In a two-sentence memo, the White House rescinded the spending freeze announced with great fanfare just two days prior and which we previously reported on here. The broad scope of the directive suspended all federal financial assistance implicated by President Trump’s recent barrage of Executive Orders, leaving federal funding recipients scrambling to understand the extent of the freeze.… Continue Reading
In the ongoing battle over labor policy, the Trump administration has signaled plans to abandon or at least revise its defense of two Biden-Era lawsuits and their underlying initiatives.
The DOL’s Independent Contractor Rule
On January 24, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) request to delay oral arguments set for early February in a lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s 2024 rule on classifying workers as independent contractors or employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).… Continue Reading
One week after his inauguration, President Donald Trump has taken additional moves to impact the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL).
Trump Moves Quickly to Reshape the NLRB
As we expected, and reported here, President Trump has moved quickly to re-make the NLRB. Almost immediately after taking office, the President named Republican board member Marvin Kaplan as Chair of the NLRB. … Continue Reading
On Monday, January 27, 2025, the acting head of the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) issued a memo ordering the pause of all federal financial assistance “that may be implicated” by any of President Trump’s recent barrage of Executive Orders. According to the memo, the freeze encompasses funding for activities including, but not limited to, “foreign aid, nongovernmental organizations, DEI, woke gender ideology, and the green new deal.”… Continue Reading
As anticipated, immediately upon his inauguration, President Trump took swift action in the labor and employment arena. His initial appointments and Executive Orders left no doubt that his administration will make an abrupt and definitive break with his predecessor.
President Trump first appointed new leaders to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) and the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”), and then took additional actions aimed at halting and reversing many Biden-era initiatives and policies.… Continue Reading