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Federal rules on wages: 102 since January 2024

64 final rules and 38 proposed rules since January 10, 2024, 42 of them marked significant. 2 are open for comment now. Most come from the Personnel Management Office (32), Housing and Urban Development Department (19), Wage and Hour Division (10), Employment and Training Administration (7).

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Open for comment

DocumentAgencyTypeComments due
Family and Medical Leave Act
2026-21104
Personnel Management OfficeFinal ruleNov 16
Employment in the Excepted Service
2026-19222 · significant
Personnel Management OfficeProposed ruleNov 17

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DocumentAgencyTypePublished
Administrative Leave for Workforce Realignment and Other Purposes
2026-21320
Personnel Management OfficeFinal ruleOct 19
Managing Senior Professional Performance
2026-21316 · significant
Management and Budget OfficeFinal ruleOct 19
Family and Medical Leave Act
2026-21104
Personnel Management OfficeFinal ruleOct 15
Employment in the Excepted Service
2026-19222 · significant
Personnel Management OfficeProposed ruleSep 18
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation (UC) Program; Data Availability
2026-18978 · significant
Employment and Training AdministrationFinal ruleSep 16
DOT Organizational Terminology; Technical Correction
2026-18560
Transportation DepartmentFinal ruleSep 11
Critical Position Pay Authority
2026-17442
Personnel Management OfficeFinal ruleAug 26
Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service, and Recruitment and Relocation Incentive Waivers; Correcting Amendments
2026-17334 · significant
Personnel Management OfficeFinal ruleAug 25
Differential Pay for Prescribed Wildland Fire Activities
2026-16687 · significant
Personnel Management OfficeFinal ruleAug 14
FLSA Claims and Compliance
2026-15597 · significant
Personnel Management OfficeFinal ruleJul 31
Reducing Bureaucracy and Burden for Family Assistance Programs
2026-15567
Children and Families AdministrationFinal ruleJul 31
Updates to Agents Designated To Accept Legal Process
2026-14753
Personnel Management OfficeFinal ruleJul 22
Rescission of Floodplain Management and Protection of Wetlands; Minimum Property Standards for Flood Hazard Exposure; Building to the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard
2026-13939 · significant
Housing and Urban Development DepartmentProposed ruleJul 10
Performance Appraisal for General Schedule, Prevailing Rate, and Certain Other Employees
2026-13715
Personnel Management OfficeFinal ruleJul 7
Administrative Leave for Workforce Realignment and Other Purposes
2026-13073
Personnel Management OfficeProposed ruleJun 29
Uniform Allowances
2026-12976 · significant
Personnel Management OfficeFinal ruleJun 26
Prevailing Rate Systems; Redefinition of the Raven Rock Mountain Complex to the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington Federal Wage System Wage Area
2026-11182
Personnel Management OfficeFinal ruleJun 4
Medicaid Program; Community Engagement Requirement for Certain Individuals
2026-11094
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesFinal ruleJun 3
Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance
2026-10817
National Credit Union AdministrationProposed ruleMay 29
Reducing Bureaucracy and Burden for Family Assistance Programs
2026-10401
Children and Families AdministrationProposed ruleMay 26
Expanding Access to State Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs
2026-10084
Veterans Affairs DepartmentProposed ruleMay 20
Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees; Implementation of Federal Court Judgments
2026-09839
Wage and Hour DivisionFinal ruleMay 15
Restoring Flexibility To Support Head Start Program Access
2026-09383 · significant
Children and Families AdministrationProposed ruleMay 12
Equal Access to Housing in HUD Programs Revisions
2026-08244 · significant
Housing and Urban Development DepartmentProposed ruleApr 28
Critical Position Pay Authority
2026-07996
Personnel Management OfficeProposed ruleApr 24
Joint Employer Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, and Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act
2026-07959 · significant
Wage and Hour DivisionProposed ruleApr 23
Deleting Obsolete and Duplicative Wireline Rules
2026-07343
Federal Communications CommissionFinal ruleApr 16
Uniform Allowances
2026-07245 · significant
Personnel Management OfficeFinal ruleApr 14
Differential Pay for Prescribed Wildland Fire Activities
2026-07198 · significant
Personnel Management OfficeProposed ruleApr 14
Commerce Acquisition Regulation; Minor Amendments
