Both the House and Senate Appropriations Committees advanced spending measures that include riders prohibiting funding for a variety of the administration's regulatory initiatives.
On June 17, 2015, the IRS and the PBGC released several regulatory measures implementing the multiemployer pension plan amendments that were enacted in December, 2014.
On June 10, 2015, six federal agencies issued a joint policy statement establishing standards for assessing the policies and diversity practices of the entities they regulate.
The day after the House Appropriations Committee released a draft bill that would significantly limit certain federal agency rules and initiatives, the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education held a markup session of the measure.
A draft House appropriations bill to fund various federal agencies, including the Department of Labor, for Fiscal Year 2016 includes several provisions that would effectively halt a number of controversial regulatory efforts.
On June 12, 2015, the Oregon legislature passed Senate Bill 454, legislation that will require most employers with 10 or more employees in Oregon to provide employees with up to 40 hours per year of paid sick leave.
Panelists and lawmakers at a House Subcommittee hearing expressed concern about the pending regulatory changes to the FLSA, and criticized DOL enforcement tactics.
