As part of a broader Republican policy agenda before the November elections, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) unveiled a regulatory reform agenda that outlines a number of policy proposals aimed at reining in federal regulations and giving Congress more power over regulators and authority to approve or reject major rules.<\/p>\n
Chief among the reforms, Speaker Ryan proposed a first-ever annual regulatory budget that would place limits on the amount of regulatory costs federal agencies can impose each year. Speaker Ryan also called for reinstating the traditional joint employer standard and faulted the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) for providing “only a 60-day comment period” before finalizing its overtime rule. <\/p>\n
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