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Are You Ready for an NLRB Quorum?  It May be Coming!

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On July 17, 2025, the White House sent a series of nominations to the Senate, including nominations for two National Labor Relations Board members – Scott Mayer and James Murphy.  If confirmed, the nominees would join sitting...more

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Employment Law Update: May 15 Disparate Impact Executive Order

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An Executive Order signed on April 23, 2025, promises to significantly limit federal enforcement tools in pursuing systemic discrimination claims. The Executive Order, titled “Restoring Equality in Opportunity and...more

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Mandating English Proficiency for Truck Drivers: Trump EO Shifts Policy for Transportation Industry

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Although the English proficiency rule (49 C.F.R. 391.11(b)(2)) is part of the minimum qualifications for drivers of commercial motor vehicles operating in interstate commerce, with certain limited exceptions, it has...more

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Strengthening Probationary Periods in the Federal Service (Trump EO Tracker)

The Order institutes a new Civil Service Rule XI to ensure agencies effectively utilize probationary and trial periods. Civil Service Rule XI supersedes subpart H and requires agencies to affirmatively determine that the...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

U.S. Supreme Court stops district court’s order to reinstate workers

On April 8, the U.S. Supreme Court stayed a preliminary injunction issued by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on reinstating federal workers. The case arose from a lawsuit in which the...more

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FMCS Services Curtailed Pursuant to Executive Order

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The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) has begun to significantly curtail services as the agency moves to implement a March 14 Executive Order, Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy, that directs...more

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Federal government appeals ruling of reinstating probationary employees

On March 17, the federal government filed an emergency motion in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit requesting a stay of a district court’s temporary restraining order (TRO). As previously covered by InfoBytes,...more

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Federal government clarifies status of rehired probationary employees

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

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Hiring Freeze

Orders a hiring freeze of federal civilian employees, to be applied throughout the executive branch. As part of this freeze, no federal civilian position that is vacant at noon on January 20, 2025, may be filled, and no new...more

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Restoring Accountability To Policy-Influencing Positions Within The Federal Workforce

The Order is intended to restore accountability in career civil service, reinstating a prior administration policy, Executive Order 13957 of October 21, 2020...more

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