My guess is that they have attempted to fill you in on the burden, and you've rejected what they've offered out of hand. When most of the business community across the nation is complaining about the ever growing burden of government regulation, who are you to declare all of them are full of crap? Do you think they are just spewing talking points?
For the most part, yes.
I mean there are zillions of regulations, so certainly some of them are bad, but most of them aren't really very burdensome to employers, and aren't a big deal at all, and are needed to keep our workers, consumers, and environment safe.
So do you think that we should repeal the regulation that requires flamable chemicals to have one of those triangle decals on them? How much added burden and expense do you think that a warning label really creates?
Do you think that we should repeal the regulation that prevents food processing companies from allowing an excessive amount of insects in our food?
I think the problem with your question, and your belief it is left unanswered stares back at you in the mirror. I have 5 employees who work full time on regulatory compliance. That's all they do, make sure we are operating by the book, and we're crossing the t's and dotting the i's. From OSHA, to EPA, to CARB, to local, to state, the list goes on and on. I used to have 2 people doing that.
And you are still in business? Well golly gee, how's that even possible?
You should probably fire some of them - right after you ask them which regulations are not needed and are overly burdensome. Have you ever wondered if they aren't exagerating the importance of their jobs for their own personal job security needs?
Seriously, I have no clue what type of industry you are in. If it's food or medical or construction or chemical related, five compliance people might not be unreasonable. I would surely hope that any large company had someone ensuring quality and safety of everything.
In my micro-sized business, we pretty much just go by common sense. I mean we comply with the basics, we have MDS sheets for every chemical we use, methods for tagging and locking out equipment, we have fire extinquishers at ever exit, we have an eye wash station and a first aid kit, we don't poor liquid chemicals down the drain, we have a fire retardant chemical cabinet, I skim through the trade journals each month to look for any major changes in regulations, I maintain workers comp insurance, and use a payroll service for payroll tax compliance, etc. But for the most part, the guberment doesn't **** with us, aside from our annual fire inspection, which I welcome because it's a service that I pay for through my property taxes.
I guess that doesn't mean anything because you've decided such a thing amounts to nothing. Think about that, if you can.
The day that someone can point out these specific regulations, l might change my mind, but as of now, no one has done it yet.