We'll try to keep you up to date with the latest labor and employment law news from the Trump Administration via a series of mini-posts as news develops.

According to Politico's Morning Shift, "President Trump ordered executive departments and agencies to freeze all pending regulations until the administration could review them." This would include the DOL overtime rule, which ...

Last week, I shared with you what I didn't like about the proposed Enforcement Guidance from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on workplace harassment.

Well, this is warm-and-fuzzy week. Moving on to the parts of the proposed guidance that I thought were well done, I've tried to boil the rest of the proposed guidance into nine key points. I'll do one more post next week ...

Attention, New York employers! The Empire State (and the Big Apple) have enacted a number of employment-related laws -- including minimum wage, family leave, freelance worker protections, and bathroom designations -- that have recently taken effect, or will take effect in the not-too-distant future. Anjanette Cabrera and Stephen Stecker from our New York City Office have an ...

NOTE FROM ROBIN: A portion of Jill's remarks below appeared Tuesday morning in Law360 (paid subscription required).

Notwithstanding what might happen over the next four (or eight) years, there is no question that President Barack Obama has left his mark on labor and employment law in some very important ways. Even if President-Elect Trump’s administration and the ...

Within the past month, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has announced two settlements and filed one administrative complaint involving alleged discrimination in the hiring process.

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• Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits of Louisiana, LLC, has agreed to pay $175,000 to settle allegations that it discriminated against black applicants for warehouse ...

All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence."

This week, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued a proposed Enforcement Guidance on workplace harassment. It's 75 pages long, so a little too much to cover in a single blog post. The EEOC is seeking comments from the public until February 9, so I will start with the comment-worthy provisions. Next week, I'll post about the proposed Guidance more generally. Overall, the ...

The latest installment of Mallory Schneider Ricci's saga, Diary of a Pregnant Lawyer: Second Blogmester, is up at FOCUS, our women's leadership blog. Is the second trimester really the easiest part of a pregnancy? Well, yeah, probably, but that doesn't mean it's easy. We are happy to announce that Mallory had her baby on December 22, and little Margot Eleanor is beautiful! And a ...

Every year, typically in the fall, federal contractors across the nation receive scheduling letters from the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs informing them that they have been selected for compliance reviews. The letters request a wide range of information establishing the contractors' compliance with Executive Order 11246, the ...

(You know the tune.) We are delighted to announce our latest expansion into beautiful San Francisco!

The head of our new office is Julius Turman, an experienced employment litigator practicing in all areas of employment law. Julius has a varied background - he was an Assistant U.S. Attorney, litigation and crisis counsel, a police commissioner, and a partner in a large general ...