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Senate Commerce panel approves Department of Labor rule reviews; preserves two tax-related provisions
Summary
The Senate Commerce Committee approved three Idaho Department of Labor rule dockets that the agency presented as part of the governor's zero‑based regulation review, while preserving language in one unemployment tax rule after lawmakers raised concerns about how determinations would be replaced by employer reports.
The Senate Commerce Committee approved three rule dockets from the Idaho Department of Labor presented as part of the governor's zero‑based regulation initiative, and agreed to preserve two subsections in an unemployment tax rule after committee members raised questions about how the agency would treat employer reports that replace agency determinations.
Janie Revere, director of the Idaho Department of Labor, told the committee the department conducted a comprehensive review and proposed eliminating outdated rules and rules that simply restated state or federal law. "There were no significant changes to the rules; rather we are eliminating outdated rules and rules that restate state or federal statute," Revere said. She said the department intends to move significant portions of…
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