April 02, 2025
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

Federal Judge Temporarily Stops DOL From Enforcing Part of Executive Orders’ Anti-DEI Provisions

A federal judge on March 27 temporarily stopped the U.S. Labor Department from implementing parts of President Trump’s executive orders relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion. The temporary restraining order from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois concerns: the certification provision in E.O. 14173, which requires grant recipients to certify that they do not operate any...
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April 02, 2025
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

CWC’s Guide for “Winding Down” Executive Order 11246 Compliance Requirements

The Center for Workplace Compliance, our affiliated nonprofit membership association, has issued a guide to help federal contractors wind down the affirmative action programs they implemented to comply with the now-rescinded Executive Order 11246. The guide follows a March 24 announcement from OFCCP Director Catherine Eschbach that OFCCP will use all enforcement options to ensure that federal contractors have wound...
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April 02, 2025
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Category: Compliance Tools

CWC’s Updated EEO/AA Union Notification Template

The Center for Workplace Compliance, our affiliated nonprofit membership association, has updated its union notification template to reflect the rescission of E.O. 11246. CWC members that are federal contractors can use this template to notify covered union officials or employee representatives of the employer’s equal opportunity and affirmative action policies and to request their cooperation. OFCCP regulations implementing Section 503...
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March 18, 2025
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Category: Agency Enforcement

Fourth Circuit Permits Trump Administration To Resume Enforcing E.O. 14173

The Trump Administration can require contractors and grant recipients to certify that they do not operate any illegal diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, a federal appeals court ruled March 14. The order from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit effectively reverses a preliminary injunction that the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland issued February 21....
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March 13, 2025
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Category: Executive Order

CWC’s Updated Equal Opportunity “Flow-Down” Clause Guide

Following the rescission of Executive Order 11246, the Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit membership association, is providing its member companies with an updated version of the equal opportunity flow-down clause that they can incorporate into subcontracts and purchase orders subject to Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and Section 4212 of the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance...
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March 05, 2025
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Category: Discrimination and Harassment

President Trump Designates English as the Official Language of the United States

President Trump signed an Executive Order on March 1 designating English as the official language of the United States. The new E.O. rescinds E.O. 13166, which former President Bill Clinton signed to improve government services for people with limited English proficiency. The new E.O. does not instruct federal agencies to take any action other than rescinding E.O. 13166 and related...
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February 25, 2025
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

CWC’s Updated Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Policy Templates

CWC, our affiliated nonprofit membership association, has updated its equal opportunity and affirmative action policy statement templates to reflect the rescission of Executive Order 11246. These templates, available to our member companies, can help federal contractors as they review their policies to ensure compliance with E.O. 14173. There are two versions of the templates: (1) an Affirmative Action Policy Statement,...
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February 20, 2025
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Category: Agency Enforcement

White House Restricts the Power of Independent Agencies

President Trump signed an executive order February 18 that will sharply limit the autonomy of independent federal agencies, such as the NLRB. The E.O., entitled “Ensuring Accountability for All Agencies,” seeks to control independent agencies by: Subjecting their regulatory activity and strategic plans to review by the White House Office of Management and Budget; Establishing performance standards for independent agency heads;...
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February 20, 2025
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Category: Discrimination and Harassment

GSA Directs Removal of EO 11246 Provisions From Federal Contracts and Solicitations

The General Services Administration has published a class deviation directing the removal of provisions related to Executive Order 11246 from federal contracts. President Trump rescinded E.O. 11246 by issuing E.O. 14173, Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity. A class deviation is a change in contracting policy that can be implemented more quickly than a formal revision of acquisition regulations. The...
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February 13, 2025
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

Enforcement of E.O. 14173 Begins

The Trump Administration has wasted no time in beginning to enforce Executive Order 14173, which instructs all federal agencies to enforce civil rights laws and combat illegal private sector diversity, equity, and inclusion activities. The Federal Communications Commission has launched an investigation into the DEI practices of Comcast Corporation and NBCUniversal. The FCC selected Comcast for review because of “substantial...
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