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Executive Order Tracker - April 2025

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Littler's Executive Order Tracker is your go-to resource for staying up to date on all executive orders and actions issued by the Trump administration. We are tracking every order, analyzing its impact, and providing...more

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Court Permanently Blocks DOL from Enforcing DEI Certification Provisions

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In our previous post, we discussed the nationwide temporary restraining order issued by the United States District Court for the North District of Illinois that temporarily prevented the Department of Labor from requiring...more

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Democratic Lawmakers Urge U.S. Department of Labor to Abandon Proposal to Dismantle OFCCP

On April 11, 2025, a group of forty Democratic lawmakers sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer urging her to “abandon plans to dismantle [the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs] and reaffirm...more

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New Leaders, New Focus: Navigating EEOC Updates

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Since taking office, President Trump has issued a flurry of terminations and appointments at different administrative agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)....more

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Federal Contractor DEI Certifications Allowed to Resume After Fourth Circuit Temporarily Blocks District Court's Nationwide...

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On March 14, 2025, the Fourth Circuit reversed a lower court's nationwide injunction that blocked key portions of President Trump's January 2025 Executive Orders on DEI programs. While the appeal is pending, federal agencies...more

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Uncertain Ground: The NLRB, EEOC, and the Fallout of Presidential Firings

In his first fifty days in office, President Trump has taken numerous actions to consolidate the power of the Executive Branch. Shortly after taking office, he dismissed heads of multiple Executive Branch agencies and...more

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Staying Steady Amid NLRB Upheaval: Q&As on What Employers Can Expect

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Significant changes have occurred at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) following President Donald Trump’s inauguration. On Jan. 27, 2025, he fired the NLRB’s general counsel (GC), Jennifer Abruzzo, and Board...more

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OFCCP Reportedly to Reduce Staff by 90% and Continue Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities Enforcement Efforts

According to Washington Post and Bloomberg press reports, on February 25, 2025, OFCCP Acting Director Michael Schloss submitted a memorandum to Acting Secretary of Labor, Vincent Micone, outlining OFCCP’s plan to...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Updates From the Acting General Counsel and the Quorum-less National Labor Relations Board

Only a few weeks after President Donald Trump removed General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo and Member Gwynne Wilcox, the new leadership of the National Labor Relations Board (the Board) has begun to make changes to Biden-era...more

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New NLRB Acting General Counsel’s Actions and Increased White House Oversight Signal Shift in Enforcement

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National Labor Relations Board Acting General Counsel William B. Cowen on February 14, 2025 changed the course of the agency’s strategic goals by rescinding more than a dozen memos penned by former General Counsel Jennifer...more

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Acting NLRB General Counsel Sets New Direction with Rescission Memorandum

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For the second time in four years, a U.S. president has quickly dismissed the general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), and replaced them with a new acting general counsel, who then immediately issued a...more

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President Trump’s DEI Executive Orders: Recent Developments for Employers to Know

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Following President Donald Trump’s January 21, 2025 Executive Order (EO) titled, “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity,” recent federal developments may impact how companies approach their...more

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Trump Fires EEOC & NLRB Commissioners, Breaking with Precedent and Stalling Agency Actions

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On January 27, 2025, President Donald Trump made sweeping and unprecedented changes to both the EEOC and NLRB, firing two of the three Democratic members of the EEOC, Commissioners Jocelyn Samuels and Charlotte Burrows, and...more

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Labor Leadership Takes an Expected (and Unexpected) Change

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One week after his inauguration, President Donald Trump has taken additional moves to impact the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)....more

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