Administration Releases Second Regulatory Agenda. Perhaps regulators in the Trump administration are reading the Buzz, because the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions was released just one week after we noted its absence. This is only the administration’s second such regulatory agenda, as the administration failed to issue a fall regulatory agenda in 2025. As always, the dates noted in the current Regulatory Agenda are closer to internal agency “guesstimates” than binding deadlines. Set forth below are the regulatory items employers should watch in the months ahead.

National Labor Relations Board. There are no short-term or long-term regulatory entries for the NLRB.

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The EEOC has put forth a robust regulatory agenda. Over the next several months, the Commission plans to rescind the EEO-1 reporting form and its Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (which have been in place for more than forty-five years) and amend the regulations implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, among other initiatives. T. Scott Kelly, James J. Plunkett, and Nonnie L. Shivers have the details.

U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) – Wage and Hour Division (WHD)

• Independent Contractor. Comments on the Fair Labor Standards Act independent contractor proposal closed on April 28, 2026. A final rule is scheduled to be issued in October 2026.
• Joint Employer. In an example of how the dates in the Regulatory...

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