Revolving Door Rules: What You Need to Know Before Hiring from (or Heading to) Government
Everything Compliance: Episode 151, The What is Illegal DEI Edition
Recruitment in a Changing Federal Landscape
Clocking in with PilieroMazza: Second Chance Initiatives: Hiring Workers with Criminal Histories
Employment Law Now VI-116-Top 10 Employment Issues To Consider For The Summer Kick-Off
DE Under 3: Vaccination Mandates Continuing & Federal Contractor Minimum Wage
DE Under 3: OFCCP Contractor Portal & Request for Comments for Functional Affirmative Action Programs (FAAPs)
DE Under 3: Declining Union Membership & EEOCs First Year Results Under the Biden Administration
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The Patchwork of Federal Vaccine Mandates
What Contractors Need to Know About Vaccination Mandates and New “Safer Federal Workforce” Guidance
Construction Contractor Compliance Update: Government Audits, Vax Mandates, and More
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Challenges and Guidance on Biden's Vaccine Mandate, NY HERO Act Form Updated, Job Application Compliance - Employment Law This Week®
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Alan Chvotkin on Sequestration
In Trump v. American Federation of Government Employees, a case on its emergency docket that could have implications for the CFPB, the Supreme Court issued a brief opinion allowing the Trump Administration to fire tens of...more
Through October 15, 2025, all executive departments and agencies are prohibited from filling vacant federal civilian positions or creating new ones unless exempted by law or approved under a limited review process...more
Extends the freeze on hiring Federal civilian employees within the executive branch through July 15, 2025. This freeze continues to apply to all executive departments and agencies regardless of their sources of operational...more
The Director of the OMB Director shall submit a plan to reduce the size of the Federal Government, requiring that agencies may hire no more than one employee for every four employees that depart. Agency heads must adhere to...more
The motions docket of the U.S. Supreme Court remains busy. Following the April 4 decision in Department of Education v. California—in which the Court, treating a temporary restraining order (TRO) as if it were a preliminary...more
Orders the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to be delegated the authority to make final suitability determinations and take suitability actions regarding employees in the executive branch based on...more
On March 18, the federal government filed a response to U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup’s request for information regarding the status of rehired federal probationary employees. In the request for information, Judge...more
Current news on the government efficiency and reform front concerns the near-miss of a government shutdown last week (the budget would have lapsed at midnight on March 14, 2025). One reason some cited against allowing a...more
On February 26, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued guidance to federal agencies on implementing President Trump’s Executive Order 14210 from February 11 requiring...more
Among the less-noticed, less-reported implications of “firing” federal employees for whatever reason (or no reason) is the process under current law and regulations that applies to reducing or eliminating programs and...more
Government contractors working for the Department of Education (DE), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and other agencies like the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Consumer Financial...more
Among the myriad executive orders issued by President Trump in the hours after his inauguration, two focus on the number and location of federal employees. The first is a return-to-work order, requiring all employees of...more
The federal government is the latest employer to adopt fair chance hiring requirements for certain parts of its workforce and contractors. The goal being to assist qualified workers with a criminal history to compete for...more