The nation’s 250th birthday provides the opportunity to examine the state of our national affairs and how it has changed in the last decade. Many students of government will point to the numerous and profound changes...
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On August 12, a federal district court dismissed the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) subpoena enforcement action against Nike at the EEOC’s request. The EEOC said Nike had provided it with the...
An unusual, bipartisan coalition of House members voted to pass the Faster Labor Contracts Act (FLCA), a law that would impose fast-track bargaining schedules for initial contracts and could end in having government...
With James Macy’s confirmation, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) finally has a three-member Republican majority. The management community hopes this reconstituted NLRB will mitigate or reverse many of the pro...
On August 4, 2026, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the latest settlement challenging employers’ PERM recruiting processes. OpenAI and its subsidiary Statsig LLC agreed to settle allegations that they violated...
On August 21, 2026, the Department of Labor (DOL) published its final rules rescinding the Office of Contract Compliance Program’s (OFCCP) regulations for Executive Order (EO) 11246, substantially revising Section 503...
On August 11, 2026, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) held a public hearing on the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to rescind the EEO-1 through EEO-6 workforce demographic data collection and...
Democratic Socialists to the left, MAGA Republicans to the right—on we plunge, like Tennyson’s Light Brigade, toward to political calamity. Those of us who toil in the fields of work, know that, one way or another, we’ve...
For much of the 19th century, the United States was hobbled by widespread government corruption. “To the victor go the spoils” supplanted a government “of, by, and for the people.” Only a national disgust with post-Civil...
In a July 10 court filing, The New York Times ( NYT) accused the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) of unconstitutionally retaliating against it for its coverage of the Trump administration. The EEOC had sued...
On July 3, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) submitted 10 regulatory changes to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), both proposed and in final-rule stage. The major regulatory changes include...
House Republicans proposed a 27% funding decrease for the Department of Labor (DOL), mirroring much of the Trump administration’s goals and perspectives. In prior years, similar proposed cuts have been successfully...
The Supreme Court’s June 2026 ruling in Trump v. Slaughter—striking down traditional “for-cause” removal protections for commissioners of independent agencies (and most of their senior staffs)—has been called a “seismic...
Keith Sonderling, the Secretary-Designate of Labor, had his hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee on July 16. The proceeding went along expected lines. Sonderling, widely...
The second Trump administration has few hallmarks of consistency. The numerous policy reversals, the rapid personnel changes, the dizzying “rogue’s gallery” of enemies and friends make it difficult to know what the goal...