18 Department of Labor and Related Agencies

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1. 582 Issue an executive order banning federally funded critical race theory training Needs Congress Not started
2. 582 Direct DOJ and EEOC to enforce Title VII against racial classifications and quotas Not started
3. 583 Eliminate EEO-1 data collection Not started
4. 583 Amend Title VII to bar EEOC collection of EEO-1 racial data Needs Congress Not started
5. 583 Eliminate disparate impact as a theory of discrimination under Title VII Needs Congress Not started
6. 583 Sign an executive order forbidding OFCCP use of disparate impact Not started
7. 583 Eliminate the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs Not started
8. 584 Rescind Executive Order 11246 Not started
9. 584 Restrict Bostock to hiring and firing Not started
10. 584 Withdraw agency notices and guidances applying Bostock broadly Not started
11. 584 Rescind regulations barring sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination Not started
12. 585 Direct agencies to enforce sex discrimination law on the biological binary Not started
13. 585 Pass a law requiring equal or greater benefits for pregnancy and childbirth Needs Congress Not started
14. 585 Clarify that ERISA does not preempt state abortion restrictions Needs Congress Not started
15. 586 Issue an executive order protecting religious employers and employees Not started
16. 586 Clarify Title VII’s religious organization exemptions Needs Congress Not started
17. 586 Redefine Title VII undue hardship as significant difficulty or expense Needs Congress Not started
18. 586 Have EEOC disclaim its regulatory pretensions Not started
19. 586 Require EEOC action by majority vote of Commissioners Not started
20. 587 Have EEOC disclaim power to enter consent decrees Not started
21. 587 Reorient EEOC enforcement toward disability, religion, and pregnancy claims Not started
22. 587 Enact the Working Families Flexibility Act Needs Congress Not started
23. 587 Amend the FLSA to exclude on-site childcare costs from the regular rate Needs Congress Not started
24. 588 Redirect the Women’s Bureau research budget to open inquiry Not started
25. 588 Double the work-based retirement contribution limit for married couples Needs Congress Not started
26. 588 Establish an Assistant Commissioner for Family Statistics at BLS Needs Congress Not started
27. 588 Create a monthly BLS pilot survey of American family wellbeing Needs Congress Not started
28. 588 Require the Consumer Price Index basket to include family-essential goods Needs Congress Not started
29. 589 Amend the FLSA to require time-and-a-half for Sabbath work Needs Congress Not started
30. 589 Limit telework overtime to days exceeding 10 hours of work Needs Congress Not started
31. 590 Have DOL limit timekeeping requirements for teleworking employees Not started
32. 590 Exempt home offices from OSHA rules and home-office costs from the regular rate Not started
33. 591 Restore the 2019 and 2021 independent contractor rules Not started
34. 591 Enact a bright-line employee vs. independent contractor test Needs Congress Not started
35. 591 Create a safe harbor for firms offering independent workers earned benefits Needs Congress Not started
36. 591 Restore the direct-and-immediate-control joint employer standard Not started
37. 591 Enact the Save Local Business Act Needs Congress Not started
38. 592 Keep an overtime threshold that does not punish lower-cost regions Not started
39. 592 Base the overtime regular rate on salary rather than benefits Needs Congress Not started
40. 592 Allow overtime to be calculated over two- or four-week periods Needs Congress Not started
41. 593 Reinstate the PRO Good Guidance rule at DOL Not started
42. 593 Amend the Administrative Procedure Act to limit guidance documents Needs Congress Not started
43. 594 Use the Regulatory Flexibility Act to exempt small entities from labor rules Not started
44. 594 Raise the revenue thresholds for NLRB jurisdiction Needs Congress Not started
45. 594 Exempt small first-time non-willful violators from OSHA fines Needs Congress Not started
46. 594 Implement an industry-recognized apprenticeship program outside the RAP Not started
47. 595 Re-create the IRAP system by statute Needs Congress Not started
48. 595 Enable religious organizations to run apprenticeship programs Not started
49. 595 Amend hazard-order regulations to let trained teenagers work dangerous jobs Not started
50. 595 Create a $10,000 employer grant for on-the-job training Needs Congress Not started
51. 596 Apply skills-based hiring standards to federal contractors Not started
52. 596 Prohibit BA requirements in private sector job descriptions Needs Congress Not started
53. 597 Streamline workforce development programs in WIOA reauthorization Needs Congress Not started
54. 598 Enact unemployment insurance program integrity reforms Needs Congress Not started
55. 598 Commission a congressional report on UI technical standards Needs Congress Not started
56. 598 Give DOL graduated enforcement tools for the UI system Needs Congress Not started
