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"America's AI Action Plan" Promises Big Changes Across Industries: Top 10 Employer Takeaways

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The White House just released an AI action plan identifying more than 90 federal policy goals that aim to create a roadmap for achieving “global AI dominance” in innovation, infrastructure, and international diplomacy and...more

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U.S. Department of Labor Announces Relaunch & Expansion of Its Opinion Letter Program

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On June 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced the relaunching and expansion of its opinion letter program (Program). The Program is designed to help the public understand their compliance obligations through...more

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Illinois Federal Judge Blocks DOL From Enforcing Termination, Certification Provisions in Trump DEI-Related EOs

On March 27, 2025, a federal judge for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) from enforcing portions of two provisions in President Donald Trump’s...more

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Trump Executive Order Affects Federal Contractor Minimum Wage

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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

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Federal District Court Reverses Removal of NLRB Member Gwynne Wilcox

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A federal district court has held that Gwynne Wilcox, a member of the National Labor Relations Board, was “illegally” fired from her job. The court ordered the Board’s current chair to restore her access to the Board and let...more

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NLRB Counsel Withdraws Non-Compete Memo

The National Labor Relations Board’s acting general counsel withdrew a memorandum issued by his predecessor that characterized some non-competition agreements with employees as violations of federal labor laws....more

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Federal Government Contractors May No Longer Have 90 Days to Comply With Trump Administration’s DEI Executive Order

GSA FAR Class Deviations - Executive Order 14173, “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity,” issued on January 21, 2025, caused immediate confusion for federal government contractors since their...more

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Trump Department of Labor Signals Likely Retreat from Biden Era Independent Contractor Classification Rule

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We’ve written before about the “tennis match” that describes how, with changes in presidential parties, the Department of Labor (DOL) has proposed different tests to determine whether workers are “employees” covered by the...more

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Eight Questions Employers and Federal Contractors Are Asking Regarding the Administration’s DEI Order

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As part of its promise to target diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs and practices in workplaces, educational settings, and elsewhere, the new administration issued a January 21, 2025, Executive Order entitled...more

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President’s Termination of NLRB General Counsel and Member - What Does This Mean?

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As expected, the Trump administration has shifted the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) into a new era marked by notable changes that will reshape the Board....more

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Trump Administration Retreats from Defense of Two Biden-Era Lawsuits

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In the ongoing battle over labor policy, the Trump administration has signaled plans to abandon or at least revise its defense of two Biden-Era lawsuits and their underlying initiatives. ...more

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DEI and Affirmative Action Programs Blitzed, While Executive Order 11246 Is Revoked

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In one of his first acts as President in his second term in office, Donald Trump signed an executive order on January 21, 2025, entitled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” (“Order”)....more

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NLRB Shake-up: President Trump Removes Board Member, Discharges General Counsel

President Donald Trump removed National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) member Gwynne Wilcox in a move that leaves the Board without a quorum to hear cases. The president also, as expected, discharged NLRB general counsel...more

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Executive Order Seeks to Impose False Claims Act Liability for Federal Contractors’ DEI Programs

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On January 21, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” (the Order), which seeks to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies...more

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ESOPs, Benefits & Compensation Client Alert - January 2025

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On January 16, the Department of Labor released long-awaited guidance on how to determine the value of employer stock in purchase and sale transactions involving an ESOP. Unfortunately for those in the ESOP community hoping...more

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Trump Shocks Employers by Tapping Chavez-DeRemer for Secretary of Labor: The 10 Things Employers Can Expect

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President-elect Trump surprised the business community on Friday night when he announced Lori Chavez-DeRemer as his nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Labor. Her selection was met by skepticism by some in the employer...more

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Business Immigration 2025: What To Expect from the New Administration

The U.S. President-elect has placed immigration at the forefront of his campaign agenda, and it is expected that U.S. corporations and the business community will experience increased challenges when seeking to hire and...more

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DOL May Rescind Final Rules on Independent Contractor, Joint Employer Status

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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) proposed on March 11, 2021, withdrawing the independent contractor and joint employer final rules under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The independent contractor final rule provides...more

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First Shot Fired Across Bow Of New Independent Contractor Rule

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The Trump administration’s Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division (the “WHD”) published its final independent contractor rule on January 7, 2021, with a related effective date of March 8...more

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Trump DOL Rides Out On Wave Of Nine Opinion Letters

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In 2017, then-Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Alexander Acosta, appointed by former President Donald Trump, announced the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) would be reviving the practice of issuing Opinion Letters, seeking to...more

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December 2020: The Top 18 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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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

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DOL Issues Opinion Letters Regarding Pay Calculations For Teleworkers, In-Home Caregivers

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On the last day of 2020, the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) ushered out the year with two new Opinion Letters. These may be the final two Opinion Letters of the Trump Administration and perhaps...more

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Year-End Stimulus Bill Permits, but Does Not Mandate, Extension of FFCRA Leave

Late on December 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law an omnibus stimulus bill. The new legislation contained much needed extensions of unemployment benefits that have supported many Americans who have experienced...more

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DOL Reverts to Lower Wage Requirements After Courts Block H-1B Rule Changes

Courts again have thwarted the Trump Administration's efforts to change H-1B rules and to increase the required wages that U.S. employers must pay to foreign workers. On December 1 and 3, 2020, a federal court order in...more

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U.S. District Court Sets Aside New Immigration Rules on Specialty Occupation and Wage Levels

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In a much-anticipated decision, on December 1, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled in favor of business and university plaintiffs (led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce), setting aside...more

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