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Senate panel approves Department of Labor rules cleanup; agency plans to move many unemployment provisions into statute
Summary
The Idaho Senate Commerce Committee approved multiple pending rule dockets from the Idaho Department of Labor that streamline and delete redundant unemployment insurance rules. The department said it will seek legislation to move substantial portions of current rules into statute to make program requirements clearer to the public.
The Idaho Senate Commerce Committee on Feb. 1 accepted a series of pending rule dockets from the Idaho Department of Labor that the agency says will remove outdated language and duplicate statutory provisions from unemployment insurance rules.
"I'm Janie Revere, director of the Idaho Department of Labor. I'm here to present the rules for the Department of Labor," Director Janie Revere told the committee as she opened the department's presentation on the rules review. Revere said the work was done under the governor's 0-based regulation initiative and that the department plans legislation to move many rule provisions into statute.
Revere told senators the department expects to eliminate roughly 75% of its rules if the legislation passes, while keeping the program's structure intact. "The intent of the legislation…
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