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Colorado Lawmakers Were Busy in 2025 – What Employers Need to Know

Fisher Phillips on 7/17/2025

Colorado was once again busy this legislative session – and employers need to adjust their practices in order to adapt to some key new laws soon to take effect. We have highlighted below a few of the critical changes that...more

Hiring Former Government Employees: Legal Risks + Other Considerations for Contractors

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 7/9/2025

For government contractors, one consequence of the Trump Administration’s efforts to reduce the size of the federal workforce is the availability of recently departed (or actively looking to depart) government employees. This...more

Navigating the New Entry Restrictions: Implications for Global Mobility and Workforce Planning

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/9/2025

On June 4, 2025, President Donald Trump issued a Presidential Proclamation aimed at enhancing national security by restricting the entry of certain foreign nationals into the United States. This action builds on Executive...more

Cleveland City Council Passes New Pay Transparency and Salary History Ordinance

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP on 5/12/2025

What Employers Need to Know - On April 28, 2025, the Cleveland City Council passed Ordinance No. 104-2025, introducing significant changes to hiring practices for employers within the city. This legislation mandates pay...more

Auditor Releases “Snapshot” of IRS Workforce Revealing Devastating Extent of Initial Job Cuts

Fox Rothschild LLP on 5/7/2025

The Treasury Department’s Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) has released a report showing how the Internal Revenue Service has been dramatically impacted by government-wide efforts to reduce the size of the...more

D.C. Circuit Reinstates Injunction Blocking CFPB’s Mass Layoffs

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/2/2025

On April 28, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit reinstated a district court order blocking the CFPB from conducting a large-scale reduction in force. The decision reversed an earlier partial stay that had...more

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

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 4/25/2025

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

“Just do it” May Sell Shoes, but Can It Revolutionize Bureaucracy?

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. on 4/24/2025

There are a variety of accounts on the progress and success of the first days of the Trump Administration. Some put special significance on a new administration’s first 100 days, but is this the first 100 days or four years +...more

Extension of Hiring Freeze (Trump EO Tracker)

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 4/21/2025

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

Implementing The President’s “Department of Government Efficiency” Workforce Optimization Initiative (Trump EO Tracker)

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 4/15/2025

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

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

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 4/14/2025

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

Big Law’s DEI Practices Face Scrutiny by Republican AGs and the EEOC

Cozen O'Connor on 4/11/2025

A group of 12 Republican AGs announced that they have sent a letter to multiple law firms (collectively, “law firms”) warning that the law firms’ diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies and practices may violate state...more

Court Orders CFPB to Reinstate Employees and Resume Operations; CFPB Promptly Files Appeal

Troutman Pepper Locke on 4/1/2025

On March 28, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) was ordered by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to reinstate its employees and resume its operations. This decision comes after the...more

Federal government appeals ruling of reinstating probationary employees

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 3/25/2025

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

Strengthening the Suitability and Fitness of the Federal Workforce (Trump EO Tracker)

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 3/21/2025

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

Federal government clarifies status of rehired probationary employees

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 3/21/2025

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

What It Means to Be “Essential” in the Federal Workforce

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. on 3/20/2025

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

When Career Fairs Tell Government Recruiters: “Don’t Bother to Show Up”

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. on 3/5/2025

Headlines this weekend refer to “renewed chaos” over e-mails sent to federal employees at most (some? all?) agencies of the government — asking employees to list their five accomplishments for the week. In our February 24,...more

FDIC OIG responds to senators’ letter on FDIC bank examiners

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 3/3/2025

On February 19, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the FDIC responded to a letter from Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and others concerning the FDIC’s decision to rescind over 200 jobs for bank examiners. As previously...more

Executive branch instructs agencies to submit proposals regarding reduction in force

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 3/3/2025

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

[Event] Workplace Horizons 2025 - April 30th - May 2nd, New York, NY

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 2/20/2025

The leading educational and networking conference — from the premier firm for employment + labor law - Join us at Workplace Horizons 2025, where attorneys, in-house counsel and HR leaders come together to share and solve...more

Hiring Freeze

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 1/22/2025

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

Reforming the Federal Hiring Process and Restoring Merit to Government Service

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 1/22/2025

The Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, and the Administrator of the Department of...more

Trump Orders Hiring Freeze and Return to Work for Federal Employees

Foley & Lardner LLP on 1/22/2025

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

Senate Proposal Would Weed Out Prior Marijuana Use for Federal Job Applicants

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 9/24/2024

The DOOBIE Act – yes, you read that correctly – could soon become law. While the law isn’t as fun as it might sound to certain cannabis enthusiasts, it would substantially change the hiring practices of the federal government...more

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