The U.S. Dept of Labor has announced it will review or develop certain rules involving the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Employee Benefits Security Administration, and the Employment Standards Administration (ESA) in 2008. The OSHA proposes rules covering occupational exposure to diacetyl, a major component of artificial butter flavoring, and extending confined-space protection to construction workers.

The ESA proposes to establish standards and procedures allowing the Office of Labor Management Standards to revoke the privilege of a union to file a simplified annual financial disclosure report, and instead requiring it to file a more detailed report. That and other proposed revisions to the required labor union reporting are supposed to improve financial disclosures and clarity about receipts and disbursements.