As we prepare for Trump to enter office mid-January, what changes might his administration bring? Will he honor the former administration’s bold moves around EEOC reporting, contractor rules, minimum wage, FLSA, and equal pay laws?

Or will it be a brand new day in comp? It’s safe to say in the past decade, pay and politics have never been more tightly linked. As such, each new president is a game changer. How will Trump’s office impact compensation as we know it?

One of the main components to the Trump platform has to do with minimizing federal regulations. In an August announcement, his administration committed to “Require each federal agency to prepare a list of all of the regulations they impose on American business, and rank them from most critical to health and safety to least critical. Least critical regulations will receive priority consideration for repeal.”