On December 3, two Texas associations representing fruit and vegetable supply chain companies filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The lawsuit...
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Poet T.S. Eliot wrote, “April is the cruelest month,” but he didn’t live through the last 30 days. As the first year of Trump’s second term ends, a series of calamities brought out aspects of a man who instinctively...
The reopening of the government has done little to set the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on a path for the future. Board’s lack of quorum leads states to act New NLRB General Counsel (GC) nominee Crystal Carey...
On November 6, 2025, President Trump named Andrea Lucas as chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) after she had served as acting chair for nine months. She was the sole Republican commissioner on the...
On October 28, Brittany Panuccio was sworn in as an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) commissioner after being confirmed by the Senate right before the government shutdown. Having her sworn in gives Andrea...
Amid the focus on culling diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs and initiatives over the past year, employers must distinguish DEI efforts from core compliance activities, such as equal pay audits. Compensation...
Catherine Eschbach, former Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) director, shared insights from her tenure at the OFCCP following the revocation of Executive Order (EO) 11246 and the introduction of EO...
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a subpoena enforcement action against Northwestern Mutual to force the company to hand over details about its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies and...
Just before the federal government shutdown in October, the U.S. Senate confirmed the following leaders for Department of Labor (DOL). Now that the DOL is nearly fully staffed, employers should expect the agencies to...
The longest government shutdown—43 days, and the second under a Trump administration—has ended, with none of the underlying issues resolved. Many fear this is merely a temporary abeyance, as the funding agreed to lasts...
The U.S. Supreme Court opened its new term facing a challenging docket and a distrustful public. The most watched cases all require the Court to more fully articulate the boundaries, if any, of its precedential ruling in...
On October 7, the Senate confirmed Brittany Panuccio to a term on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) until July 2029, giving Acting Chair Andrea Lucas a quorum after President Trump fired former Chair...
On July 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) proposed a rule that plans to significantly reshape the regulatory landscape under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The proposed...
The recent spate of employee terminations resulting from social media posts after the killing of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk raises questions about what liability such terminations might have for employers. The...
Without a quorum—and with substantial changes in its priorities—the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed only 93 lawsuits in fiscal year (FY) 2025, the lowest number in 10 years and the one of the lowest...