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Workplace Law Update: 10 Essential Items on Your August 2025 To-Do List

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Here are the top ten items you should tackle in August, based on the latest workplace law developments and upcoming critical compliance dates...more

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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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Leadership Updates and a New Opinion Letter Program Confirm the U.S. Department of Labor’s Increased Focus on Compliance...

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The U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) recently named several political appointments to its Wage and Hour Division (“WHD”). Employers know WHD is an entity with vast enforcement authority, including over minimum wage and...more

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DOL Signals Abandonment of Current Independent Contractor Rule

No one should be surprised that the independent contractor pendulum—which swings towards making that classification harder in Democratic administrations and easier in Republican ones—is now tilting towards making it easier....more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Trump’s Pick for Chief Legal Officer May Signal More Changes for DOL

This week President Donald Trump nominated attorney Jonathan Berry to be the next solicitor of the Department of Labor (DOL). Berry worked in the department during the first Trump administration, and he was the sole author of...more

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The Practical NLRB Advisor: Spring 2025

Ogletree Deakins’ Traditional Labor Relations Practice Group is pleased to announce the publication of the Spring 2025 issue of the Practical NLRB Advisor. Whether borne of a desire to rein in the general ubiquity of...more

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Executive Orders Target DEI Programs

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Upon taking office, President Trump promptly issued several Executive Orders (EOs) targeting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs and related principles. These directly affect federal agencies and contractors, but...more

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Federal Contractor Minimum Wage Executive Order Revoked

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Employees of federal contractors are no longer entitled to special federal minimum wage rates for work performed on, or associated with, certain federal contracts. On March 14, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an Executive...more

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What is "Illegal DEI?" Key Takeaways for Employers in Light of Litigation and Guidance Issued by the Federal and State Governments

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This alert will explore what the federal government may consider to be “illegal DEI” in light of legal challenges to President Trump’s multiple executive orders (EO’s) pertaining to diversity, equity, inclusion, and...more

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Navigating Compliance: President Trump’s Executive Order and Affirmative Action for Federal Contractors

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On January 21, 2025, President Donald Trump issued the Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity Executive Order, which significantly alters federal contractor obligations related to affirmative...more

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No Slowing Down: Employers’ Recap of the Trump Administration’s First 50 Days

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While new presidents are typically judged based on their actions in their first 100 days, the current Trump administration has moved at such a rapid speed that we think another recap is needed at the halfway point. Here’s...more

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Senate Confirms Lori Chavez-DeRemer as Labor Secretary

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President Trump’s formal Cabinet is now complete. With a vote of 67 in favor and 32 against, Lori Chavez-DeRemer becomes the 30th Secretary of Labor. Chavez-DeRemer got her start in politics when she was elected to the city...more

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Newly-Confirmed Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer and Deputy Secretary Keith Sonderling Set to Lead U.S. Workplace Policy

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On March 10, 2025, the U.S. Senate confirmed Lori Chavez-DeRemer as Secretary of Labor with Keith Sonderling joining her as Deputy Secretary of Labor in the new Trump Administration. The vote was 67 to 32, with 17 Democrats...more

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Legal Shifts from the White House – What Employers Need to Know

Rapid changes across the federal government are creating tremendous ambiguity for the private sector, particularly around employment and immigration issues....more

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The Labor Law Insider: What's Next for Labor Law Under the Trump Administration, Part I

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The firing of National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo—and the rescission of many of the policies initiated under the Biden administration—is just the start of the new administration’s overhaul of labor...more

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What’s Next for the Department of Labor? The Confirmation of Lori Chávez-DeRemer

Last week, President Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Labor, former Oregon Congresswoman Lori Chávez-DeRemer, appeared before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions for her confirmation hearing. Her...more

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Employment Law Update: Rescinding of General Counsel Memos Signals Policy Changes Ahead for NLRB

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A change in presidential administrations generally results in a wide array of new developments for federal agencies. That is particularly true for the National Labor Relations Board, which has broad jurisdiction over union...more

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America First Legal Urges OFCCP to Investigate Contractors’ DEI Programs

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In a recent development, America First Legal (AFL) has formally requested the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) to investigate federal contractors that allegedly have illegal...more

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Cozen Cities - February 19, 2025

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CHICAGO — Restaurant Workers Prepare as ICE Arrests Cast Uncertainty -Chicago restaurant workers are bracing for possible U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests, despite no confirmed raids. Fears have led...more

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Executive Orders Challenge DEI Programs With Potential Impact For All Workplaces

In a matter of days, the White House issued multiple significant Executive Orders (“EOs”) regarding Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (“DEI”) programs. The situation is highly fluid. On February 3, several groups filed suit...more

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Senior Leadership at DOL, OSHA, and MSHA Under a 2nd Trump Administration Is Taking Shape

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As Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer braces for a flurry of questions at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) on her way to a full Senate vote to become President...more

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The Implications of President Trump's EO on Gender Ideology: What's the Tea in L&E?

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What’s the Tea in L&E is a video series focused on the latest trends and updates in labor and employment law. In this short video, Woods Rogers L&E attorneys Leah Stiegler and Emily Kendall Chowhan discuss the implications of...more

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What Employers Should Know About Executive Order on 'Illegal and Discriminatory DEI Efforts'

In the wake of President Donald Trump’s withdrawal last month of an executive order that required larger federal contractors to create and implement affirmative action plans intended to increase the participation of women and...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Labor & employment in Week 4 of Trump 2: No love lost.

Everything's enjoined! Almost. It's been a tough week for President Trump, but he doesn't seem to be letting the bad news get him down. To avoid ruining the Valentine's Day mood, I'll keep this week's update short. ...more

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Artificial Intelligence Executive Order: Workplace Implications

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President Trump’s executive order entitled Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence (the “Trump AI Order”) seeks to create “a path for the United States to act decisively to retain global leadership...more

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