DOL Creates Website to Facilitate Public Comment on its Regulations

The Department of Labor has launched an online tool to enable the public to provide input on ways to improve the DOL’s regulatory review process in general and existing regulations in particular. This web initiative is part of the DOL’s efforts to comply with President Obama’s recent Executive Order directing federal agencies to develop plans to review existing significant regulations to determine whether they could be made more effective and/or less burdensome on employers.

Commenters are asked to identify the particular regulation or reporting requirement at issue and provide legal citation(s) where available. The DOL also asks that commenters provide, “in as much detail as possible, an explanation of why a regulation or reporting requirement should be modified, streamlined, expanded, or repealed, as well as specific suggestions of ways the Department can better achieve its regulatory objectives.” All comments must be received by the end of the month. More information on this process can be found here.

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