February 04, 2025
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Category: Agency Enforcement

Michael Schloss Appointed as OFCCP’s Deputy Director of Policy and Acting Director

The Trump Administration has appointed Michael Schloss as the Deputy Director of Policy and Acting Director at the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP). Mr. Schloss is an ERISA attorney who previously served as a career official at the Labor Department’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA). He retired in January 2023 as EBSA’s Director of Enforcement. He rejoined EBSA...
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January 30, 2025
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Category: Labor Relations

President Trump Fires NLRB Member Wilcox, General Counsel Abruzzo

President Trump has fired two Senate-confirmed Democrats from the National Labor Relations Board: Member and former Chair Gwynne Wilcox; and the Board’s General Counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo. Wilcox’s termination is controversial because the National Labor Relations Act states that the President may remove Board Members only for neglect of duty or malfeasance. Wilcox’s term was not scheduled to end until August 2028. She...
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January 30, 2025
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Category: Discrimination and Harassment

President Trump Fires EEOC Commissioners Burrows and Samuels; General Counsel Gilbride

President Trump has fired three Senate-confirmed Democrats from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: Commissioner and former Chair Charlotte Burrows; Commissioner and former Vice Chair Jocelyn Samuels; and General Counsel Karla Gilbride. While Title VII does not include express removal protections like the laws establishing some independent agencies, the White House historically has treated the EEOC with a degree of independence....
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January 23, 2025
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Category: Affirmative Action and Diversity

President Trump Rescinds E.O. 11246

President Trump has issued a new Executive Order formally rescinding Executive Order 11246 and directing the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) to cease holding federal contractors responsible for taking affirmative action. Executive Order 11246 was signed by President Johnson in 1965, and prohibits covered federal contractors from discriminating in employment on the basis of race and sex, among...
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January 22, 2025
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Category: Agency Enforcement

President Trump Designates New Leadership at Workplace Compliance Agencies

President Trump has moved quickly to install new leadership at agencies responsible for workplace compliance. He has already designated new officials at the EEOC, where he named Republican Commissioner Andrea Lucas to serve as Acting Chair, and at the NLRB, where he designated Republican Marvin Kaplan to serve as Chairman. At the Labor Department, he designated career official Vince Micone...
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January 16, 2025
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Category: Agency Enforcement

President-Elect Trump Picks Former EEOC Commissioner Keith Sonderling for Deputy Secretary of Labor

President-elect Trump has announced Keith Sonderling as his choice to serve as Deputy Secretary of Labor. The Deputy Labor Secretary is DOL’s second-in-command and generally manages the department’s day-to-day operations. Sonderling served as an EEOC Commissioner from September 2020 until August 2024. Before that, he served as Acting Administrator of DOL’s Wage and Hour Division. President Trump will have to...
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November 25, 2024
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Category: Agency Enforcement

President-Elect Trump Taps Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer To Be Secretary of Labor

President-elect Donald Trump (R-Oregon) has named Oregon Representative Lori Chavez-DeRemer as his choice to be the next Secretary of Labor. The first-term Congresswoman is an unconventional choice in view of her support for the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act (H.R. 20), legislation that would rewrite labor law in favor of organized labor. Sean O’Brien, the general president of...
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