UC programs.

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