Minimum Wage, Regulatory Reform, Trump Administration

DOL Withdraws Rule Aimed at Eliminating Subminimum Wages for Workers with Disabilities

Littler on 7/7/2025

On July 7, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) formally withdrew its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would have amended 29 C.F.R. part 525 by phasing out the issuance of certificates authorizing subminimum...more

DOL Signals Changes to Independent Contractor Rule

Akerman LLP - HR Defense on 5/12/2025

On May 1, 2025, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) issued a Field Assistance Bulletin, announcing that it will no longer enforce a 2024 Biden-era independent contractor rule under the...more

The Littler Annual Employer Survey Report - May 2025

Littler on 5/7/2025

Executive Summary - It has been a turbulent start to 2025 as U.S. employers scramble to adapt to new executive orders, sweeping changes at federal agencies and a growing patchwork of workplace regulations at the state and...more

Rescinded Order Tracker - UPDATED

Littler on 4/24/2025

Littler's Rescinded Order Tracker provides easy access to those executive orders issued by previous administrations that are rescinded by the Trump administration. Only those orders that impact compliance with labor and...more

Federal Contractor Minimum Wage Executive Order Revoked

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 3/25/2025

On March 14, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order rescinding several policies from the previous administration, including Executive Order 14026, which had increased the minimum wage for federal contractors....more

Trump Executive Order Affects Federal Contractor Minimum Wage

Foley & Lardner LLP on 3/25/2025

On March 14, 2025, the president issued a new executive order (EO) entitled, “Additional Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions.” This new executive order revokes EO 14026, issued by President Biden, which raised...more

Executive Order Rescindments Continue: Next Up, Federal Contractor Minimum Wage

Cozen O'Connor on 3/20/2025

On March 14, 2025, President Trump rescinded a second batch of Biden-era executive orders (EOs), including EO 14026 (Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors). Issued in 2021, EO 14026 raised the federal...more

Federal Contractor Minimum Wage Mandate Revoked

Berkshire on 3/18/2025

Federal contractor employers are no longer subject to special federal minimum wage rates for work performed on or in connection with certain federal contracts. Late last week President Trump issued what might be described as...more

Federal Agencies Scale Back Their Workplace Regulatory Ambitions

Littler on 7/21/2017

During the prior administration, congressional gridlock prevented many significant labor and employment bills from advancing. Federal agencies picked up the slack, issuing several rules to help carry out much of President...more

WPI Insider Briefing: What Will the Second Hundred Days of the Trump Administration Hold?

Littler on 6/8/2017

From the workplace policy perspective, much of the focus of the first 100 days of the Trump administration was on confirming a new Secretary of Labor and reversing the Obama administration’s labor and employment agenda....more

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