57. 598 Review the $2 billion American Rescue Plan UI procurements Not started
58. 599 Pass the Teamwork for Employees and Managers (TEAM) Act Needs Congress Not started
59. 600 Enact the Intermediate Bodies Rule and restore the T-1 Trust Annual Report Not started
60. 600 Expand funding for the Office of Labor-Management Standards Needs Congress Not started
61. 600 Have NLRB treat union political conflicts as breaches of fair representation Not started
62. 601 Return to the Alstate Maintenance protected concerted activity standard Not started
63. 601 Increase NLRB use of Section 10(j) injunctive relief Not started
64. 601 Investigate worker centers and require them to file financial disclosures Not started
65. 602 Let OLMS open union investigations without a formal complaint Not started
66. 602 Rescind the persuader rule if revived Not started
67. 603 Discard card check and mandate secret ballot union elections Needs Congress Not started
68. 603 Eliminate the NLRB contract bar rule Not started
69. 603 Amend the NLRA to make national employment laws negotiable defaults Needs Congress Not started
70. 604 End mandatory Project Labor Agreement requirements Not started
71. 604 Repeal the Davis–Bacon Act Needs Congress Not started
72. 605 Approve non-public worker organizations as UI administrators Not started
73. 605 Offer states waivers from Social Security Act UI requirements Not started
74. 605 Condition public UI funds on 501(c)(3) political spending restrictions Not started
75. 605 Pass legislation allowing state waivers from federal labor laws Needs Congress Not started
76. 606 Bar extra qualifications in federally funded occupational licensing compacts Needs Congress Not started
77. 606 Stop federally funded programs from locking qualified licensees out of work Needs Congress Not started
78. 606 Repromulgate and codify the Trump-era Wagner–Peyser staffing flexibility rule Needs Congress Not started
79. 606 Remove ESG considerations from ERISA Not started
80. 607 Prohibit non-pecuniary factors in ERISA plan investing Not started
81. 607 Return to the Trump-era pecuniary-factors-only ERISA rule Not started
82. 607 Subject ERISA plan investment in China to greater scrutiny Not started
83. 608 Remove ESG-encouraging mutual fund windows from the Thrift Savings Plan Not started
84. 608 Pull federal pension funds from BlackRock and State Street Not started
85. 608 Bring enforcement actions against BlackRock and State Street over the TSP Not started
86. 608 Authorize FRTIB independent proxy voting for TSP holdings Needs Congress Not started
87. 609 Use DOL oversight of FRTIB to prohibit TSP investment in China Not started
88. 609 Enact legislation prohibiting TSP investment in China Needs Congress Not started
89. 609 Require public pension plans to disclose fair market funding values Needs Congress Not started
90. 609 Reform multiemployer pensions to match single-employer protections Needs Congress Not started
91. 610 Make PBGC file its annual report on time with fair-market value data Not started
92. 610 Have PBGC use its authority against underfunded multiemployer plans Not started
93. 610 Raise the PBGC variable rate premium and end the per-participant cap Needs Congress Not started
94. 611 Issue clear ESOP valuation and fiduciary conduct regulations Not started
95. 611 Cap and phase down the H-2A visa program Needs Congress Not started
96. 611 Fund an agricultural automation industry consortium Needs Congress Not started
97. 612 Cap and phase out the H-2B visa program Needs Congress Not started
98. 612 Require federal contractors to employ at least 70 percent U.S. citizens Needs Congress Not started
99. 613 Amend the law to let employers prefer hiring American citizens Needs Congress Not started
100. 613 Follow OIG recommendations on visa fraud investigations and debarments Not started
101. 613 Replicate USMCA labor provisions in future free trade agreements Not started
102. 613 Have future FTAs eliminate all forms of forced or compulsory labor Not started
103. 613 Have future FTAs protect workers’ organizing rights from employer interference Not started
104. 614 Include supply-chain transparency mechanisms in Trade Promotion Authority Needs Congress Not started
105. 614 Include a general prohibition on forced labor in Trade Promotion Authority Needs Congress Not started
106. 614 Refocus ILAB investigations on foreign labor abuses harming U.S. workers Not started
107. 615 Cut labor agency budgets to the low end of the historical average Needs Congress Not started
108. 615 Concentrate spending cuts in the Employment and Training Administration Needs Congress Not started
109. 615 Focus health and safety inspections on egregious offenders Not started
110. 615 Maximize the number of political appointees at DOL Not started
111. 615 Appoint new EEOC and NLRB general counsels on Day One Day one Not started
112. 615 Impose a hiring freeze on career officials Not started
113. 615 Fully staff the Office of Compliance Initiatives Not started
114. 616 Move the Office of Foreign Labor Certification out of ETA Not started

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