Republican Legislators Push Ahead With Agenda. This week, the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Ways and Means advanced—on a party-line 26–19 vote—a tax reform package that included Republicans’ top fiscal priorities. The bill makes permanent many provisions of the…

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• The revisions to Section 3395, the outdoor heat illness prevention regulation, provide greater details and requirements for acclimatization. The same changes are intended for Section 3396, the indoor heat illness prevention regulation.
• Both the indoor and outdoor heat

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• Maryland employers must comply with Maryland Occupational Safety and Health’s (MOSH) new heat-related illness prevention standard.
• The MOSH standard has been criticized for its vagueness and the burden it places on employers, leading to potential confusion and inconsistent

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• A federal district court recently vacated parts of the EEOC’s guidance related to workplace harassment of LGBTQ+ employees.
• Despite the Supreme Court’s holding in Bostock that discrimination based on sex in hiring or firing decisions violates Title VII’s

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• A federal judge recently paused litigation over the 2024 mental health parity regulations focused on nonquantified treatment limitations.
• The Trump administration is considering rescinding or adjusting the rules.
• The federal agencies will not enforce the 2024 rules in

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