There has been a flurry of changes at the federal level recently as the Trump administration acts on its priorities.
In the past week alone, big news dropped from the U.S. Department of Labor, the National Labor Relations Board and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
DOL announced that it would take steps to rescind the Biden administration’s 2024 independent contractor rule, and NLRB announced a final rule to withdraw the Biden-era version of the joint employer rule.
Meanwhile, EEOC issued a letter to the CEOs, general counsels and board chairs of 500 of the largest U.S. employers warning them about their diversity, equity and inclusion policies. Separately, the agency held in an appellate decision that federal agencies can require transgender workers to use bathrooms that match their sex at birth.
Read on for the latest moves at the federal level.