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Here are the top ten items you should tackle in August, based on the latest workplace law developments and upcoming critical compliance dates...more
This week, we discuss the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) plan to eliminate the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) and the DOL’s new opinion letter program. On May 30, 2025, the DOL moved to eliminate...more
This week, we highlight new guidance from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)-related discrimination. We also examine the Acting EEOC...more
It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law, especially given the rapid pace at which the Trump administration has been moving on initiatives impacting the workplace and beyond. For the latest...more
The U.S. Department of Labor has announced that Catherine Eschbach will be the new Director of OFCCP, taking over for Acting Director Michael Schloss. Director Eschbach comes from private practice as an Appellate attorney at...more
On January 21, 2025, President Donald Trump issued the Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity Executive Order, which significantly alters federal contractor obligations related to affirmative...more
In a recent development, America First Legal (AFL) has formally requested the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) to investigate federal contractors that allegedly have illegal...more
In a matter of days, the White House issued multiple significant Executive Orders (“EOs”) regarding Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (“DEI”) programs. The situation is highly fluid. On February 3, several groups filed suit...more
On January 21, 2025, President Donald Trump issued several executive orders (EOs) eliminating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs within the federal government. One of those orders, “Ending Illegal Discrimination...more
Introduction - Shortly after his second inauguration, President Trump signed a series of executive orders addressing diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”) programs in the federal government and supplanting such initiatives...more
On January 21, President Trump signed an executive order titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” (the Order), revoking Executive Order 11246, the long-standing order that required federal...more
We are pleased to present the Policy Week in Review (PWR) prepared by Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute (WPI), the government relations and public policy arm of Littler. The PWR will set forth in one place WPI’s updates on...more
Shortly after being sworn in as the 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump signed more Executive Orders on his first day in office than any other president in history. The wide-ranging Orders effectuate many of the...more
And other changes are afoot. Michael Schloss has been named Acting Director and Deputy Director of Policy of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. Mr. Schloss previously served as Director of the Office of...more
Challenges to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs are at an all-time high and increasing. Executive orders (EOs) issued by President Donald Trump prohibit “illegal DEI” activities by federal agencies, contractors,...more
On Tuesday, January 21, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity.” The new Executive Order condemns corporate and governmental policies on...more
On his second day in office, January 21, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity.” This Executive Order reverses roughly 60 years of federal policy...more
On January 21, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity.”...more
As our team has previously highlighted, on January 21, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order entitled Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity which is likely to have a broad impact...more
In the last few days since the Presidential Inauguration and initial Executive Orders, we have received emails saying everything from “President Trump has voided Title VII” to asking whether “all equal employment laws have...more
UPDATE: On 8 January 2025, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council) officially withdrew its proposed rule that would have (1) barred federal contractors from seeking and using job applicants’ compensation...more
On January 21, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order (“EO”) titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination And Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” explicitly revoking Executive Order 11246, which mandated federal...more
On January 21, 2025, President Donald Trump, under the auspices of promoting civil rights and merit-based opportunity by ending “illegal” diversity equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, revokes Executive Order (EO) 11246, as...more
On January 21, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order titled, “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity.” The order is targeted at what the president describes as “illegal” diversity,...more
Today, the new administration issued an Executive Order (EO) related to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP). The action rescinded Executive Order 11246, upending the...more