The federal government recently released its fall 2021 regulatory agenda, which includes plans from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to propose a new overtime rule and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to revisit the joint employment standard under federal labor law.
"The agenda provides a listing of all regulations and ensures public engagement in the process of establishing regulations under active consideration … during the coming one-year period," according to the DOL.
Notably, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) did not submit a spring or fall agenda in 2021.
"The EEOC's failure to submit a regulatory agenda for the second time is interesting," said Adam Sencenbaugh, an attorney with Haynes Boone in Austin and San Antonio, Texas.
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