2026-06382
Commerce DepartmentFinal ruleApr 2
Removal of Regulatory Overreach and Federal Crop Insurance Policy Provisions
2026-06277
Federal Crop Insurance CorporationFinal ruleApr 1
Improving Wage Protections for the Temporary and Permanent Employment of Certain Foreign Nationals in the United States
2026-06017
Employment and Training AdministrationProposed ruleMar 27
Establishing Flexibility for Implementation of Work Requirements and Term Limits
2026-04095 · significant
Housing and Urban Development DepartmentProposed ruleMar 2
Employee or Independent Contractor Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, and Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act
2026-03962 · significant
Wage and Hour DivisionProposed ruleFeb 27
Revocation of the 30-Day Notification Requirement Prior To Termination of Lease for Nonpayment of Rent
2026-03921 · significant
Housing and Urban Development DepartmentFinal ruleFeb 26
Prevailing Rate Systems; Redefinition of the Raven Rock Mountain Complex to the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington Federal Wage System Wage Area
2026-03801
Personnel Management OfficeProposed ruleFeb 25
Managing Senior Professional Performance
2026-03610 · significant
Management and Budget OfficeProposed ruleFeb 24
Housing and Community Development Act of 1980: Verification of Eligible Status
2026-03405 · significant
Housing and Urban Development DepartmentProposed ruleFeb 20
Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service
2026-02375 · significant
Personnel Management OfficeFinal ruleFeb 6
Exercise of Time-Limited Authority To Increase the Fiscal Year 2026 Numerical Limitation for the H-2B Temporary Nonagricultural Worker Program
2026-02131
Employment and Training AdministrationFinal ruleFeb 3
Debt Collection Authorities Under the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996
2025-23704
Fiscal ServiceProposed ruleDec 23, 2025
Recruitment and Relocation Incentive Waivers
2025-22738 · significant
Personnel Management OfficeFinal ruleDec 15, 2025
Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016-Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) and Project-Based Voucher Implementation; Additional Streamlining Changes; Technical Amendments
2025-22157 · significant
Housing and Urban Development DepartmentFinal ruleDec 8, 2025
Expanding Access to Risk Protection (EARP)
2025-21482
Federal Crop Insurance CorporationFinal ruleNov 28, 2025
Extending Deadline for Debtor To Request a Waiver
2025-21242 · significant
Veterans Affairs DepartmentFinal ruleNov 26, 2025
Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States
2025-19365 · significant
Employment and Training AdministrationFinal ruleOct 2, 2025
Prevailing Rate Systems; Abolishment of Hennepin, Minnesota, as a Nonappropriated Fund Federal Wage System Wage Area
2025-17309
Personnel Management OfficeFinal ruleSep 9, 2025
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation (UC) Program; Data Availability
2025-16645 · significant
Employment and Training AdministrationProposed ruleAug 29, 2025
Public Dissemination of the Identity of a Delinquent Debtor
2025-16103
Bureau of the Fiscal ServiceProposed ruleAug 22, 2025
Sunset of the Pathways Presidential Management Fellows Program
2025-15238 · significant
Personnel Management OfficeFinal ruleAug 11, 2025
Recission of Final Rule: Improving Protections for Workers in Temporary Agricultural Employment in the United States
2025-12315 · significant
Wage and Hour DivisionProposed ruleJul 2, 2025
Statements of General Policy or Interpretation Not Directly Related to Regulations
2025-12314
Wage and Hour DivisionProposed ruleJul 2, 2025
Rescinding Regulations Providing Terms for Agency Agreements
2025-12086
Maritime AdministrationFinal ruleJul 1, 2025
Rescission of Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Regulations
2025-09991 · significant
Housing and Urban Development DepartmentProposed ruleJun 3, 2025
Prevailing Rate Systems; Abolishment of Hennepin, Minnesota, as a Nonappropriated Fund Federal Wage System Wage Area
2025-09931
Personnel Management OfficeProposed ruleJun 2, 2025
Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustments for 2025
2025-09614
Agriculture DepartmentFinal ruleMay 29, 2025
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Rescission of Changes to Civil Rights Data Collection Methods
2025-08797
Food and Nutrition ServiceProposed ruleMay 16, 2025
Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Revisions
2025-03360 · significant
Housing and Urban Development DepartmentFinal ruleMar 3, 2025
Debt Collection Act Petitions Against Current Employees
2025-02338
Postal ServiceFinal ruleFeb 10, 2025
