Updated to reflect Supreme Court decision in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Servicesholding that the standard for proving a disparate treatment claim is the same for majority and minority group plaintiffs.
Updated to reflect a May 21, 2025, federal court order partially vacating the definition of related medical conditions in the PWFA Implementing Regulations.
This article discusses the current state of EEO, affirmative action and DEI under the second Trump administration, what has and has not changed, and what to do in response.
Issued by President Biden in 2021, Executive Order 14026 had initially required a minimum wage for certain federal contractors of $15.00 an hour. With annual inflation adjustments, that minimum wage rose to its current level of $17.75 per hour.
The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals has stayed a lower court's injunction blocking key provisions of President Trump's executive orders that aim to stop workplace DEI programs.
A federal district court judge has issued a preliminary nationwide injunction blocking three provisions of two executive orders that target employers' DEI initiatives.