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Guest opinion: Trump's deregulation is great for both employers and employees
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OPINION
GUEST OPINIONS
Guest opinion: Trump’s deregulation is great for both employers and employees
We recognize the dignity of work that should accompany every job in every workplace in America.
By Dean Heyl Sep 5, 2019, 6:58pm MDT
For the Deseret News
As director of the Office of Public Liaison, I have one of the best jobs at the Department of Labor. I am honored to lead a team whose mission is not only to deliver DOL’s policy messages to a diverse stakeholder community including trade associations, companies, think tanks, unions and faith-based organizations, but also to listen and provide responses to their labor issues. We sit down with more than a dozen groups each week and nothing is more professionally gratifying than to hear how the deregulatory efforts of President Trump and the DOL have benefited both employers and employees.
Start with the DOL’s Office of Compliance Initiatives, an office created based on the premise that the vast majority of employers want to comply with the law and do right by their employees. It is great to point to office’s balanced approach reflected in its dual websites, employer.gov and worker.gov. DOL wants employers and employees to have information at their fingertips. If the Office of Compliance philosophy were to be distilled to a bumper sticker, it would be to “educate rather than litigate.”
Additionally, DOL has embarked on an aggressive agenda to end the practice of “policy by pamphlet.” Rulemaking is “in” and sub-regulatory actions are “out.” Formal rulemaking with adequate notice, transparency and robust public comments equals good policy. The pervasive use of sub-regulatory guidance that hid the decision making process from the public that was prominent in the last administration is no longer standard practice. DOL has successfully tackled job-killing, sub-regulatory actions related to joint employer and independent contractors.
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Dean Heyl is the director of the Office of Public Liaison at the U.S. Department of Labor.
GUEST OPINIONS
Guest opinion: Trump’s deregulation is great for both employers and employees
We recognize the dignity of work that should accompany every job in every workplace in America.
By Dean Heyl Sep 5, 2019, 6:58pm MDT
For the Deseret News
As director of the Office of Public Liaison, I have one of the best jobs at the Department of Labor. I am honored to lead a team whose mission is not only to deliver DOL’s policy messages to a diverse stakeholder community including trade associations, companies, think tanks, unions and faith-based organizations, but also to listen and provide responses to their labor issues. We sit down with more than a dozen groups each week and nothing is more professionally gratifying than to hear how the deregulatory efforts of President Trump and the DOL have benefited both employers and employees.
Start with the DOL’s Office of Compliance Initiatives, an office created based on the premise that the vast majority of employers want to comply with the law and do right by their employees. It is great to point to office’s balanced approach reflected in its dual websites, employer.gov and worker.gov. DOL wants employers and employees to have information at their fingertips. If the Office of Compliance philosophy were to be distilled to a bumper sticker, it would be to “educate rather than litigate.”
Additionally, DOL has embarked on an aggressive agenda to end the practice of “policy by pamphlet.” Rulemaking is “in” and sub-regulatory actions are “out.” Formal rulemaking with adequate notice, transparency and robust public comments equals good policy. The pervasive use of sub-regulatory guidance that hid the decision making process from the public that was prominent in the last administration is no longer standard practice. DOL has successfully tackled job-killing, sub-regulatory actions related to joint employer and independent contractors.
....
Dean Heyl is the director of the Office of Public Liaison at the U.S. Department of Labor.
Director Office of Public Liaison Dean A. Heyl
Dean Heyl is the Department of Labor’s Director of the Office of Public Liaison, which is responsible for stakeholder outreach.
Dean was the International Franchise Association’s (IFA’s) Chief Legal Officer, where he oversaw all federal, state and local issues affecting the franchise model in addition to providing research and advice on tax issues.
Prior to his time at IFA, he worked for the Direct Selling Association as a state and federal lobbyist and before that was the Executive Director of the Coalition for Affordable Accounting. His public sector experience includes serving as a senior advisor to the Idaho Attorney General and Governor. From 2008 – 2011, he sat on the Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council.
Dean Heyl is the Department of Labor’s Director of the Office of Public Liaison, which is responsible for stakeholder outreach.
Dean was the International Franchise Association’s (IFA’s) Chief Legal Officer, where he oversaw all federal, state and local issues affecting the franchise model in addition to providing research and advice on tax issues.
Prior to his time at IFA, he worked for the Direct Selling Association as a state and federal lobbyist and before that was the Executive Director of the Coalition for Affordable Accounting. His public sector experience includes serving as a senior advisor to the Idaho Attorney General and Governor. From 2008 – 2011, he sat on the Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council.
They sent this out all over the place. From Yankton, South Dakota:
DOL Deregulatory Efforts Aid Both Employers, Employees
Trump Town > Labor > Dean A Heyl
Dean A Heyl
Labor (joined: Jan. 2, 2018)
Public Liaison
Bio, via International Franchise Association:
Dean A. Heyl (CFE), Vice President Government Relations and Tax Counsel, is responsible for federal, state and local issues affecting the franchise model in addition to providing research and advice on tax issues. Heyl previously worked for the Direct Selling Association as a state and federal lobbyist and was the Executive Director of the Coalition for Affordable Accounting. His public sector experience includes serving as a senior advisor in the offices of the Idaho Attorney General and Governor. From 2008 – 2011, he sat on the Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council, which advises the IRS on tax administration policy, programs, and initiatives.
Former Positions Outside Government
Heyl Consulting, Inc. Owner
International Franchise Association Chief Legal Officer
Former Compensation Sources
Heyl Consulting Washington, District of Columbia
International Franchise Association Chief Legal Officer
Lobbied for
DIRECT SELLING ASSOCIATION
Dean A Heyl
Labor (joined: Jan. 2, 2018)
Public Liaison
Bio, via International Franchise Association:
Dean A. Heyl (CFE), Vice President Government Relations and Tax Counsel, is responsible for federal, state and local issues affecting the franchise model in addition to providing research and advice on tax issues. Heyl previously worked for the Direct Selling Association as a state and federal lobbyist and was the Executive Director of the Coalition for Affordable Accounting. His public sector experience includes serving as a senior advisor in the offices of the Idaho Attorney General and Governor. From 2008 – 2011, he sat on the Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council, which advises the IRS on tax administration policy, programs, and initiatives.
Former Positions Outside Government
Heyl Consulting, Inc. Owner
International Franchise Association Chief Legal Officer
Former Compensation Sources
Heyl Consulting Washington, District of Columbia
International Franchise Association Chief Legal Officer
Lobbied for
DIRECT SELLING ASSOCIATION