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Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues

Our Monthly Report on Labor Law Issues, also known as the Employment Law Bulletin, is a monthly newsletter that covers a wide range of labor law issues, including affirmative action plans, strikes, OSHA regulations, minimum wage requirements, and more. Other topics covered have included issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic, such as workplace walk-outs and strikes, vaccinations, and employee rights related to positive test results and quarantine. The newsletter also covers issues related to discrimination, such as artificial intelligence and racial bias, and issues related to unions, such as organizing efforts and union successes at companies like Amazon and Starbucks. The newsletter also covers issues related to taxes, immigration, and court cases related to labor law. Stay informed and avoid legal missteps, by subscribing to email updates here.

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Survey Shows Top Employer Concerns Are DEI and Immigration Changes

| Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues
In a recent survey, 55% of responding employers ranked the scrutiny of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programs as a top issue, while 75% found the immigration policy changes to be on the list.  Over half of the respondents indicated they were considering further changes in their DEI programs in response to Trump’s executive orders.  The main concerns…
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The EEOC and DOJ Issue Guidance on DEI

| Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues
In the Guidance from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) released March 19, 2025, the government warned against unlawful DEI- related discrimination.  Included in the Guidance is a one-page technical assistance document, “What To Do If You Experience Discrimination Related To DEI At Work.”  There is a secon…
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Considerations When Government Officials Show Up and Request to Meet with Individual Employees

| Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues
Occasionally, Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, or those from other state and local agencies, come to an employer’s facility asking to meet with one of more employees.  The crucial issue is the extent to which agents can make entry with or without an arrest warrant, as someone at the employer’s premises must make a decision to allow or ref…
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How Jurors Evaluate the Fairness of an Employer’s Actions

| Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues
Fairness is a fundamental human instinct.  For example, whatever the rights and wrongs of an employee’s firing, the manner in which the employee is fired may seem unfair, as few things matter more to people than fairness.  While people differ over what counts as a right outcome, they can usually agree on what makes for a fair process.  
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Some of the Controversial Issues Currently Being Faced by Employers in Light of Recent Developments

| Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues
Although the list of current issues that are relatively new and critical affecting employment decisions could get quite lengthy, this author suggests the following issues are particularly current and critical:  Coming into compliance with the new Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) concepts (see article on this subject in this newsletter). Dealing w…
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New Administration Faces Temporary Injunctions against DEI Termination and Firing of NLRB Member

| Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues
President Trump on January 20 and 21, 2025, issued Executive Orders 14151 and 14173, seeking to eliminate federal Diversity, Equity and Inclusiveness (DEI) programs and revoking the mandate requiring federal contractors to maintain affirmative action programs under Executive Order (EO) 11246.  On February 21, 2025, a federal district court judge in Maryland…
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Biden Administration Issues Antitrust Guidelines for Business Activities Affecting Workers

| Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues
In January of 2025, during the last month of the Biden Administration, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued new guidelines explaining how business practices affecting workers may violate the antitrust laws.  The new guidelines replace the Antitrust Guidance for Human Resource Professionals issued during 2016.  T…
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Trump Executive Order Cancels a $17.75 Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors

| Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues
During the Biden Administration, in 2021, President Biden issued an executive order establishing a $15 minimum wage for federal contractors, stating that the raise would generate “higher–quality work by boosting workers’ health, morale and effort.”  He did this after efforts to raise the nationwide minimum wage as part of one of the COVID–19 relief bills fa…
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Employers Must Keep up with Work Authorization Expiration Dates and TPS Status

| Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues
If you employ a worker with TPS status, you should pay attention to the work authorization expiration date. 
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Trump’s DEI Order Ends Affirmative Action Obligations of Federal Contractors

| Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues
On his second day in office, January 21, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order titled:  “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity,” and in the process revoked Executive Order 11246 that was signed by President Lyndon Johnson in 1965, and which contains the affirmative action requirements of federal contractors.  The 1965…
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The Trump Administration’s Effects on Immigration and an Employer’s Workforce

| Employment Law Newsletter: A Monthly Report On Labor Law Issues
Trump's Executive Orders presently do not affect employees who are authorized to work at the present time but may affect any workers who are determined to be illegal aliens because existing immigration laws will be enforced. Trump's Executive Orders and the Administration's expected practices may reduce the number of legal workers in the future. 
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