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by Paige Good and Harrison Kosmider, McAfee & Taft

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Back to the future: Court upholds prospective waiver

California law guarantees a 30-minute, off-duty meal period for employees after five work hours. It also provides that, for shifts between five and six hours, the first meal period “may be waived by mutual consent of...

May 14, 2025 · Employment Law Letter · California

New director appointed to transition OFCCP to new mission

On March 24, 2025, the Department of Labor (DOL) announced Catherine Eschbach as the new director of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP). In an email to OFCCP staff, Eschbach announced that, under...

May 01, 2025 · Federal Employment Law Insider

Trump expands assault on civil service

The Trump administration has taken two more steps to expand the president’s authority over federal workers. The first will clarify which workers will be reclassified as “Schedule F” workers, all of whom will be deemed...

May 01, 2025 · Federal Employment Law Insider

EO 14173 enjoined again: Update on enforcement of EO 14173

In one of the first acts of his second term, President Trump signed Executive Order (EO) 14173, rescinding President Lyndon Johnson’s 1965 EO 11246—which had prohibited discriminatory hiring practices across the federal...

May 01, 2025 · Federal Employment Law Insider

DOL leadership takes shape

Now that the Senate has confirmed Lori Chavez-DeRemer as Secretary of Labor and Keith Sonderling as Deputy Secretary, the Trump administration has announced its choices to lead the Office of Federal Contractor Compliance...

May 01, 2025 · Federal Employment Law Insider

EEOC changes focus under Trump 2.0

In light of President Trump’s many Executive Orders (EOs), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Acting Chair Andrea Lucas has turned the focus of the agency to rooting out diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)...

May 01, 2025 · Federal Employment Law Insider

View from K Street: The Edsel Presidency

Do you remember 1957? Probably not, but that’s when Ford introduced the Edsel. The product of a company that thought it had everything right and got everything wrong. The design, production, and marketing costs shook one...

May 01, 2025 · Federal Employment Law Insider

FMLA, not ADA, covers leave for medical appointments

Q We have an employee who’s asking to leave work early and use the last hour of her normal schedule to pick up her son and accompany him to therapy sessions that will take place two days per week for 12 weeks. Would this...

May 01, 2025 · Employment Law Letter · Midsouth · Kentucky · North Carolina · South Carolina · Tennessee · West Virginia

Appeals court unimpressed by argument that incidents not severe, pervasive

“All right, we have the bestiality, pedophilia; later we have two supervisors talking about his ‘cat walk’ and swishing of the hips, right? Well, I mean, how much do you need?” This was the question posed by U.S. 10th...

May 01, 2025 · Employment Law Letter · Southeast · Alabama · Florida · Georgia · Louisiana · Mississippi

New rules for public employers, courtesy of the Wyoming Legislature

The Wyoming Legislature has wrapped up its 2025 session but not before adopting several new laws governing public employers. Three of these laws weren’t specifically drafted as employment laws but will have significant...

May 01, 2025 · Employment Law Letter · Mountain West · Colorado · Idaho · Montana · New Mexico · Utah · Wyoming