Beltway Buzz, July 24, 2026

Short summary

The Beltway Buzz covers four key labor and employment developments: EEOC proposes rescinding the EEO-1 report requirement, a House committee advances joint-employer and heat-illness bills, bipartisan senators introduce a paid leave grant program, and DOL issues new wage-and-hour opinion letters on remote-work commuting scenarios. Comments on the EEOC proposal are due August 24, 2026.

• •EEOC proposes eliminating EEO-1 workforce demographic reports, citing cost and discrimination concerns
• •House committee advances American Franchise Act and bill blocking OSHA heat-illness standard
• •Bipartisan Senate bill would fund state paid family and medical leave programs
• •DOL issues opinion letters on remote-work commuting compensability under FLSA

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