Beltway Buzz, July 10, 2026

Short summary

The Trump administration's second Unified Regulatory Agenda outlines upcoming labor and employment rulemaking. Key items include EEOC plans to rescind the EEO-1 form and Uniform Employee Selection Guidelines, DOL final rules on independent contractors by October 2026, and OSHA proposals on heat injury prevention, lock-out/tag-out modernization, and workplace violence in healthcare. Several items have shifted timelines or moved to long-term status.

• •EEOC plans to rescind EEO-1 reporting form and 45-year-old Uniform Selection Guidelines
• •DOL independent contractor final rule expected October 2026; tip and young-worker proposals upcoming
• •OSHA advancing heat injury prevention rule with final rule targeted for October 2027

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