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Labor Department Proposes Repeal of Over 60 Workplace Regulations

Entering the public comment phase, the proposals face scrutiny over cost savings versus worker protections

FILE - Construction workers frame up a roof of wood lumber at a new home build, April 1, 2025, in Laveen, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
FILE - Caregiver Warren Manchess helping Paul Gregoline with his shoes and socks, in Noblesville, Ind., Nov. 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)
FILE - The entrance to the Labor Department is seen near the Capitol in Washington, May 7, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
FILE - Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer listens as President Donald Trump speaks with reporters while signing executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, April 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Overview

  • The department has published plans to rescind or revise more than 60 rules covering wage mandates, safety standards and enforcement authorities under OSHA and MSHA.
  • One proposal would eliminate federal minimum wage and overtime pay for about 3.7 million home health care workers by reverting to a pre-2013 framework.
  • The DOL aims to roll back 2024 H-2A farmworker protections, including seat belt requirements on employer-provided transport and safeguards against retaliation.
  • OSHA plans would narrow its general duty clause to exempt inherently risky professional activities and remove a mandate for adequate construction site lighting.
  • Under the proposed MSHA changes, district managers would lose the power to impose extra mine safety and training requirements without congressional rulemaking.