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Latest DEI Executive Order raises compliance issues for federal contractors

by Tammy Binford

President Donald Trump’s latest order targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices by employers brings up issues about how employers with federal contracts can ensure compliance.

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App companies lose constitutional challenge to worker ordinance

Like many other states, California has an app-based workers protection law providing multiple protections for drivers, regardless of whether they are deemed to be employees. One of the requirements limits companies’...

Mar 11, 2026 · Employment Law Letter · California

Beware of effect that integration clauses have on prior employee agreements

A recent Michigan Court of Appeals decision offers an important lesson for employers about how written employment documents interact—especially when there is an integration clause in an employment contract. Facts On...

Mar 04, 2026 · Employment Law Letter · Great Lakes · Illinois · Indiana · Michigan · Ohio · Wisconsin

Unfair isn’t always unlawful: Understanding wrongful termination

“Wrongful termination” is a term frequently used in workplace disputes but not always with precision. Employees often assume that if a termination feels unfair or abrupt, it must also be illegal. The law, however, doesn...

Mar 04, 2026 · Employment Law Letter · California · New York · Great Lakes · Illinois · Indiana · Michigan · Ohio · Wisconsin · Midsouth · Kentucky · North Carolina · South Carolina · Tennessee · West Virginia · Mountain West · Colorado · Idaho · Montana · New Mexico · Utah · Wyoming · Southeast · Alabama · Florida · Georgia · Louisiana · Mississippi · West · Alaska · Arizona · Hawaii · Nevada · Oregon · Washington

Federal judge in Arizona says forfeiture of commissions is unconscionable

It isn’t uncommon for commission-based employees to have contracts stating that they must be employed on the commission payout date to receive payment. Such provisions can result in an employee not receiving commissions...

Mar 04, 2026 · Employment Law Letter · West · Alaska · Arizona · Hawaii · Nevada · Oregon · Washington

Trump administration expands politicization of civil service

The Trump administration announced a final rule creating a new category of federal workers who would have fewer job protections and be easier to fire. The new rule implements an Executive Order from 2025 that could...

Mar 01, 2026 · Federal Employment Law Insider

EEOC increases pressure on DEI programs

On February 4, 2026, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed suit against Nike in the Eastern District of Missouri, claiming the company had not complied with the agency’s requests for information in its...

Mar 01, 2026 · Federal Employment Law Insider

EEOC, law students end lawsuit over DEI demands

Law students who had sued over the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) demands for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) data from law firms agreed to dismiss their lawsuit against the EEOC when the agency...

Mar 01, 2026 · Federal Employment Law Insider

Update on cases challenging certification of illegal DEI

In his first few days back in office, President Trump issued Executive Order (EO) 14173, which rescinded EO 11246 and added a new requirement that federal grantees—including federal contractors—certify they have no...

Mar 01, 2026 · Federal Employment Law Insider

New NLRB convenes in uncertainty

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), with a quorum of three, has once again become a functioning agency, but in an unprecedented setting and facing unprecedented challenges. Captive Board? With the termination of...

Mar 01, 2026 · Federal Employment Law Insider

OFCCP to release EEO-1 reports

On February 11, 2026, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) issued a notification to federal contractors that as a result of the recent U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision, it would release...

Mar 01, 2026 · Federal Employment Law Insider

DOL announces new contractor minimum wage but limits coverage

On February 6, 2026, the Department of Labor (DOL) published a notice stating that the new minimum hourly wage for federal contractors would be $13.65, while the minimum wage for tipped employees will be $9.55 per hour...

Mar 01, 2026 · Federal Employment Law Insider

View from K Street: Lapdogs and lackeys

In his peevish, petulant, and puerile response to the Supreme Court’s ruling on tariffs, the president once again revealed what he has done little to obscure— everything has only to do with him. His excoriating, grossly...

Mar 01, 2026 · Federal Employment Law Insider

5th Circuit throws down on use of AI

The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals (whose rulings apply to all Texas employers) brought the hammer down on February 18 in an opinion written by Chief Judge Elrod. Glad I was not the nail. Show-cause order issued What...

Mar 01, 2026 · Employment Law Letter · Texas

5th Circuit: One more time—Weekly means weekly

The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals (whose rulings cover Texas) had to shoot down another employer effort to do an end run around the rules of paying overtime. For the lesson dealt to a Houston-area employer, read on...

Mar 01, 2026 · Employment Law Letter · Texas

Here’s what you need to know about HIPAA’s February 2026 compliance deadline

Updates to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) notice of privacy practices (NPP) are required by February 16, 2026. Below is an overview of what changes are required and how health plan...

Mar 01, 2026 · Employment Law Letter · New England · Connecticut · Maine · Massachusetts · New Hampshire · Rhode Island · Vermont · Southeast · Alabama · Florida · Georgia · Louisiana · Mississippi