Biden Rules Plan Teases Labor Priorities With EEOC Absent (3)

The U.S. Labor Department plans to release a new regulation later this year that would update the prevailing wage and fringe benefits standards for federally funded construction projects, an initiative aligned with the Biden administration’s high-priority infrastructure proposal.

A proposed rule—slated for November—would “update and modernize the regulations implementing the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts to provide greater clarity and enhance their usefulness in the modern economy,” the agency said in the semiannual spring regulatory agenda published Friday by the White House.

The Biden administration’s first regulatory plan covers a wide range of workplace enforcement priorities, from safety and federal ...