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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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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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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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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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If you employ a worker with TPS status, you should pay attention to the work authorization expiration date. 
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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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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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President Trump’s Executive Order issued the first day in office requires federal agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), to change any documents, regulations or guidance to reflect that male and female are the only two sexes.  It particularly challenges the Biden Administration’s recent workplace harassment guidance expandin…
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On January 27, 2025, President Trump removed National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) member Gwynne Wilcox, and General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo.  The removal of Wilcox leaves the NLRB with fellow Democrat David Prouty and Republican Kevin Kaplan, as the remaining members of the five-member Board.  The Board no longer has a three-member quorum and thus cannot…
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Premiums for employees’ family health insurance increased at more than double the U.S. inflation rate to over $25,000 in 2024, according to researcher KFF.  This was an approximate 7% increase from the prior year.  The increase comes partially from the new weight-loss drugs, although currently only about one in five employers cover such drugs.  Those drugs…
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The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), has anti-discrimination provisions which require healthcare plans with surcharges for poor health practices to provide a reasonable alternative standard to such surcharges.
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In his first term as President, Trump gained confirmation for 234 federal judges, and President Biden gained confirmation of 235 judges.  Currently, some 47 federal judicial seats are vacant, and 20 more are occupied by judges who have announced plans to assume senior status, where another judge can be appointed in their place.  However, there are only two…