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Management Alert: Trump Executive Order Eliminates Federal Contractor Affirmative Action Requirements and Creates New DEI...

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On January 21, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order entitled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity.” ...more

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Trump rescinds Executive Order 11246

President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Executive Order 11246 in 1965. Since then, organizations doing business with the federal government had to affirmatively recruit women and minorities for employment and ensure employment...more

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New Simplified DOL Rules for Self-Correcting Delinquent Contributions

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On January 14, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) announced significant updates to the VFCP. These changes, effective March 17, 2025, introduce a self-correction feature for...more

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Trump Revokes Executive Order 11246 Requiring Affirmative Action

On January 21, 2025, President Trump revoked Executive Order 11246, which has been in place since 1965. EO 11246 prohibited federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual...more

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Supreme Court Lowers Burden of Proof for FLSA Overtime Exemptions

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On January 15, 2025, the Supreme Court for the United States issued an opinion interpreting the standard of proof employers must meet to establish the applicability of an exemption to the overtime requirements of the Fair...more

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Accelerated PBGC Premium Deadline for 2025 – Unless Congress Acts…

Under the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (“BBA 2015”), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (“PBGC”) premiums for plan years beginning in 2025 are due one month earlier than normal. For example, for calendar year plans,...more

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Executive Order Ends Affirmative Action Requirements for Federal Contractors and Subcontractors

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President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) on Jan. 22, 2025 revoking several previous executive orders, including one that prohibited federal contractors and subcontractors from discriminating in employment based...more

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Paid Sick Leave for Nebraskans Required in 2025

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In the November 2024 election, Nebraska voters passed Initiative 436, also known as the Nebraska Healthy Families and Workplace Act. This law mandates paid sick leave for most employees in the state and takes effect October...more

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Don’t Get Caught Off Guard: Are Your Contracts and Construction Practices New York Compliant?

Recent updates to New York’s already complex construction laws require owners, developers, general contractors and subcontractors to revisit their construction contracts to ensure compliance with current New York law and...more

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New Administration Puts DEI Programs On Notice

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On January 21, 2025, President Trump’s first full day in office, he issued an Executive Order targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) programs....more

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Navigating Change: What Updated USCIS Guidance on EB-2 National Interest Waiver Means for Petitioners

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The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) updated its policy guidance on Jan. 15, 2025, to clarify how it will evaluate candidates’ eligibility for second preference employment based (EB-2) immigrant visa with a...more

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What Government Contractors Can Expect During the Second Trump Administration

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The Trump Administration will most likely move quickly to align the federal government’s priorities with the President’s own. While the Administration has not detailed all of its plans for government contracting/procurement,...more

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Top 2025 Predictions for Labor Relations

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Our Labor Relations thought leaders have pulled together their top predictions for the new year so that employers can get a running start to 2025....more

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New Executive Order Revokes Executive Order 11246 and Targets Employer DEI Efforts

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On Jan. 22, 2025, President Donald Trump issued a new executive order titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination And Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity,” which revoked Executive Order 11246 and directs federal enforcement agencies...more

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Tenth Circuit Clarifies When the Door for Individual Liability Under the FMLA Is Opened

On January 14, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ruled in Walkingstick Dixon v. Oklahoma Regional University System Board of Regents that the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) permits actions against...more

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President Trump Rescinds EO 11246

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On January 21, 2025, President Trump issued a broad executive order tilted “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” (the “Order”), which among other things, rescinds Executive Order (“EO”) 11246....more

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Goodbye Affirmative Action Plan? President Trump Revokes Long-Standing Federal Contractor and Grantee Practices and Targets...

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On January 21, the President issued an Executive Order with significant impact for Federal contractors and grantees. The EO upsets settled rules related to affirmative action plans and Department of Labor enforcement...more

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Breaking: President Trump Rescinds Executive Order 11246

On January 21, 2025, President Trump issued a broad executive order titled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” (the “Order”), which among other things, rescinds Executive Order (“EO”) 11246....more

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Department of Labor: Managers Must Keep Their Fingers Out of the Tip Jar – Even When They Helped Earn the Tips

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The DOL Wage & Hour Division issued its first Opinion Letter of 2025 (FLSA2025-1) on January 14, 2025, stating that managers and supervisors, no matter their duties during a particular shift, cannot participate in employee...more

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President Trump Revokes Executive Order 11246

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As many of you have heard, President Trump signed an Executive Order that revokes Executive Order 11246, which is the order the AAP reporting regulations are built upon....more

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U.S. Supreme Court Unanimously Rejects Heightened Standard of Proof for FLSA Overtime Exemptions

A recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court solidified the evidentiary standard of proof for federal wage law disputes where employers seek to establish their employees are appropriately classified as exempt under the Fair...more

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Incoming Administration Rescinds “Right of First Refusal” Requirements for Certain Employees of Federal Contractors

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Among the first actions taken by the incoming administration was to rescind Executive Order (EO) 14055. Titled “Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Under Service Contracts,” EO 14055 required certain federal contractors to...more

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DOL Relaxes Certain Self-Correction Rules for Tax-Qualified Retirement Plans

On Jan. 15, 2025, the Department of Labor (DOL) published updates to its Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program (VFCP) to allow certain delinquent participant contributions, delinquent loan repayments and improper loans to be...more

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Recent Shifts in Wage and Hour Law – Paid Time Off During FMLA Leave and Exempt Employee Status Challenges

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January brought two legal updates in the wage and hour space. Read on! PROHIBITING THE MANDATORY USE OF PAID TIME OFF DURING CERTAIN FMLA LEAVES - On January 14, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour...more

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President Trump's Agenda Starts By Eliminating Internal Federal DEI Programs

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On Day 1 of President Trump’s new administration, he issued a series of Executive Orders. The “Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing” Order revokes the Biden Administration’s prior DEI efforts...more

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