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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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August 2026 Iowa Q&A roundup

Q We have an employee who returned from medical leave but is still unable to perform the job’s essential functions. We’ve worked with the employee and provided additional accommodations, but the employee continues to...

Aug 01, 2026 · Employment Law Letter · Upper Midwest · Iowa · Minnesota · Nebraska · North Dakota · South Dakota

Know your obligations to employees on military leave

Most HR professionals are aware that, under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) and similar state laws, they must provide military leave for employees with military service obligations...

Aug 01, 2026 · Employment Law Letter · 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

DOL’s new opinion letters highlight important wage and hour compliance issues

On May 29, 2026, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) issued four new Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) opinion letters. Two of them—FLSA2026-5 and FLSA2026-8—address questions that come up...

Aug 01, 2026 · Employment Law Letter · Great Lakes · Illinois · Indiana · Michigan · Ohio · Wisconsin · Upper Midwest · Iowa · Minnesota · Nebraska · North Dakota · South Dakota

Fired teacher’s lawsuit offers reminder: Document everything, apply it evenly

A teacher’s discrimination suit against his former school district reminds employers of the evidentiary burdens employees face and shows what a defensible investigation looks like. What happened Joe Bravo, a teacher of...

Aug 01, 2026 · Employment Law Letter · Southeast · Alabama · Florida · Georgia · Louisiana · Mississippi

New Stanford study reveals bias in AI hiring tools, raises stakes for employers

A recent study by Stanford University’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) provides new large-scale evidence that artificial intelligence (AI) hiring tools can produce racially disparate outcomes...

Aug 01, 2026 · 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 · Southeast · Alabama · Florida · Georgia · Louisiana · Mississippi

DOJ reinterprets Title VII disparate impact—Practical implications for employers

On June 9, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) issued an opinion concluding that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) long-standing approach to disparate impact...

Aug 01, 2026 · Employment Law Letter · 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 · West · Alaska · Arizona · Hawaii · Nevada · Oregon · Washington

Voiceprint you didn’t mean to create: What Delgado v. Meta means for employers

Employers and tech companies face real litigation risk when they process voice data in ways that could be used to identify individuals, even if they never actually use the data for that purpose. That is the key takeaway...

Aug 01, 2026 · Employment Law Letter · Southeast · Alabama · Florida · Georgia · Louisiana · Mississippi

New law irrelevant to old conduct

Federal law barring forced arbitration of sexual harassment cases only applies in cases where the dispute or claim accrued after March 2023. But what if an action is filed after March 2023 that refers to conduct that...

Jul 22, 2026 · Employment Law Letter · California

EFFA arbitration ban extends to sexual orientation

The federal Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act (EFAA) prohibits forced arbitration in cases involving sexual harassment. As the Act comes into effect, courts are still determining what...

Jul 22, 2026 · Employment Law Letter · California

9th Circuit reverses Alaska Airlines in major Title VII case

The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (whose rulings apply to all California employers) has issued one of the most consequential workplace-religion decisions in years—one that should make every employer reconsider how it...

Jul 08, 2026 · Employment Law Letter · California

OMB approves EEO-1 rescission

On June 9, 2026, the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) concluded its review of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) proposal to rescind its...

Jul 01, 2026 · Federal Employment Law Insider

Twenty attorneys general sue over federal contractor DEI EO

On Wednesday, June 10, 2026, a coalition of 20 states and the District of Columbia filed suit in the federal district court for the District of Maryland challenging the actions taken to implement Executive Order (EO)...

Jul 01, 2026 · Federal Employment Law Insider

New fast track bargaining bill remakes law, splits Republicans

A divided House passed a bill that would impose strict bargaining timelines and final contracts on employers and labor groups when negotiating a first union contract. The Faster Labor Contracts Act (FLCA) would empower...

Jul 01, 2026 · Federal Employment Law Insider