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Multijurisdictional Employers, Part 1: Independent Contractors vs. Employees
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The Labor Law Insider: What's Next for Labor Law Under the Trump Administration, Part I
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#WorkforceWednesday®: Federal Agencies Begin Compliance Efforts Under Trump Administration - Employment Law This Week®
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Employment Law Now VIII-158 - DEI Developments and Executive Coaching
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Employment Law Now VIII-157 - Top 5 L&E Issues to Watch in 2025
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The Labor Law Insider - Elections Have Consequences: Labor Law Changes Anticipated Under Trump Administration, Part II
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Upon taking office, President Trump promptly issued several Executive Orders (EOs) targeting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs and related principles. These directly affect federal agencies and contractors, but...more
While the Trump administration appeals a recent federal court ruling that blocked enforcement of key parts of two executive orders (EO) to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs and initiatives, the...more
Significant attention has been given to President Trump’s actions regarding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs and policies, but the impact of those actions on private sector employees has not been clear. On his...more
On January 21, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order titled, "Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity" ("Order"). The Order is mainly aimed at rescinding Executive Order 11246, which was...more
Less than two weeks after President Donald J. Trump signed two executive orders dismantling diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, the constitutionality of the EOs is being challenged. The two Executive Orders...more
On January 21, 2025, amid a flurry of executive orders, President Trump issued an executive order titled, “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit Based Opportunity,” representing a critical change in federal policy...more
Our Labor & Employment Team discusses how President Trump’s recent Executive Orders on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives and programs will impact employers in the private sector....more
It has been approximately one week since President Donald Trump issued an executive order titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” (the “EO”). The EO’s stated purpose is to ensure federal...more
On President Trump’s first full day back in the Oval Office, January 21, 2025, he issued an executive order targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives and diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility programs...more
Executive orders will have dramatic impact on federal agencies, contractors, and grantees, and sow uncertainty about voluntary DEI initiatives. Following his second-term inauguration, President Trump swiftly signed a...more
In its first week, the Trump Administration has taken multiple actions that promise to fundamentally change how the issues of diversity, equity and inclusion (“DEI”) are incorporated into the American workforce. These actions...more
In the ongoing battle over labor policy, the Trump administration has signaled plans to abandon or at least revise its defense of two Biden-Era lawsuits and their underlying initiatives. ...more
In one of his first acts as President in his second term in office, Donald Trump signed an executive order on January 21, 2025, entitled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” (“Order”)....more
On January 21, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity.” This Executive Order is a major pivot in federal policy regarding affirmative action...more
On January 21, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order (EO) titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity,” which impacts the use of “dangerous, demeaning, and immoral race- and...more
One of President Donald J. Trump’s first executive orders fundamentally upends the time-consuming and costly affirmative action requirements that federal contractors have followed for years. By signing the Jan. 21, 2025,...more
The Trump Administration has issued three executive orders (EOs) aimed at eliminating from the federal government certain diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and gender ideology policies and programs that the administration...more
On January 21, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” (the Order), which seeks to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies...more
On January 21, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” (“Order”). That Order, among other things, revoked Executive Order 11246, giving...more
The landscape of federal employment priorities is being redefined. On January 22, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order (EO) titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” (the Ending...more
On January 21, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity.” Consistent with the EO titled “Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI...more
On his second day in office, President Donald Trump issued Executive Order: Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity aimed at dismantling diversity, equity, inclusion and/or accessibility (DEI or...more
On January 21, 2025, President Donald Trump issued a broad executive order titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity.” Aimed at “[t]erminating Illegal Discrimination in the Federal...more
In this client alert, we discuss three week-one executive orders that reflect promises President Trump made on the campaign trail to attack DEI. Below, we summarize the key provisions for the private sector, discuss what...more