On March 12, 2024, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources held a hearing to discuss findings and recommendations for the Wildland and Fire Mitigation and Management Commission. This hearing provided members of Congress and witnesses the opportunity to [...]

Planet Volumes/Unsplash On March 11, 2024, the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division’s (WHD) final rule for determining whether a worker is an employee or independent contractor became effective. The final rule rescinds DOL’s 2021 regulation that was [...]

Pending changes at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services would increase program-use costs for employers sponsoring H-2B workers. Photo of a section of wall on the U.S./Mexico border by Greg Bulla/Unsplash. On January 31, 2024, the Department of Homeland Security’s [...]

Map of OSHA regions. Courtesy of OSHA.gov. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) utilizes various strategies to mitigate workplace hazards and ensure compliance with safety standards. One approach is the implementation of Regional Emphasis Programs (REPs). REPs are primarily [...]

Photo by Louis Velazquez/Unsplash. On December 6, 2023, the Biden administration released its Fall 2023 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions, providing a detailed glimpse into the initiatives under development across approximately 67 federal departments, agencies and commissions. These [...]