The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has announced inflation-based increases to the jurisdictional thresholds under Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era...more
Companies rely on hybrid and remote work arrangements to boost their recruiting and retention rates, but they may encounter legal pitfalls if they pay remote workers less than their in-office counterparts for performing...more
12/3/2025
/ Disparate Impact ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Pay Act ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Pay Transparency ,
Remote Working ,
State Labor Laws ,
Telecommuting ,
Title VII ,
Wage and Hour
On November 24, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a formal partnership with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) under Project Firewall to intensify enforcement against employers engaging...more
12/1/2025
/ Civil Rights Act ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Foreign Workers ,
H-1B ,
National Origin Discrimination ,
Title VII ,
USCIS ,
Visas
On November 13, 2025, the U.S. Department of Education proposed adding the “Admissions and Consumer Transparency Supplement (ACTS)” to IPEDS, narrowing applicability to selective four-year institutions, introducing targeted...more
11/21/2025
/ Admissions ,
Affirmative Action ,
Civil Rights Act ,
College Admissions ,
Colleges ,
Comment Period ,
Data Collection ,
Department of Education ,
Proposed Rules ,
Scholarships ,
Title VI ,
Transparency ,
Universities
President Donald Trump has tapped labor and employment attorney M. Carter Crow to serve as the next general counsel of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for a four-year term. ...more
11/21/2025
/ Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
EEOC General Counsel ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
National Origin Discrimination ,
Presidential Nominations ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Religious Discrimination ,
Senate Confirmation Hearings ,
Title VII ,
Trump Administration
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) return to quorum status is more than a procedural milestone; it marks an inflection point in federal civil rights enforcement strategy. ...more
11/19/2025
/ Analytics ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Disparate Impact ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Quorum ,
Religious Accommodation ,
Risk Management ,
Title VII
With the comment period now closed on the U.S. Department of Education’s proposed Admissions and Consumer Transparency Supplement (ACTS) to its Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), more than 3,400...more
11/14/2025
/ Civil Rights Act ,
College Admissions ,
Colleges ,
Comment Period ,
Data Collection ,
Department of Education ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Title VI ,
Transparency ,
Universities
On October 30, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois denied the government’s motion to narrow—and partially stay—the court’s April 14, 2025, preliminary injunction barring the U.S. Department of...more
11/6/2025
/ Certification Requirements ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Executive Orders ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Funding ,
Federal Grants ,
First Amendment ,
Grantee ,
Motion To Stay ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
SCOTUS ,
Trump Administration ,
Trump v CASA
On October 31, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington halted enforcement of Section 3(b)(iv) of Executive Order 14173 (the “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Order”) and Section 3(g) of...more
11/5/2025
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Executive Orders ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Funding ,
Federal Grants ,
Gender Identity ,
Government Agencies ,
HUD ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
State and Local Government ,
Title VI
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has sworn in Catherine Eschbach as its first-ever principal deputy general counsel, a newly created position within the agency’s Office of General Counsel (OGC)....more
On October 7, 2025, the U.S. Senate confirmed Brittany Bull Panuccio by a 51–47 vote to serve as a commissioner of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for a term expiring in 2029. ...more
10/8/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Disparate Impact ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
EEOC Commissioner ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
LGBTQ ,
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Religious Discrimination ,
Reverse Discrimination ,
Trump Administration
On August 15, 2025, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) proposed adding a supplement to the department’s annually updated data collection from postsecondary educational institutions that participate in federal student...more
10/2/2025
/ Admissions ,
Civil Rights Act ,
College Admissions ,
Colleges ,
Comment Period ,
Data Collection ,
Department of Education ,
Financial Aid ,
Public Comment ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Title VI ,
Transparency
On September 4, 2025, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) issued updates regarding the extension of comment periods for proposed rulemakings related to Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and...more
9/4/2025
/ Comment Period ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
OFCCP ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Rehabilitation Act ,
Rescission ,
Section 503 ,
Time Extensions ,
Trump Administration ,
Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA)
The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is slated to publish, on July 7, 2025, an information collection request seeking comments relating to complaints involving employment...more
7/7/2025
/ Comment Period ,
Complaint Procedures ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
OFCCP ,
Proposed Rules ,
Request For Information ,
Required Forms ,
Subcontractors ,
Updated Forms
The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has issued three proposed rules to implement President Trump’s Executive Order (EO) 14173, which revoked Executive Order 11246 and...more
7/1/2025
/ Affirmative Action ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
Government Agencies ,
OFCCP ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Rehabilitation Act ,
Trump Administration ,
Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA)
The Trump administration plans to completely eliminate the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) and transfer the agency’s remaining authority to enforce protections in federal contractors for veterans and...more
6/5/2025
/ Affirmative Action ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Disability ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Enforcement Authority ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
OFCCP ,
Opinion Letter ,
Trump Administration ,
Veterans ,
VETS ,
Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA)
On May 20, 2025, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) opened the platform for employers to submit EEO-1 reports. In doing so, EEOC Acting Director Andrea Lucas warned employers not to use the data to take...more
On April 23, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order (EO) calling for an end to disparate impact liability for discrimination and ordering federal enforcement agencies to stop enforcement of antidiscrimination...more
On April 15, 2025, a group of former U.S. Department of Labor officials issued an “open letter” urging federal contractors to continue voluntary diversity practices, including conducting self-assessments, despite the Trump...more
4/16/2025
/ Affirmative Action ,
Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
Non-Discrimination Rules ,
OFCCP ,
Title VII ,
Trump Administration
On April 3, 2025, a group of former U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) officials issued a statement defending specific employer diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in response to technical...more
Enacted as part of the recent National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the U.S. Congress established a significant new fraud enforcement mechanism, called the Administrative False Claims Act (AFCA), which empowers federal...more
On March 27, 2025, a federal judge for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) from enforcing portions of two provisions in President Donald Trump’s...more
On March 24, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor announced the appointment of Catherine Eschbach as director of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), signaling a new chapter for the agency following the...more
On March 14, 2025, President Donald Trump issued Executive Order (EO) 14236—“Additional Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions”—revoking eighteen executive orders and actions issued by former president Joe Biden....more
3/25/2025
/ Appeals ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Davis-Bacon Act ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Minimum Wage ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
Prevailing Wages ,
Regulatory Authority ,
Rescission ,
Split of Authority ,
Trump Administration ,
Wage and Hour
On March 14, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit granted the government’s request to stay a Maryland federal judge’s nationwide preliminary injunction that had blocked key portions of the president’s...more