Prevailing Rate Systems; Change in Criteria for Defining Appropriated Fund Federal Wage System Wage Areas
2025-00555 · significant
Personnel Management OfficeFinal ruleJan 21, 2025
Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Annual Adjustments for 2025
2024-31602 · significant
Mine Safety and Health AdministrationFinal ruleJan 10, 2025
HUD's Implementation of OMB's Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance
2024-30260
Housing and Urban Development DepartmentProposed ruleDec 31, 2024
Tip Regulations Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA); Restoration of Regulatory Language
2024-29798
Wage and Hour DivisionFinal ruleDec 17, 2024
Disbursing Multifamily Mortgage Proceeds: Permitting Mortgagees To Disburse Mortgage Proceeds With Mortgagor-Provided Funds
2024-29390
Housing and Urban Development DepartmentFinal ruleDec 13, 2024
Prevailing Rate Systems; Definition of Saratoga County, New York, to a Nonappropriated Fund Federal Wage System Wage Area
2024-29355
Personnel Management OfficeFinal ruleDec 13, 2024
30-Day Notification Requirement Prior To Termination of Lease for Nonpayment of Rent
2024-28861 · significant
Housing and Urban Development DepartmentFinal ruleDec 13, 2024
Adoption of 2020 Core Based Statistical Area Standards
2024-28450
Housing and Urban Development DepartmentFinal ruleDec 6, 2024
Employment of Workers With Disabilities Under Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act
2024-27880
Wage and Hour DivisionProposed ruleDec 4, 2024
Exercise of Time-Limited Authority To Increase the Numerical Limitation for FY 2025 for the H-2B Temporary Nonagricultural Worker Program and Portability Flexibility for H-2B Workers Seeking To Change Employers
2024-28017
Employment and Training AdministrationFinal ruleDec 2, 2024
Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems; Quality Reporting Programs, Including the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program; Health and Safety Standards for Obstetrical Services in Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals; Prior Authorization; Requests for Information; Medicaid and CHIP Continuous Eligibility; Medicaid Clinic Services Four Walls Exceptions; Individuals Currently or Formerly in Custody of Penal Authorities; Revision to Medicare Special Enrollment Period for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals; and All-Inclusive Rate Add-On Payment for High-Cost Drugs Provided by Indian Health Service and Tribal Facilities
2024-25521
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesFinal ruleNov 27, 2024
Prevailing Rate Systems; Abolishment of Calhoun, Alabama, as a Nonappropriated Fund Federal Wage System Wage Area
2024-27662
Personnel Management OfficeFinal ruleNov 26, 2024
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Standardization of State Heating and Cooling Standard Utility Allowances
2024-26845
Food and Nutrition ServiceFinal ruleNov 18, 2024
Employer-Provided Survey Wage Methodology for the Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment H-2B Program
2024-26481 · significant
Employment and Training AdministrationProposed ruleNov 18, 2024
Extending Deadline for Debtor To Request a Waiver
2024-25965 · significant
Veterans Affairs DepartmentProposed ruleNov 8, 2024
Public Housing Evaluation and Oversight: Changes to the Public Housing Assessment System (PHAS) and Determining and Remedying Performance Deficiencies
2024-25469 · significant
Housing and Urban Development DepartmentProposed ruleNov 4, 2024
Adoption of 2020 Core Based Statistical Area Standards
2024-19807
Housing and Urban Development DepartmentProposed ruleSep 6, 2024
Prevailing Rate Systems; Abolishment of Frederick, Maryland, as a Nonappropriated Fund Federal Wage System Wage Area
2024-18740
Personnel Management OfficeFinal ruleAug 22, 2024
Prevailing Rate Systems; Definition of Saratoga County, New York, to a Nonappropriated Fund Federal Wage System Wage Area
2024-18741
Personnel Management OfficeProposed ruleAug 21, 2024
Prevailing Rate Systems; Redefinition of the Arapahoe-Denver, Colorado, Nonappropriated Fund Federal Wage System Wage Area
2024-18739
Personnel Management OfficeFinal ruleAug 21, 2024
Rules of Procedure Before the Judicial Officer; Correction
2024-18440
Postal ServiceFinal ruleAug 16, 2024
Disbursing Multifamily Mortgage Proceeds: Permitting Mortgagees To Disburse Mortgage Proceeds With Mortgagor-Provided Funds
2024-17033
Housing and Urban Development DepartmentProposed ruleAug 6, 2024
Rules of Procedure Before the Judicial Officer
2024-16428
Postal ServiceFinal ruleJul 30, 2024
Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems; Quality Reporting Programs, Including the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program; Health and Safety Standards for Obstetrical Services in Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals; Prior Authorization; Requests for Information; Medicaid and CHIP Continuous Eligibility; Medicaid Clinic Services Four Walls Exceptions; Individuals Currently or Formerly in Custody of Penal Authorities; Revision to Medicare Special Enrollment Period for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals; and All-Inclusive Rate Add-On Payment for High-Cost Drugs Provided by Indian Health Service and Tribal Facilities
2024-15087
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesProposed ruleJul 22, 2024
Expanding Options for Specialty and Organic Growers (EOSOG)
2024-13198
Federal Crop Insurance CorporationFinal ruleJun 27, 2024
Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustments for 2024
2024-12542
Agriculture DepartmentFinal ruleJun 7, 2024
Prevailing Rate Systems; Abolishment of Calhoun, Alabama, as a Nonappropriated Fund Federal Wage System Wage Area
2024-11826
Personnel Management OfficeProposed ruleMay 30, 2024
Clarifying the Eligibility of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Recipients and Certain Other Noncitizens for a Qualified Health Plan through an Exchange, Advance Payments of the Premium Tax Credit, Cost-Sharing Reductions, and a Basic Health Program
2024-09661
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesFinal ruleMay 8, 2024
Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016-Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) and Project-Based Voucher Implementation; Additional Streamlining Changes
2024-08601 · significant
Housing and Urban Development DepartmentFinal ruleMay 7, 2024
Prevailing Rate Systems; Redefinition of the Arapahoe-Denver, Colorado, Nonappropriated Fund Federal Wage System Wage Area
2024-09669
Personnel Management OfficeProposed ruleMay 3, 2024
Improving Protections for Workers in Temporary Agricultural Employment in the United States
2024-08333 · significant
Wage and Hour DivisionFinal ruleApr 29, 2024
Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees
2024-08038
Wage and Hour DivisionFinal ruleApr 26, 2024
Revision of Investing Lenders and Investing Mortgagees Requirements and Expansion of Government-Sponsored Enterprises Definition
2024-08648
Housing and Urban Development DepartmentFinal ruleApr 23, 2024
Floodplain Management and Protection of Wetlands; Minimum Property Standards for Flood Hazard Exposure; Building to the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard
2024-06246 · significant
Housing and Urban Development DepartmentFinal ruleApr 23, 2024
Prevailing Rate Systems; Abolishment of Frederick, Maryland, as a Nonappropriated Fund Federal Wage System Wage Area
2024-07530
Personnel Management OfficeProposed ruleApr 10, 2024
Reducing Barriers to HUD-Assisted Housing
2024-06218 · significant
Housing and Urban Development DepartmentProposed ruleApr 10, 2024
Medicaid Program; Streamlining the Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program, and Basic Health Program Application, Eligibility Determination, Enrollment, and Renewal Processes
2024-06566
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesFinal ruleApr 2, 2024
Partnerships With Faith-Based and Neighborhood Organizations
2024-03869 · significant
Health and Human Services DepartmentFinal ruleMar 4, 2024
Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Processes for Medicare Advantage Organizations, Medicaid Managed Care Plans, State Medicaid Agencies, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Agencies and CHIP Managed Care Entities, Issuers of Qualified Health Plans on the Federally-Facilitated Exchanges, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Eligible Clinicians, and Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals in the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program
2024-00895 · significant
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesFinal ruleFeb 8, 2024
Advancing Pay Equity in Governmentwide Pay Systems
2024-01337 · significant
Personnel Management OfficeFinal ruleJan 30, 2024
Prevailing Rate Systems; North American Industry Classification System Based Federal Wage System Wage Surveys
2024-01086
Personnel Management OfficeFinal ruleJan 24, 2024
Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Annual Adjustments for 2024
2024-00253 · significant
Mine Safety and Health AdministrationFinal ruleJan 11, 2024
Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act
2024-00067
Wage and Hour DivisionFinal ruleJan 10, 2024

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