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EEOC’s December 2024 Guidance on PWFA: Impact on Health Care Providers and Employers

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On January 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump named Commissioner Andrea R. Lucas as Acting Chair of the EEOC. Since joining the commission in 2020, Lucas has been a strong advocate for addressing the evolving landscape of...more

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What Now? Critical DEI Considerations for Private-Sector Employers Under Trump Administration 2.0

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Following a flurry of executive orders signed by President Trump, private employers are reevaluating their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives to make important decisions on these programs’ future existence and...more

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The Revocation of Executive Order 11246 – What It Means for Federal Contractors

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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

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Labor & employment in Week 1 of Trump 2

Whoa, Nelly! It's a stampede! After President Trump took office on Monday, he lost no time in undoing as much as he could from not only the Biden Administration, but also going all the way back to the days of President...more

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Trump rescinds Executive Order 11246

President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Executive Order 11246 in 1965. Since then, organizations doing business with the federal government had to affirmatively recruit women and minorities for employment and ensure employment...more

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President Trump Rescinds Affirmative Action for Federal Contractors and Requires Enforcement Plan to End Unlawful DEI at Private...

On January 21, 2025, President Trump signed a sweeping executive order titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” (the “Order”), rescinding affirmative action and other anti-discrimination...more

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White House Revokes E.O. 11246, Targets DEI Programs Alleged to Violate Anti-Discrimination Laws

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Executive Order (E.O.) 11246 was issued by President Lyndon Johnson in 1965 to combat discrimination in employment (following the then-recent passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) by requiring federal contractors and...more

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New Presidential EO Says Federal Government Recognizes ‘Two Sexes’ Only

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On his first day in office, President Donald Trump acted swiftly to ensure federal agencies recognize only two sexes, male and female, and to reject the concept of “gender ideology.” Among the slew of his Day 1 executive...more

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BREAKING NEWS: President Trump Reportedly Revokes Executive Order 11246

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Bloomberg Law reported late Tuesday night that President Donald Trump has revoked Executive Order 11246 as part of a broader executive order addressing diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the federal government and...more

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Proposed Rule Issued On Minimum Wage Increase For Federal Contractors

Déjà vu! As we previously reported, President Biden signed Executive Order 14026 on April 27, to increase the minimum wage for some federal contractors. The U.S. Department of Labor has now issued proposed regulations to...more

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Beltway Buzz - January 2021 #2

Impeachment. Take Two. On January 13, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald J. Trump on one count of “incitement of insurrection” by a vote of 232–197 (10 Republicans voted to impeach and 4...more

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Is It Workplace Harassment to Tell an Employee to Go Back Where She Came From?

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Last week, President Trump made headlines when he tweeted that “‘progressive’ Democrat Congresswomen … originally came from countries” that were “totally broken and crime infested,” and that they should “go back” to the...more

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