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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.

Apr 06, 2026 · HR Alerts · California · New York · Texas · Great Lakes · Illinois · Indiana · Michigan · Ohio · Wisconsin · Mid-Atlantic · Delaware · Maryland · New Jersey · Pennsylvania · Virginia · Midsouth · Kentucky · North Carolina · South Carolina · Tennessee · West Virginia · Midwest · Arkansas · Kansas · Missouri · Oklahoma · Mountain West · Colorado · Idaho · Montana · New Mexico · Utah · Wyoming · New England · Connecticut · Maine · Massachusetts · New Hampshire · Rhode Island · Vermont · Southeast · Alabama · Florida · Georgia · Louisiana · Mississippi · Upper Midwest · Iowa · Minnesota · Nebraska · North Dakota · South Dakota · West · Alaska · Arizona · Hawaii · Nevada · Oregon · Washington
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Responding to claims of off-site coworker harassment

An employee complains to you that a coworker delivered lewd messages, came uninvited into their home, and made repeated and express physical and verbal sexual advances. You don’t know how to respond? Neither did the HR...

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California Supreme Court gives double win to employee

We have long cautioned that employees have a significant homecourt advantage in labor commissioner hearings and appeals. The commissioners are usually employee-friendly, but whatever they award, the rules make any appeal...

Sep 10, 2025 · Employment Law Letter · California

Trump administration launches attack on federal employee unions

In March 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order (EO) 14251, titled “Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs,” which effectively ended collective bargaining rights for 30 federal agencies...

Sep 01, 2025 · Federal Employment Law Insider

NLRB still struggling for stability, relevance

As President Trump’s nominees for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and General Counsel (GC) remain unconfirmed, the prospect of a one-person Board looms, and the NLRB continues to lose relevance. The hopes for...

Sep 01, 2025 · Federal Employment Law Insider

View from K Street: The Duck Soup Presidency

“Who ya gonna believe? Me or your own eyes?” Chico Marx, Duck Soup (1933) You couldn’t make this up. President Trump doesn’t like the employment data generated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), so he fires the BLS...

Sep 01, 2025 · Federal Employment Law Insider

Give me a break! Meal and rest break requirements governed by state law

Q Are there any exceptions to meal and rest break requirements? Can we allow employees to waive their meal breaks if they work six hours instead of eight? Federal law doesn’t require employers to provide employees with...

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

Affirmative action plans: Are those still a thing?

There have been changes to the requirement for federal contractors to have affirmative action plans (AAPs) since the Trump administration came into office. In Executive Order (EO) 14173 “Ending Illegal Discrimination and...

Sep 01, 2025 · Employment Law Letter · Great Lakes · Illinois · Indiana · Michigan · Ohio · Wisconsin · Mid-Atlantic · Delaware · Maryland · New Jersey · Pennsylvania · Virginia · Midsouth · Kentucky · North Carolina · South Carolina · Tennessee · West Virginia · Mountain West · Colorado · Idaho · Montana · New Mexico · Utah · Wyoming · New England · Connecticut · Maine · Massachusetts · New Hampshire · Rhode Island · Vermont · Southeast · Alabama · Florida · Georgia · Louisiana · Mississippi

DOL announces return of PAID program

The Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced the return of the Payroll Audit Independent Determination (PAID) program. PAID is a voluntary compliance initiative that helps employers resolve inadvertent violations of...

Sep 01, 2025 · Employment Law Letter · California · New York · Texas · Great Lakes · Illinois · Indiana · Michigan · Ohio · Wisconsin · Mid-Atlantic · Delaware · Maryland · New Jersey · Pennsylvania · Virginia · Midsouth · Kentucky · North Carolina · South Carolina · Tennessee · West Virginia · Midwest · Arkansas · Kansas · Missouri · Oklahoma · Mountain West · Colorado · Idaho · Montana · New Mexico · Utah · Wyoming · New England · Connecticut · Maine · Massachusetts · New Hampshire · Rhode Island · Vermont · Southeast · Alabama · Florida · Georgia · Louisiana · Mississippi · Upper Midwest · Iowa · Minnesota · Nebraska · North Dakota · South Dakota · West · Alaska · Arizona · Hawaii · Nevada · Oregon · Washington

Don’t drag your feet on accommodation requests

All day long you give me the runaround When you say something here, You mean something there You give me the runaround Same thing yesterday, Same thing the day before from “Runaround” by Tulsa songwriter J. J. Cale Under...

Sep 01, 2025 · Employment Law Letter · Midwest · Arkansas · Kansas · Missouri · Oklahoma