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NLRB Acting General Counsel Says Secretly Recording Union Negotiations is Unlawful

The National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) Acting General Counsel recently concluded that surreptitious recordings of collective bargaining sessions is a per se violation of the National Labor Relations Act (the Act). In...more

Department of Labor Creates Temporary Office of Immigration Policy

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently confirmed the establishment of a temporary Office of Immigration Policy, aimed at enhancing how DOL administers employment‑based immigration programs....more

New Philadelphia Ordinance Aims to EmPOWER Employees

On May 27, 2025, Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker signed the Protect Our Workers, Enforce Rights Act (POWER Act). The ordinance, found here, aims to enhance protections related to paid sick leave, wage theft, and domestic...more

Reverse Discrimination Lawsuits Are So Back

On June 5, 2025, a unanimous Supreme Court eliminated the requirement for a higher evidentiary standard for majority plaintiffs (white, male, heterosexual, etc.) who claim discrimination under Title VII (also known as reverse...more

President Trump’s Budget Goes To Work Against Enforcement Agencies with Significant Cuts to DOL and NLRB

President Trump’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 includes substantial reductions to the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) budget and staff.  The proposed discretionary budget is slashed from $13.5 billion to $9...more

Texas Judge Strikes EEOC Guidance Protecting Transgender Employees

A federal judge in Texas issued a decision on May 15, 2025, striking down portions of the EEOC’s Enforcement Guidance on protections against employment discrimination based on gender identity and/or sexual orientation....more

EEOC Eliminates Option to Include Nonbinary Employees in EEO-1 Reports on Workforce Demographic Data

The 2024 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection window opened on May 20, 2025, and the deadline to file the 2024 EEO-1 Component 1 report is June 24, 2025. Filers should note that the collection window is shorter this year, and...more

Congress Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Provide Federal Paid Family Leave Funding for States

On April 30, 2025, Congressional Representatives Stephanie Bice (R-Oklahoma) and Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pennsylvania) introduced the More Paid Leave for More Americans Act in the House of Representatives....more

Coalition for a Democratic Workplace Urges US Attorney General to Unilaterally Override Biden-Era NLRB Decisions

The Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW) – an association of several hundred employers and employer associations – sent letters to US Attorney General Pam Bondi to direct the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to...more

New (Old) Battlegrounds: The Administration’s Targeting of Transgender Rights

Within the last two months, both the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the armed services have followed Trump Administration directives to narrow or eliminate protections for transgender individuals....more

Department of Labor to Reconsider Rule Increasing Overtime Salary Thresholds for White Collar and Highly Compensated Workers

During the Biden administration, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a final regulation (the “2024 Rule”) seeking to increase the salary threshold for overtime eligibility for the “white-collar” exemption (also referred...more

Court Permanently Blocks DOL from Enforcing DEI Certification Provisions

In our previous post, we discussed the nationwide temporary restraining order issued by the United States District Court for the North District of Illinois that temporarily prevented the Department of Labor from requiring...more

The Dole Act Expands Workplace Protections for Military Service

The 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act, also known as the Dole Act, was signed into law by President Biden on January 2, 2025. This legislation expands employment protections for veterans under the...more

Federal District Court Temporarily Blocks DOL from Requiring DEI Certification Provisions

On March 27, 2025, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois granted a nationwide temporary restraining order (TRO) preventing the Department of Labor (DOL) from requiring federal contractors and...more

American Alliance for Equal Rights Files Complaints with the IRS Seeking Investigations into Tax-Exempt Foundations Based on...

On April 1, 2025, the American Alliance for Equal Rights (“AAER”) filed complaints with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) alleging three tax-exempt private foundations—the Gates Foundation, the Lagrant Foundation and the...more

Trump Rescinds Additional Biden-Era Executive Orders, Rolling Back Minimum Wage and Labor-Friendly Provisions for Federal...

Following President Trump’s issuance of Executive Order 14148 on January 20, 2025, which rescinded 78 executive actions taken by Former President Biden, the President rescinded an additional slew of Biden-era executive...more

Senate Confirms Chavez-DeRemer as 30th Secretary of Labor and Sonderling as Deputy Secretary

On March 10, 2025, in a 67-32 vote, the Senate confirmed the appointment of one-term Congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer as the 30th Secretary of Labor and former EEOC Commissioner Keith Sonderling as Deputy Secretary....more

NLRB General Counsel Steps Up Remedies for Unlawful Noncompetes and Targets “Stay-or-Pay” Agreements

On October 7, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) top prosecutor issued a memo to NLRB regional offices, solidifying the hard line her office will take on noncompete and “stay-or-pay” agreements and calling for...more

ATS Withdraws Challenges to the FTC’s Final Non-Compete Rule After the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Denies its Motion to Stay...

ATS Tree Services, LLC (“ATS”) has voluntarily dismissed the lawsuit it filed in April 2024 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania challenging the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) Non-Compete...more

Next Steps for Employers After FTC Noncompete Rule Enjoined

What’s next for employers who want to protect their businesses from competition from departing employees, including the loss of customers, employees, and confidential information? With a federal court injunction against the...more

FDIC Urges Financial Institutions to Complete Voluntary Diversity Self-Assessments

The FDIC is urging financial institutions it supervises to voluntarily submit self-assessments of their diversity policies and practices to the agency by Oct. 31, 2024....more

Demise of Chevron Deference Sends Shockwaves Through Labor and Employment Regulatory Landscape

In just a month since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Chevron Deference Doctrine, district courts across the country have blocked several federal agency rules, including an injunction in Texas barring enforcement of the...more

Texas District Court Preliminarily Enjoins FTC’s Non-Compete Ban for Named Plaintiffs

As we previously reported, here, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a Final Rule on April 23, 2024 that would prevent most employers from enforcing non-compete agreements against workers, effective September 4, 2024...more

Colorado Becomes the First State to Enact Broad Restrictions on Using High-Risk Artificial Intelligence Systems to Prevent...

On May 17, 2024, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed into law SB 24-205, entitled Consumer Protections for Artificial Intelligence, which will become effective on February 1, 2026. The law applies to developers and deployers...more

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