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

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

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

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

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

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

Within days of taking office, President Trump began taking steps to fundamentally reshape the laws and practices of the workplace. By means of a series of Executive Orders (EOs) and direct executive actions, 90 years of...

Apr 01, 2025 · Federal Employment Law Insider

On January 27, 2025, President Trump summarily fired National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Member Gwen Wilcox. Among other ramifications, this action reduced the NLRB to only two members and, thus, prohibited the current...

Apr 01, 2025 · Federal Employment Law Insider

On March 6, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order (EO) 14230, titled “Addressing Risk from Perkins Coie LLP,” which targets the law firm for representing Hillary Clinton by removing its security clearances and...

Apr 01, 2025 · Federal Employment Law Insider

On March 19, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) released two technical assistance documents addressing what they characterize as “unlawful” diversity, equity, and...

Apr 01, 2025 · Federal Employment Law Insider

There were several important developments affecting federal contractors’ obligations on Friday, March 14. President Trump issued a new Executive Order (EO) eliminating federal contractor minimum wage, apprenticeship, and...

Apr 01, 2025 · Federal Employment Law Insider

With the confirmation of Lori Chavez-DeRemer as Secretary and Keith Sonderling as Deputy Secretary, the leadership team at the Department of Labor (DOL) is finally in place. However, numerous questions about the...

Apr 01, 2025 · Federal Employment Law Insider