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Littler

Policy Week in Review – March 2025 #4

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At a Glance - The Policy Week in Review, prepared by Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute (WPI), sets forth WPI’s updates on federal, state, and local matters, as well as Littler’s published in-depth analyses of the prior...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Labor Updates Through the First 50 days of the Trump Administration

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It has been a busy start to President Trump’s second term in office. For some, if not most employers, it can be difficult to keep up as new Executive Orders, mandates and press releases seem to be issued daily. Here are some...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Major Changes at the NLRB: A New Acting General Counsel, the Rescission of Biden-Era General Counsel Memoranda, and the...

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To say that the past fifty days have been a period of significant changes at the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) is surely an understatement....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

Morgan Lewis

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

Fisher Phillips

A Whirlwind Start: Employers’ Recap of First 21 Days of the Trump Administration

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President Donald Trump is just 21 days into his second term in office, but you might already be struggling to keep up with the number of changes and policy shifts coming from the new administration. While new presidents are...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Labor & employment in Week 3 of Trump 2: The Empire Strikes Back

Resistance is building. In his third week in office, President Trump is beginning to meet with resistance to some of his initiatives. Here is the latest. Court blocks voluntary separation program -- at least, until Monday....more

Ballard Spahr LLP

President Trump Continues to Reshape the NLRB

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Two weeks after his inauguration, President Donald Trump continues to make unprecedented moves to impact the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)....more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

NLRB Overhaul: Setting Stage for Employers, Trump Removes Board Member Wilcox, Fires GC Abruzzo

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Although National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo’s termination by President Donald Trump was widely expected, his removal of Board Member Gwynne Wilcox is unprecedented. Wilcox’s removal also leaves...more

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Trump Transforms Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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In the first days of his presidency, President Donald J. Trump made significant changes to the makeup and priorities of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). On the second day of his administration, President...more

Littler

Trump Fires EEOC Commissioners, General Counsel, Depriving Agency of Quorum

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Following on the heels of the January 27, 2025 dismissal of National Labor Relations Board Member Gwynne Wilcox and NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo, President Trump fired two of the three Democratic Commissioners on the...more

BakerHostetler

‘You’re Fired’: Trump Takes Aim at the NLRB

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As part of the flurry of executive actions taken during the first week of his administration, President Donald Trump has terminated the general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board), as well as one...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

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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President Trump Fires NLRB General Counsel Abruzzo and Removes NLRB Member Gwynne Wilcox

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Between the close of business on Monday, January 27 and the following morning, President Trump discharged Jennifer Abruzzo from her duties as the general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board. Jessica Rutter was...more

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FTC approves final rule banning noncompetition agreements

Restrictive covenants have traversed a tumultuous road since the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on January 5, 2023, purporting to ban noncompetition agreements throughout the...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Sweeping AI Executive Order Has Labor Implications for Employers

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On October 30, 2023, the Biden Administration issued a sweeping order on artificial intelligence. Among its numerous provisions, the Order touches on several issues of interest to employers. For employers...more

McCarter & English, LLP

No, The NLRB Did Not Just Ban Non-Compete Agreements Either.

Almost two years ago, President Joe Biden issued Executive Order 14036, which broadly addresses promoting competition in the American economy. Among the measures considered in that executive order was greater scrutiny of...more

Fisher Phillips

The Top 18 Workplace Law Stories from September 2021

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

Epstein Becker & Green

#WorkforceWednesday: Biden Seeks to Boost Competition, HERO Act Guidance, and Key Nominees Advance - Employment Law This Week®

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It's #WorkforceWednesday! This week, we focus on President Biden's recent push to limit non-compete agreements and finalize key labor and employment appointments. Biden Executive Order Seeks to Boost Competition President...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Biden Time: "Divisive" Training Ok, OSHA "Not Protective," Independent Contractor Regs Paused

And that's not all! Nail in the coffin for Trump Order on "divisive" training. In January, President Biden signed an Executive Order that revoked Trump Executive Order 13950. As Cara Crotty has written, the Trump E.O....more

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Beltway Buzz - January 2021 #3

President Biden. On January 20, 2021, Joseph R. Biden Jr. was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States. With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and security concerns arising out of the riot at the United States Capitol...more

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NLRB Takes Steps To Facilitate Sharing Of Federal Contractor Labor Law Violations In Anticipation Of The Final Fair Pay And Safe...

In a July 1, 2016 memorandum (OM 16-23), the Office of the General Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) announced that it was beginning to take steps to comply with the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces...more

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